Scrinium Classical Antiquity

HANNAH, R., Greek and Roman Calendars. Constructions of Time in the Classical World. Duckworth, London, n.d. Photomechanical reprint ed.2007. VI,170p. Paperback.'Hannah's is the first book in some twenty-five years to survey this difficult, technical, and important topic. Hannah clearly sets out his goals in the Introduction: he aims, in part, to make available to a 'wider readership' the results of his predecessors and to update the story of the Greek and Roman calendars with recent discoveries on these calendars. He further aims to set the time-reckoning devices of the Greeks and Romans on a 'stage occupied by real people', in other words to approach the calendars of the Greeks and Romans from both astronomical and social perspectives. Hannah's work moves generally in chronological order and covers a wide range of topics including the principal units of time based on observational astronomy, the calendars of the Greeks from the late Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period, the calendars of Rome, and the afterlife of the Julian calendar in the Christian world. It includes a Select Bibliography, an Index of Passages Cited, and an Index of Subjects. (...) The work succeeds as a short and updated overview of Greek and Roman calendars and the problems that beset our understanding of them and as an invitation to further reading and research.' (ANNE-MARIE LEWIS in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.10.04). € 26.50 (New)

HANNING, J., Journal of the Discovery of the Source of the Nile. Dent & Sons, London (...), 1922. 480p. Cloth. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

HÄNSEL, A., Ranulf und die Varusschlacht. Ein historischer Roman aus der Römerzeit. (Jugendbuch). Roseni, n.p., 2006. 133p. ills. Paperback. Man schreibt das Jahr 9 nach Christus. Kaiser Augustus regiert das römische Imperium. Der junge Germane Ranulf darf zum ersten Mal mit seinem Vater und anderen germanischen Stammesfürsten nach Vetera, einer römischen Grenzstadt am Rhein, reisen. Dort will die Delegation mit dem römischen Statthalter Varus verhandeln, um neuerliche Überfälle der Römer auf germanisches Gebiet zu vermeiden. Kaum angekommen, lernt Ranulf das Römermädchen Corinna kennen, in das er sich wenig später verliebt. Doch die Verhandlungen zwischen den germanischen Stammesfürsten und Varus scheitern und schon bald stehen sich Römer und Germanen in der so genannten 'Varus-Schlacht' als unerbittliche Feinde gegenüber. Durch die Kampfhandlungen gerät Corinnas Leben in große Gefahr. Wie nur kann Ranulf seine geliebte Corinna retten, ohne dabei die Kriegslist der Germanen zu verraten? Aber wenn er schweigt, würde das unweigerlich Corinnas sicheren Tod bedeuten ... (Publisher's information). € 5.00 (Antiquarian)

HANSEN, M.H., Was Athens a Democracy? Popular Rule, Liberty and Equality in Ancient and Modern Political Thought. Munksgaard, Copenhagen, 1989. 47p. Sewn. With gift intention for (Manfred) Horstmanshoff. Series: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser, 59. (Rare thus). From the library of M. Horstmanshoff. 'In this stimulating essay, Dr. Hansen argues that the differences between ancient 'demokratia' and modern democracy have been exaggerated, and are less great in 1989 that they were in the 1950s and 1960s. With the technological revolution, 'teledemocracy', a form of direct democracy may be upon us: (...) modern democracies are moving closer to their ancient counterparts in their exclusiveness about citizenship. It is however in considering democracy as a set of ideals rather than as a political system that H. detects the closest parallels. The major part of the essay is an extremely fruitful discussion of the ideological triad democracy-liberty-equality. (...) As ever, H. wields a formidable battery of sources in support of his positions, and his citation of secondary literature includes much from modern political theorists with whom classicists may be unfamiliar. The discussion is unfailingly lucid, always reasonable, and usually convincing. It is likely to become a classic treatment, and should be essential reading for all those interested in ancient democracy.' (RONALD A. KNOX in The Classical Review (New Series), 1990, pp.177-178). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

HANSEN, M.H., and Fr. NAEREBOUT, Stad en staat. De antiek-Griekse poleis en andere stadstaatculturen. Amsterdam University Press / Salomé, n.p., 2006. 143p. ills. Paperback.Stad en staat biedt een overzicht van de kenmerken van de polis als staats- en als nederzettingstype, in de archaïsche en klassieke tijd (ca. 500-300 v.Chr.), niet alleen van het goedgedocumenteerde klassieke Athene, maar ook van de pakweg 1499 andere poleis in de Griekse wereld. Bovendien behandelen de auteurs de stadstaat in het algemeen. De sociale, economische en politieke organistatievormen die kenmerkend waren voor de nu verdwenen stadstaatculturen domineren de staten en samenlevingen van onze wereld nog steeds. (Publisher's information). € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

HANSEN, R., Wörterbuch zu Xenophons Anabasis und Hellenika. Für den Schulgebrauch bearbeitet. Perthes, Gotha, 1890. V,176p. Bound. Binding weak. Some pages loose. € 15.50 (Antiquarian)

HANSON, V.D., The Other Greeks. The Family Farm and the Agrarian Roots of Western Civilization. Free Press, NewYork (...), 1995. XVI,541p. Half cloth wrps. € 29.00 (Antiquarian)

HANSON, V.D., The Wars of the Ancient Greeks. Cassell, London, 1999. 240p. ills. Paperback. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

HANSON, V.D., and J. HEATH, Who Killed Homer? The Demise of Classical Education and the Recovery of Greek Wisdom. Encounter Books, San Francisco, 2001. First paperback ed. XXIX,328p. Paperback. ‘If Hanson and Heath are to be remembered in 10 years or20, it will not be because ‘Who Killed Homer?’was controversial in 1998, but because they have something to say about Classics that transcends the present academic situation. What they have done is to draw on their own teaching experience - both authors have been recipients of the American Philological Association’s Excellence in Teaching Award - to present a strategy not just for teaching Classics, but for encouraging personal intellectual involvement. They discuss how a teacher can ‘highlight some of the different visions embedded in the poems and … reveal the challenges -and rewards- of teaching the ‘Iliad’ (p.194). Chapter Five, ‘What We can Do’, explores the possibilities of instituting a university curriculum based on Classics. Like Plato’s ideal Republic, this ideal University may be laid up in the heavens as a pattern, rather than existing here on earth, but it is a pattern by which we can assess and improve our own curricula. Finally, the appendix ‘When All We Can Do Is Read’ offers suggestions for the intelligent and dedicated layman, in the form of thumbnail reviews of 20 books, ancient and modern, that Hanson and Heath consider valuable for anyone who wants to learn more about the Greeks. Throughout the book, the emphasis is on learning, whether formally or informally. It is this concern for the individual experience of learning to look at the Greeks with new eyes that makes ‘Who Killed Homer?’ worthwhile reading not only for classicists but for everyone who lover Classics.’ (RALPH E. DOTY in The Classical Outlook, 1998, p.35). € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

HANSSEN, L., Huizinga en de troost van de geschiedenis. Verbeelding en rede. Balans, n.p., 1996. 500p. Paperback. Nice copy. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)