Scrinium Classical Antiquity

ROSE, H.J., A Handbook of Latin Literature. From the earliest times to the death of St. Augustine. With a supplementary bibliography by E. Courtney. Methuen, London, 1967. Reprint 1st paperback ed. IX,582p. Paperback. Spine with one, very light reading trace. Series: University Paperbacks, 160. € 11.50 (Antiquarian)

ROSE, H.J., A Commentary on the Surviving Plays of Aeschylus. 1. 2. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, Amsterdam, 1957. 2 vols. 323,299p. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Upper edge publisher's stained. Dust wrps damaged and a bit grimy. Fore edge, inside dust wrps as well as first pages a bit rust stained. Tiny damage to cloth upper edges both volumes. ‘There are good reasons for owning the volumes. One senses the grand teacher. An easy erudition come from a lifetime of wide and careful reading. The lecturer has idiosyncrasies and cross-references do not always expel repetition. The good pupil grows to expect them and is charmed. For more than half a century the author has given us reviews, monographs, and books, Again and again a note presents an intriguing conclusion with an invitation to read elsewhere for details. One admires the energy, soundness, and variety, and that there is always a point of vies. The commentary breathes the man, a scholar and a humanist in whose presence humility is easy as well as natural.’ (WILLIAM M. CALDER III, in Classical Philology, 1961, p.273). € 215.00 (Antiquarian)

ROSE, H.J., A Handbook of Greek Mythology. Including its Extension to Rome. Methuen, London, 1960. Reprint 6th ed.1958. IX,363p. Original blue cloth. Spine gilt titled. Lacking dust wrps. Head and tail spine a bit bumped. Cover partly discoloured. Corners cover bit bumped. Name on free endpaper. Pages bit yellowed. € 12.00 (Antiquarian)

ROSE, P.J., Augustine on the Relations between the Living and the Deceased. A Discourse-Linguistic Commentary on De cura pro mortuis gerenda. Private Presses, Amstelveen, 2011. 483p. Paperback. Nice copy. Diss. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. ‘Paula Rose has written a readable, detailed, and well-documented commentary on ‘De cura pro mortuis gerenda’ (DC), a letter-tract of Augustine. Paulinus of Nola, a lifelong and influential friend of Augustine with one of the largest epistolary networks in late antiquity, asked him in what way the dead may take advantage of their ‘ad sanctions’ burial. (…) Augustine’s reply consists of two parts. The first half of his letter (1-911) deals with the question of the relevance of a proper burial for the deceased. The second half of the epistle (10.12-18.23) is about the communication between the living and the dead by means of dreams and visions. Several scholars (like Arbesmann and Klöckener) regarded the two parts as rather loosely connected. The central thesis of Rose’s study is tat DC from a ‘carefully composed unity’ (p.53). She has chosen for ‘a mixed literary approach’: a discourse analysis focussing on the relation between sentences within the overall structure of the text, with special attention paid to particles (e.g. ‘denim’ and ‘nam’) and the times and modes of verbs; and ‘a narratological approach’, which is interested in the way the author reframes the stories he is telling to fit his argumentative purposes (particularly relevant for the second part of DC). Rose has convincingly shown how DC forms a coherent, well though-out thematic unity. It is remarkable, however, that her dissertation has no final chapter in which her approach is being evaluated and conclusions are drawn. Some conclusions are nevertheless given in advance in the General Introduction (pp.67-68). (…) The work done by Rose is seriously hampered by the fact that no sound critical edition of DC exists. (…) In short, a commentary like that of Paula Rose should be warmly welcomed, because most of the Augustinian studies are thematic or systematic, and only a few deal with one single work. By her study she has shown that such a close reading is fruitful and promising also for other texts of the other famous letter-writer, Augustine.’ (A.C. KOOIJMAN in Church History and Religious Culture, 2013, pp.100-102). € 150.00 (Antiquarian)

ROSE, P.W., Sons of the Gods, Children of Earth. Ideology and Literary Form in Ancient Greece. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, 1992. XII,412p. Paperback. € 15.50 (Antiquarian)

ROSEN, K., (ed.), Macht und Kultur im Rom der Kaiserzeit. Bouvier Verlag, Bonn, 1994. 190p. ills.(B&W photographs). Bound with dust wrps. Series: Studium Generale, Band 16. Nice copy. (Rare). 'The quality of a collection of papers such as this tends to be uneven, but on the whole this is an interesting volume which has some good pointers for further research. The jewel in the crown is Gabba's contribution on 'municipia', written in characteristically sweeping style with no footnotes. He emphasizes the importance of the Social War in what he sees as the refoundation of the Roman state even thought the constitutional structure remained unchanged,and discusses the setting up of 'municipia' and their role in urbanization and in the organization of Italy. (...) Among other ntable contributions, La Rocca's examination of the world of imperial images, especially in the context of the imperial cult, touches on one aspect of the theme so powerfully expounded by Paul Zanker, whose 'Augustus und die Macht der Bilder' was originally published in 1987 (english translation, 1988). (...) Rosen contributes a helpful discussion of the mode of address used in the correspondence between Fronto and Marcus Aurelius, and by setting their relationship in its social and political context, examines the role of Fronto in shaping the opinions of the emperor.' (BRIAN CAMPBELL in The Classical Review (New Series), 1995, pp.474-75). With: N. HIMMELMANN-WILDSCHÜTZ: Römische Adler (pp.65-77). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 55.00 (Antiquarian)

ROSEN, St., Plato's Statesman. The Web of Politics. Yale University Press, NewHaven/London, 1995. X,197p. Paperback. € 20.50 (Antiquarian)

ROSENBAUM, J., Geschichte der Lustseuche im Altertume. Nebst ausführlichen Untersuchungen über den Venus- und Phalluskultus, Bordelle, Nousos Theleia der Skythen, Paederastie und andere geschlechtliche Ausschweifungen der Alten als Beiträge zur richtigen Erklärung ihrer Schriften. Barsdorf, Berlin, 1904. VII,(3,435p. Sewn. Front cover with tear near spine. Cover bit grimy, bit worn. Edges rust stained. Inside clean. € 77.00 (Antiquarian)

ROSENBERGER, V., Griechische Orakel. Eine Kulturgeschichte. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 2001. 213p. ills. Bound. Das Buch behandelt das Orakelwesen der griechischen Welt als kulturgeschichtliches Phänomen. Es untersucht die Orakelstätten, die Orakeltechniken und die Rolle der Orakel in Privatleben und Politik. Dabei skizziert der Autor auch eine kleine Mediengeschichte der Orakel. (Publisher's information). € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

ROSENBLUM, R., Transformations in Late Eighteenth Century Art. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1974. 3rd impr. XXVIII,203,(110)p. ills.(215 B&W photographs). Paperback. Pencil underlinings till p.49. Pp.165-172 bound upside down. € 13.50 (Antiquarian)