Scrinium Classical Antiquity

GRANDGENT, C.H., An Introduction to Vulgar Latin. Hafner, NewYork, 1962. n.d. XVII,219p. Original blue cloth. Spine gilt titled. € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

GRANDJEAN, Y., Une nouvelle arétalogie d'Isis à Maronée. Brill, Leiden, 1975. XIII,134,Vp. ills.(photographs). Original green gilt titled cloth. Small stamps on free endpaper. ‘Trouvée fortuitement à la faveur d’un labourage profond au lieu-dit Kambana, cette nouvelle arétalogie est d’une valeur documentaire assez exceptionnelle, quoique la pierre mutilée ne nous conserve qu’un texte incomplet. Il s’agit d’un ‘enkômion’ dont la guérison d’une ophtalmie occasionna la rédaction. (…) Dans l’inscription de Maronée, la mention d’une guérison miraculeuse sert d’introduction aux louanges, mais non pas (…) en action des grâces. (…) De toute façon, l’arétalogie de Maronée - et Grandjean le souligne excellemment dans son commentaire comme dans sa conclusion - présente une originalité singulière aussi bien dans son inspiration que dans ses formulations. (…) Soigneusement transcrit, il nous est présenté sans restitution aventureuse, avec ses difficultés matérielles et constatées. (…) La conclusion (…) dégage lumineusement la portée historique de cette nouvelle arétalogie. L’éditeur n’en a pas négligé la savante élaboration rhétorique. Un premier appendice inventorie les clausules. Un second nous fait connaître trois autres documents épigraphiques de Maronée relatifs aux dieux égyptiens, et qui attestent l’existence d’un sanctuaire au lieu-dit Kambana. L’appendice III transcrit l’arétalogie de Kymé avec la mention en regard des passages thématiquement correspondants relevés dans celle de Maronée. De précieux ‘indices’ permettent non seulement d’utliser à fond l’ouvrage de Grandjean, mais de rependre telle ou telle comparaison avec d’autres arétalogies. De ce texte révélateur, Grandjean nous offre une présentation digne de son importance et de son intérêt.’ (ROBERT TURCAN in Revue des Études Anciennes, 1976, pp.240-242). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 85.00 (Antiquarian)

GRANGER, E., LA MYTHOLOGIE. Encyclopédie par l'image. Hachette, London, 1962. 64p. ill. Sewed. Little sticker on back. € 7.00 (Antiquarian)

GRANOBS, R., and J. REINSBACH. Latein. Grammatik. Pocket teacher. Cornelsen, n.p., 2005. 144p. Wireless. € 5.50 (Antiquarian)

GRANPRE MOLIERE, J.J., La theorie de la constitution anglaise chez Montesquieu. Presse Universiteire de Leyde, 1972. VII,386p. Theses. Card board covers. € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

GRANSDEN, K.W., Virgil's Iliad. An Essay on Epic Narrative. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1984. 221p. Paperback.'This is a book about Virgil's Aeneid, especially the second half of the poem, are explores in some detail Virgil's use of Homer's Iliad. The author's main purpose is to try to re-establish the value and importance of books VII-XII of the Aeneid, which he argues, far from constituting a falling off from the more familiar earlier books, Aeneid VII-XII presents a continuous epic narrative of sustained power, planned and executed on the largest scale and offering a structural unity which matches that of its great model. His secondary purpose is to try to give the modern reader an impression of what Homer's Iliad meant to the implied reader of the Aeneid and to Virgil himself. Throughout, Gransden places emphasis on the text as a piece of continuous narrative, finding that the experience of reading VII-XII modifies the reader's sense of books I-VI. This book will interest all those who enjoy Virgil, whether they are studying Latin or reading the poet in translation. A knowledge of Latin is not essential and those concerned with the techniques of narrative in epic and other fiction will also find the book of value. (Editor's information). ‘In sum, this is both a stimulating and a mildly exasperating book. G. is reasonably succesfull in relating Aeneid and Iliad given his limitations of format. And the book’s draw-back (for the reviewer) of over-concentration on modern literary theory, consequent skimping over the scholarly side and some careless error are counterbalanced by some illuminating remarks on the neglected second half of the Aeneid.’ (S.J. HARRISON in The Classical Review (New Series), 1986, p.40). € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

GRANT, F.C., (ed.), Ancient Roman Religion. Edited, with an Introduction by F.C. Grant. The Liberal Arts Press, New York, 1957. XXXV,252p. Paperback. Upper dorner front cover and pages till p.62 slightly bumped. Signature on half title.A Sourcebook. Translations by F.C. Grant. € 12.00 (Antiquarian)

GRANT, M., Roman History from Coins. Some uses of the Imperial Coinage to the Historian. University Press, Cambridge, 1958. 96,32p. ills. Bound wrps.'Lightly written and often sharply pointed, this little book threads together a series of lectures and essays with the purpose of showing 'some users of the Imperial coinage to the historian.'(...) For the non-speiclais there will obviously be much that is novel and interesting, and it is to the non-specialist that this treatment is chiefly directed.' 9C.H.V. SUTHERLAND in The Classical Review (New Series), 1959, p.277). € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

GRANT, M., Eros in Pompeji. Erotische taferelen uit het geheime kabinet van het Museum van Napels. Met foto's van A. Mulas. Vertaling uit het Italiaans door Fr. Grosveld. Amsterdam Boek, n.p., n.d.(>1975). 171p. Richly ills.(full colour photographs). Original gilt stamped cloth with dust wrps. Name and date on free endpaper. Nice copy. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

GRANT, M., Greek and Latin Authors 800 B.C. - A.D. 1000. Wilson Company, New York, 1980. XIV,490p. Original blue gilt titled cloth. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)