great, especially for the scholar with little latin or greek
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I'm always impressed by a contemporary classics scholar who can write a book that actually speaks to people beyond the confines of the classics community.
Relihan seems to be under the sway of Robert Bracht Branham, whose own work on Lucian seems to have a lot to do with Relihan's own direction. However, there does not seem to be a thinking of the liberating possibilities of laughter and the grotesque
which is commensurate with its subject matter. Nevertheless, an indispensable work, particularly for its work on Ennodius (?) and Martianus Capella.
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