Scrinium Classical Antiquity

O'HARA, J.J., True Names. Vergil and the Alexandrian Tradition of Etymological Wordplay. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1996. XVII,320p. Original green cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Nice copy. (Rare thus). 'The book is in two parts: an introduction which discusses the tradition of literary etymologizing before Virgil (emphasizing the Alexandrians somewhat to the disadvantage of Lucretius or Varro) and draws together the salient characteristics of Virgil's technique, and a fully annotated catalogue of all instances of the conceit which O'H. has been able to gather. (...) O'H.'s approach is sensibly undogmatic. (...) If O'H. avoids theoretical generalizations, his close readings are often compelling, and particularly when he discusses etymological material through which poetic succession is negotiated. His analyses of Aen. 2.411-19, where Vergil engages with an etymological play in Aratus (pp.4-6), and of Ovid's commentaries on Virgilian etymologizing (pp.95-102) are fascinating. (...) At pp.102-11 O'H. offers an intelligent discussion of 'the poetic function of Vergilian etymologizing.' His linkage here of etymology with the aetiological theme of the 'Georgics' and 'Aeneid' is particularly suggestive: Virgil is tracing the origins of the Latin language and the Roman people simultaneously. (...) O'H. has done Virgilian studies a considerable service with this very erudite piece of scholarship. He expresses the hope that 'it will have a place on the bookshelf of anyone trying to read, or write about Vergil' (p.VII). There is not doubt that it will.' (LLEWELYN MORGAN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1998, pp.228-29). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 195.00 (Antiquarian)

O'KELLY, M.J., Newgrange. Archaeology, art and legend. Contributions by C.O'Kelly and others. Thames and Hudson, London, 1982. 240p. Richly ills.(B&W as well as full colour photographs and line drawings). Hard bound. Spine gilt titled. Edges pages a bit yellowed. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

O'LOUGHLIN, M., The Garlands of Repose. The Literary Celebration of Civic and Retired Leisure. The Traditions of Homer and Vergil, Horace and Montaigne. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1978. XIX,326p. ills. Cloth wrps. € 23.00 (Antiquarian)

O'MALLEY, J.J., K.W. ALGOZIN, a.o., (eds.), Hegel and the History of Philosophy. Proceedings of the 1972 Hegel Society of America Conference. Nijhoff, TheHague, 1974. VII,242p. Sewn. A.o.: Q. LAUER: Hegel as Historian of Philosophy (pp.21-47); J.N. FINDLAY: Hegelianism and Platonism (pp.62-77); L.M. PALMER: On Hegel's Platonism (pp77-83). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

O'REGAN, D., Rhetoric Comedy and the Violence of Language in Aristophanes' Clouds. Oxford University Press, NewYork/Oxford, 1992. 216p. Cloth wrps. € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

O'SULLIVAN, F., The Egnatian Way. David&Charles/Stackpole, NewtonAbbot/Harrisburg, 1972. 1st ed. Bound wrps. Remains of acid adhesive tape on dust wrps and free endpapers. Some foxing on first and last pages. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

OBBINK, H.Th., De Godsdienst in zijn Verschijningsvormen. Wolters, Groningen, 1933. 288p. ills. Cloth. Cover seriously stained. € 13.50 (Antiquarian)

OBBINK, H.Th., Over Oud-Aegyptische voorstellingen aangaande dood en leven. Ten Hoet, Nijmegen, 1913. 35p. Sire stitched. Rede bij de aanvaarding van het hoogleeraarsambt aan de Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht, uitgesproken den 22en september 1913. € 9.50 (Antiquarian)

OBBINK, H.W., Cybele, Isis, Mithras. Oosterse godsdiensten in het Romeinse Rijk. Bohn, Haarlem, 1965. 138p. ills.Cardboard. Front cover slightly creased. Obbinks 'laatste monografie handelt over de cultussen van Cybele, Isis en Mithras, drie invloedrijke oosterse godsdiensten die in heel het Romeinse rijk populariteit genoten. (…) Het aantal van Obbinks publicaties is relatief gering, vooral doordat hij zich een hoge mate van zelfkritiek oplegde. Zijn boek over Cybele, Isis en Mithras, is nog steeds waardevol.' (B.J. LIETAERT PEERBOLTE in Biografisch lexicon voor de geschiedenis van het Nederlands protestantisme, deel 6, 2006, p.211). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

OBER, J., Mass and Elite in Democratic Athens. Rhetoric, Ideology, and the Power of the People. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1989. XVIII,390p. Cloth wrps. € 50.50 (Antiquarian)