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I don't know whether these are as useful as Beard on his historical wizardry - for all I know you might already have read and rejected them. Anyway, the links are here - [1] and here - [2]Haploidavey (talk) 17:38, 27 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I don't immediately see a "nut graf' in either one — something better to quote than Beard's assessment, or a pithy characterization of his career. Most reviewers don't have the gravitas to provide a big-picture assessment, and whittle away at specific points. The interesting classicists are always wrong in some way; they have intuitions. Besides, Beard is such a rock star. At least in the tiny arena that is classical studies. Cynwolfe (talk) 22:02, 28 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Ah well. Nil for nut grafs but it was worth posting for that response. Haploidavey (talk) 00:46, 29 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]
