24 FEBRUARY 1979, page 23

All Greek

Paul Ableman The Praise Singer Mary Renault (John' Murray £4.95) What was it really like to walk the streets of Periclean Athens or Augustan Rome? Without benefit of time-warp,......

Hasen Reuben Bercovitch (sidgwick £4.95) The Dust...

(Harvester £4.95) I wondered whether a plot summary of Hasen (the word is the German for hares) would be unfair, since the book's method is to plunge you into a vivid and earthy......