Scrinium Classical Antiquity

PÖSCHL, V., Die Dichtkunst Virgils. Bild und Symbol in der Äneis. Rohrer Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1950. 1st ed. 288p. Original terra cotta cloth with dust wrps. Dust wrps slightly worn.'This new study of the 'Aeneid' has as its purpose to examine the way in which the main themes of the poem and the characters and fates of its chief figures are expressed symbolically, through descriptions, similes, and so on. To its author the characteristic feature of Virgil's poetry is the intimate connexion between form and content, and the manner in which the outer events reflect the emotions of the characters and the tone of the episode or of the work as a whole. (...) In his tratment of particular passages Pöschl is sympathetic and sensitive, alive to alle the nuances of a simile or a descriptive passage. His interpretations are not susceptible of proof - we are here in the realm or taste and feeling; but, drawn as they are from the context, they are at least to the point. Occasionally one feels thet the methoc involves some ignoring of relevant considerations. (...) There are some points in the book that seem open to criticism. There is much, however, that is suggestive and illuminating. Pöschl expresses the hope that his work will help to overcome the old German prejudice against Virgil and restore him to a firm place in German culture. Representing something of a reaction from traditional German scholarship to a more aesthetic approach, it should have a wide appeal among his fellow countryman. To non-German readers, though its critical concepts may be somewhat alien and its interpretations not in all cases acceptable, it will be welcome as a fresh and interesting contribution to the criticism of the 'Aeneid'. (M.L. CLARKE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1951, pp.149-151). € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., Die grosse Maecenasode des Horaz (c.3,29). Vorgelegt am 26.November 1960. Carl Winter, Heidelberg, 1961. 42p. Sewn. Little bit dogs eared. Partly uncut. With authors intention. Series: Sitzungsberichte der heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Jahrgang 1961. 1.Abhandlung. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., Römischer Staat und griechisches Staatsdenken bei Cicero. Jünker und Dünnhaupt, Berlin, 1936. 186p. Sewn. Cover bit dogs eared, bit loose from binding. Unopened. Series: Neue Deutsche Forschungen, Abteilung Klassische Philologie, Band 104. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., Römischer Staat und griechisches Staatsdenken bei Cicero. Untersuchungen zu Ciceros Schrift De Re Publica. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1962. Photomechanical reprint 1st ed.1936. 187p. Cloth. Signature on free endpaper. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., Die neuen Menanderpapyri und die Originalität des Plautus. Vorgetragen am 9. Dezember 1972. Carl Winter, Heidelberg, 1973. 41p. Sewn. Some pencil annotations from WGA. Review G. Maurach (Gymnasium, 1976, pp.479-484) and personal notes from WGA loosely inserted. Series: Sitzungsberichte der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, 1973, 4.'Professor Pöschl's contribution is very interesting. After some stringent remarks on earlier assessments of Plautine originality, he concentrates on the relation between 'Dis Exapaton' 103 ff. and 'Bacchides' 536 ff, where Plautus has handled Pistoclerus' disappointment over Mnesilochus' behaviour with a dramatic motif that owes nothing to the Menandrean original: that of the fictitious parallel. As Pöschl shows, this motif is a favourite one in literature both ancient and modern (...). This essay adds a new perspective to an already popular picture.' (GEOFFREY ARNOTT in The Classcial Review (New Series), 1975, p.314). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., Römischer Staat und griechisches Staatsdenken bei Cicero. Untersuchungen zu Ciceros Schrift De Re Publica. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1976. Photomechanical reprint 1st ed.1936. 187p. Cloth. Cover a bit stained. Name stamp on free endpaper. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., Kunst und Wirklichkeitserfahrung in der Dichtung. Abhandlungen und Aufsätze zur Römischen Poesie. Kleine Schriften I. Herausgegeben von W.-L. Liebermann. Carl Winter, Heidelberg, 1979. 330p. Sewn. With signature from Prof. Carl Deroux on endpaper. Series: Bibliothek der klassischen Altertumswissenschaften, Neue Folge, 2. Reihe, Band 66. A.o.: Probleme und Gefahren des Interpretierens in der klassischen Philologie (pp.11-21); Die neuen Menanderpapyri und die Originalität des Plautus (pp.37-74); Virgil und Augustus - Dichtung im politischen Kampf (pp.110-120); Horaz und die Politik (pp.145-178); Die dionysosode des Horaz (c.2,19) (pp.209-232); Die Erzähl;kunst Ovids in den Metamorphosen (pp.268-277); Kephalos und Prokris in Ovids Metamorphosen (pp.277-293). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 34.50 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., Horazische Lyrik. Interpretationen. Carl Winter, Heidelberg, 1970. 277p. Original red cloth with dust wrps. With reading ribbon. Fore edge a little bit rust stained. 'This book contains ten interpretative articles on odes of Horace (...). There is more attempt here at real literary criticism than is normally found in the interpretation of Horace's Odes, and Pöschl holds that Classical scholars need to learn from the methods evolved for the study of modern literatures. Pöschl's writing is leisurely and discursive, but he has a real capacity for seeing these poems afresh and (...) it makes very pleasant and stimulating reading. (...) The book contains the harvest of a wide reading in ancient literature, and Pöschl contributes much to the mass of 'parallels' in Horation commentaries. The book is admirably printed and produced.' (G.W. WILLIAMS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1972, pp.272-273). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., Horazische Lyrik. Interpretationen. Carl Winter, Heidelberg, 1970. 277p. Paperback with pictorial dust wrps. Dust wrps to edges a bit scratched. Singature on title page. 'This book contains ten interpretative articles on odes of Horace (...). There is more attempt here at real literary criticism than is normally found in the interpretation of Horace's Odes, and Pöschl holds that Classical scholars need to learn from the methods evolved for the study of modern literatures. Pöschl's writing is leisurely and discursive, but he has a real capacity for seeing these poems afresh and (...) it makes very pleasant and stimulating reading. (...) The book contains the harvest of a wide reading in ancient literature, and Pöschl contributes much to the mass of 'parallels' in Horation commentaries. The book is admirably printed and produced.' (G.W. WILLIAMS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1972, pp.272-273). € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

PÖSCHL, V., (ed.), Sallust. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1970. 397p. Cloth. Series: Wege der Forschung, XCIV.A.o.: Fr. KLINGNER: Über die Einleitung der Historien Sallust (pp.1-31); K. von FRITZ: Sallust und das Verhalten der römischen Nobilität zur Zeit der Kriege gegen Jugurtha (112-105 v. Chr.) (pp.155-206); A. La PENNA: Die Bedeutung der Proömien Sallusts (pp.296-325); B. PÖSCHL: Die Reden Caesars und Catos in Sallusts Catilina (pp.368-397). € 19.50 (Antiquarian)