Scrinium Classical Antiquity

VOLLBRECHT, F, Wörterbuch zu Xenophons Anabasis. Für den Schulgebrauch bearbeitet. Auflage besorgt von W. Vollbrecht. Teubner, Leipzig, 1891. 7th rev.ed. 265p. 3 folding tables and a map. Sewn. Contemporary cover. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper.From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

VOLLBRECHT, F, Wörterbuch zu Xenophons Anabasis. Für den Schulgebrauch bearbeitet. Auflage besorgt von W. Vollbrecht. Teubner, Leipzig, n.d. 248p. ills.(line drawings, 3 folding plates and a folding map). Half cloth. Head and tail spine, as well as corners a bit worn. Title page missing. Binding a bit weak. Plates and map loose. Some light pencil markings and annotations. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

HUPPERTS, Ch., and E. JANS, Wraak en verdriet. Heftige emoties in de Ilias van Homerus. Tekstboek. Hulpboek. Eisma Edumedia, Leeuwarden, 2008. 2 vols. 139,141p. Richly ills. Sewn. Vol.2: Lower corner front cover creased. Uitwerking syllabus voor het CE Grieks 2009. € 14.00 (Antiquarian)

MEIJER, F., Wrakken, Ankers en Amforen. Archeologisch Onderzoek in de Middellandse Zee. Tekeningen: Nick Oudshoorn. Strengholt, n.p.,n.d. (1976) 235p. ills. Cloth wrps. Name and date on half title. Nice copy. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

MORLEY, N., Writing Ancient History. Duckworth, London, 1999. 175p. Paperback. Front cover slightly creased. Else fine. 'M.'s purpose is to provide an undergraduate introduction to the study of historiography, stressing a couple of general points: that history is largely the product of the historian, and that, while never very useful as a predictive tool, it is nonetheless 'most useful in helping us to understand the present and recent past' (p.151). In this he is largely successfull. M.'s points are prettuy much standard contemporary fare, and he organizes them into four chapters: 'What is History?', 'The Use and Abuse of Sources', 'Telling the Story', and 'What is History For?' (...) His various specific case studies are, on the whole, well chosen, and set forth clearly. Lucidity is also a feature of his discussions of general trends in histroical thinking, most impressively in his discussion of cyclical, progressive and chaotic style of narrative (pp.144-150). Perhaps the greatest strength of the book is that M.'s discussion is framed in a way that would be recognizable to historians of other periods. He steers clear of the fascination, current ins ome quarters, whth demonstrating that history is a work of rhetoric. For M. there is no question but that this is the case, or that most people have thought this all along. Likewise he is perfectly clear that even if history is a rhetorical product, it is still supported by its own rules of evidence. (...) He demonstrates these rules through a series of well-chosen examples that are commonplace in standard British ancient history curricula. (...) As a basic instroduction to ancient historiography, and the modern writing of ancient history, this book works.' (DAVID POTTER in The Classical Review (New Series), 2003, pp.498-499). € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

DOMINIK, W.J., J. GARTHWAITE and P.A. ROCHE, (ed.), Writing Politics in Imperial Rome. Brill, Leiden / Boston, 2009. XIII,539p. Cloth. 'Writing Politics in Imperial Rome is an important contribution to an expanding (and already large) field of research: the relationship between literary culture and politics in early imperial Rome. The contributors address different topics within this field, dealing with a variety of authors and following different approaches. The chapters collected here examine various issues that became central to Roman literature with the advent of the Principate, such as double speech, dissimulation and censorship, as well as the different strategies employed for praising or criticising political leaders (especially emperors). Topics such as aristocratic behaviour, the circulation of literary texts, and the role of reading in the creation of meaning, are discussed in a number of chapters. The book is dedicated to the analysis of 23 ancient authors, in 21 chapters. After two introductory chapters, the content is organized in a roughly chronological order. (...) Writing Politics in Imperial Rome will appeal to graduate students and researchers in general, especially as a stimulating introduction to a variety of approaches and an extensive bibliography. Anyone interested in the possibilities and limits for studying the different layers of writing in imperial texts, and the many possibilities offered by reading them will find the chapters collected here of great interest.' (FABIO FAVERSANI in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.12.26). € 179.50 (New)

NICHOLAS of CUSA, (CUSANUS), Writings on Church and Reform. Translated by Th.M. Izbicki. (Latin-English Text). Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass)/London, 2008. XX,663p. Cloth wrps. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. € 34.50 (New)

HIPPOCRATES, Writings. Translated by Fr. Adams. GALENUS: On the Natural Faculties. Translated by A.J. Brock. Encyclopadia Britannica, Chicago (...), 1984. 215p. Cloth. Series: Great Books of the Western World, 10. € 36.50 (Antiquarian)

BAKKER, E., and A. KAHANE, (eds.), Written Voices, Spoken Signs. Tradition, performance, and the Epic Text. Harvard University Press, Cambridge (Mass.), / London, 1997. VIII,305p. Original off-white cloth. Series: Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia. Nice copy. 'This collection of papers issues from a Center for Hellenic Studies colloquium organized by Egbert Bakker and Ahuvia Kahane which was held at the Center in June 1994. It is the first volume in a new series devoted to CHS colloquia forthcoming from Harvard University Press. Of the nine papers collected here (arranged alphabetically by the authors' last names), those by the editors, John Miles Foley, Andrew Ford, Richard Martin, and Gregory Nagy focus on Homeric questions; contributions by Franz Bäuml, Wulf Oesterreicher, and Ursula Schaefer address questions of orality and performance in medieval texts. What these diverse studies have in common is what the editors call a poststructuralist approach to language and discourse: 'Attention to strategies, means, and modes, rather than simply to contents.' (...) What perhaps makes the volume most useful as a volume is that it samples the work of major players in the field of oral poetry and linguistics who have written more extensively elsewhere on similar topics, using similar approaches. In each case the interested reader will probably want to have recourse to the more extended treatments. That said, these essays hang together well enough, and the editors have taken pains to cross-reference them to one another where appropriate. (...) There are enlightening, even important essays in this volume.' (M.D. USHER in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 98.1.25). € 39.50 (Antiquarian)

BEARD, H., X-treme Latin. All the Latin you need to know for surviving the 21st century. Headline, London, 2004. 108p. Hard bound with pictorial dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)