Scrinium Classical Antiquity

EURIPIDES, Helen. Edited with Introduction and Commentary by A.M. Dale. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1967. 1st ed. XXXIV,179p. Original burgundy cloth. Spine gilt titled. Lacking dust wrps. Edges rust stained. 'This little book with its graceful introduction, its judicious text, and its concise and sensible commentary rich in metrical learning, shows, if it needed to be shown, the loss that scholarship has lately sustained.' (D.W. LUCAS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1968, p.31). € 22.00 (Antiquarian)

EURIPIDES, Bacchanten'71. Een bewerking door Inez van Dullemen en Erik Vos. Nederlands Theater Projekt, n.p., 1971. 56p. ills.(B& W line drawings and photographs). Sewn. Upper corner bit creased. € 7.00 (Antiquarian)

EURIPIDES, Vrouwen van Troje. Bewerking J.P. Sartre. Vertaling J. Diels. Toneelgroep Theater, Arnhem, 1984. (34p.) ills.(B&W photographs). Wire stitched. (Rare). Programmaboekje bij de gelijknamige voorstelling. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

EURIPIDES, Bacchae. Edited with introduction and commentary by E.R. Dodds. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1966. Reprint 2nd ed. LIX,253p. Original gilt titled burgundy cloth with dust wrps. Dust wrps stained. Edges grimy. Erasable pencil annotations in text part. ‘In this authoritative and scholarly edition of the ‘Bacchae’ Professor Dodds (…) presents an objective and balanced picture of Euripides not as a propagandist but as a dramatist, and of the ‘Bacchae’ as one of Euripides’ greatest plays. Of particular value is Professor Dodds’s examination of the Dionysiac cult. with a wealth of supporting evidence from Greek literature and art, and interesting parallels from other lands and other ages, he shows that the features of the cult which play so prominent a part in the ‘Bacchae’- the mass hysteria of ‘oreibasia’ and the revolting savagery of ‘homophobia’ - are the canalization inter rituals of certain irresistible forces in life. Euripides is neither defending nor attacking the worship of Dionysus. with the sensitivity of the dramatist he is showing how human beings may be affected by a force which is universal and irresistible. The commentary on the text is no less thorough. Difficulties and ambiguities are discussed fully and fairly with the authority of profound scholarship.’ (D.G.B. in Greece & Rome, 1945, p.95). From the library of the late Prof. Dr. Tony Reekmans. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

EURIPIDES, Electra. Edited with introduction and commentary by J.D. Denniston. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1954. XLIV,225p. Original burgundy cloth. Spine gilt titled. Lacking dust wrps. Name sticker glued to paste-down endpaper. Nice copy. 'As a work of literary and linguistic scholarship this edition shows the highest quality.' (E.D. PHILIPS in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1939, p.308). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

EURIPIDES, Plays. In two volumes. Volume two. Translated by A.S. Way. Dent & Sons, London / Dutton, NewYork, 1959. IX,370p. Original green cloth. Spine gilt titled. Volume II: Helen. The Madness of Herakles. The Phoenician Maidens. Orestes. Iphigeneia in Taurica. Iphigeneia at Aulis. The Bacchanals. Appendix to ' The Bacchanals'. Rhesus. The Cyclops. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

EURIPIDES, Bacchae. Edited with introduction and commentary by E.R. Dodds. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1963. Reprint 2nd ed. LIX,253p. Original gilt titled burgundy cloth with dust wrps. Dust wrps stained and bit damaged. Signatures and address on free end paper. Very few and light markings till p.6. ‘In this authoritative and scholarly edition of the ‘Bacchae’ Professor Dodds (…) presents an objective and balanced picture of Euripides not as a propagandist but as a dramatist, and of the ‘Bacchae’ as one of Euripides’ greatest plays. Of particular value is Professor Dodds’s examination of the Dionysiac cult. with a wealth of supporting evidence from Greek literature and art, and interesting parallels from other lands and other ages, he shows that the features of the cult which play so prominent a part in the ‘Bacchae’- the mass hysteria of ‘oreibasia’ and the revolting savagery of ‘homophobia’ - are the canalization inter rituals of certain irresistible forces in life. Euripides is neither defending nor attacking the worship of Dionysus. with the sensitivity of the dramatist he is showing how human beings may be affected by a force which is universal and irresistible. The commentary on the text is no less thorough. Difficulties and ambiguities are discussed fully and fairly with the authority of profound scholarship.’ (D.G.B. in Greece & Rome, 1945, p.95). From the library of the late Prof. Dr. Tony Reekmans. € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

EURIPIDES, The Medea. Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by G. Murray. Allen&Unwin, London, 1960. Reprint 1st ed.1910. XII,96p. Sewn. Upper corner front cover slightly creased Blind tooling ex libris stamp and small gift intention on half title. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

EURIPIDES, The Medea. Translated into English rhyming verse with explanatory notes by G. Murray. Allen&Unwin, London, 1960. Reprint 1st ed.1910. XII,96p. Sewn. Upper corner front cover slightly creased Blind tooling ex libris stamp and small gift intention on half title. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

EURIPIDES, Alkestis, tooneelspel. Vertaald en ingeleid door W. Kloos. Wereldbibliotheek, Amsterdam, 1920. LXIV,50p. Cloth. Pages yellowed. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)