Scrinium Classical Antiquity

BARRETT, A.A., Caligula. The Corruption of Power. Routledge, London/ New York, 2000. Reprint 1st ed.1993. XXVI,334p. Paperback. Nice copy. 'Barrett's biography of Caligula is a scholarly work which guides the reader clearly through difficulties of chronology and topography. References to the ligeterary accounts of Caligula's reign in the works of Dio, Suetonius, Philo and Seneca are supplemented by up-to-ate epigraphic, numismatic and archaeological evidence. (...) The 'lay' reader (...) may be a little bit disappointed by this book. In his pursuit of 'sober academic truth' B. modifies or explains away all the most colourful stories associated with this most colourful of emperors.' (CATHARINE EDWARDS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1991, pp.406-07). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

CASSIUS DIO, Caligula. Vertaald door G.H. de Vries. Atheneum-Polak&VanGennep, Amsterdam, 2000. 64p. Bound. € 9.50 (Antiquarian)

BULLOCH, A.W., Callimachus of Cyrene and the literary crisis at the beginning of the Hellenistic period: a preliminary study. Cambridge, private presses, n.d.(>1965). XII,182p. Private binding. Typoscript. With author's intention on front cover. Cover a bit wrinkled. (Rare).'Prejudices, falsifications and inadequacies have resulted in an almost total lack of a definitive, responsable evaluation of Callimachus. The critical position of modern scholarship with regard to this key poet is one of chaos: every article, survey or handbook presents a different picture. And this is especially true on the most important subject of all in Callimachus, the dispute over literary principles which affected almost every aspect of his poetry. In addition to the material to be found in the poems preserved in the regular manuscript tradition, the papyri have brought to light a great amount of new material on this subject, and yet, with an almost frivolous abandonment of their responsabilities, modern scholars have failed to produce a single detailed examination of the relevant texts with a view to discovering what the literary dispute was about, how important it was, and how influential it was. (...) It is the literary dispute which is the central theme of this essay. My interest was drawn to it in the course of research for a commentary on Callimachus' fifth Hymn to be presented as a Ph.D. thesis. My purpose is not to offer comprehensive solutions to any of the problems: this essay is intended only as a preliminary study, in which I have attempted to outline very briefly what I consider to be the main problems which need to be tackled for a new evaluation of the Hellenistic period, the methods which might be used to approach them, and a few suggestions as to where some of the answers may lie.' (ANTHONY W. BULLOCH in The Preface, pp.IV-V). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 115.00 (Antiquarian)

HARDER, M.A., R.F. REGTUIT, and G.C. WAKKER, (eds.), Callimachus. Egbert Forsten, Groningen, 1993. (III),231p. Paperback. Nice copy. Series: Hellenistica Groningana, Volume I.A.o.: J. BLOMQVIST: On adverbs in Callimachus: a contribution to Greek poetical language (pp.17-37); C. CALAME: Legendary narration and poetic procedure in Callimachus' Hymn to Apollo (pp.37-37); M. DEPEW: Mimesis and aetiology in Callimachus' Hymns (pp.57-79); A. HARDER: Aspects of the structure of Callimachus' Aetia (pp.99-111); A. HENRICHS: Gods in action: the poetics of divine performance in the Hymns of Callimachus (pp.127-149); D. MEYER: Die Einbeziehung des Lesers in den Epigrammen des Kallimachos (pp.161-177). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 32.50 (Antiquarian)

STEPHENS, S. A., Callimachus. The Hymns. Oxford University Press, 2015. 344p. Paperback. This volume offers a text and commentary of all six hymns for advanced students of classics and classical scholars, as well as interpretive essays on each hymn that integrate what has been the dominant paradigm-intertextuality-into a broader focus on Callimachus' context. Her introduction treats the transmission of the hymns, the potential for and likelihood of the Homeric hymns as models, the hymns as a poetry book, their language and meter (especially in light of recent work done on this topic), performance practices, and their relationship to cult, court, local geographies, and panhellenic sanctuaries. For each hymn Stephens presents the Greek text, a translation, and a brief commentary containing important information or parallels for interpretation. (Publisher's information). € 25.50 (New)

GRIFFIN, R.M., Cambridge Latin Grammar. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1998. 7th impr. Sewn. Soft cover. A few light, erasable pencil annotations. From the library of the late Dr. Dirk Panhuis. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

LEVEAU, Ph., P. SILLIÈRES, and J.-P. VALLAT, Campagnes de la Méditerranée Romaine. Occident. Ouvrage publié avec le concours du Centre national des Lettres. Hachette, n.p., 1993. 309p. ills.(B&W line drawings). Paperback. With signature from Prof. Carl Deroux on free endpaper. Ce livre présente la vie rurale dans les pays riverains de la Mediterranée occidentale romaine, d'abord en son ensemble, puis en quatre régions: l'Italie, l'Afrique du Nord, la péninsule Ibérique et la Gaule narbonnaise. Milieu homogène et divers, le monde méditerranéen offre une grance richesse de sources littéraires, épigraphiques et archéologiques, celles-ci permettent de connaîttre à la fois les paysages, les habitats, les produits, les échanges, les rapports sociaux. Contradictoires ou complémentaires, elles donnent du monde romain une vue complexe où les apports de la conquête se mêlent aux persistances des substrats indigènes. Historiens de formation, les auteurs ont aussi pratiqué fouilles et prospections; ils ont voulu faire partager leur expérience de terrain ainsi que la richesse du travail collectif et interdisciplinaire à travers une géographie rurale historique. Autour des rivages méditerranéens, le lecteur retrouvera les éléments fondamentaux d'une agriculture et d'un genre de vie, mais aussi la spécificité de cette période d'unification par Rome. (Publisher's information). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 40.00 (Antiquarian)

FREDERIKSEN, M., Campania. Edited with additions by Nicholas Purcell. British School at Rome, 1984. XVIII,368,XVp. ills.(B&W photographs). Cloth wrps. Blind tooling ex libris on half title. Wrps little bit worn. € 132.50 (Antiquarian)

GIBSON, J.G.L., (ed.), Canaanite Myths and Legends. Originally edited by G.R. Driver, and published in the series Old Testament Studies under the auspices of the Society for Old Testament Study. T. & T. Clarke, Edinburgh, 1978. 2nd ed. XX,168p. Hard bound. Spine gilt titled. Spine as well as front cover) partly) a little bit discoloured. € 40.00 (Antiquarian)

RUTHERFORD, I., Canons of Style in the Antonine Age. Idea-Theory and its Literary Context. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1998. VIII,168p. Gilt tiled cloth with dust wrps. 'This monograph studies the relationship between 'idea' theory in Hermogenes' 'Peri ideon' and the anonymous 'Peri aphelous logou', and the prose literature of the Second Sophistic. Rutherford offers a well-grounded study of the detailed articulation of theory in practice. (...) This slim volume offers much to students of the Second Sophistic. It illustrates well how literary critical thought changed in response to developments in oratory, drawing upon but transmuting earlier commonplaces. R. shows how the choice of model orators and speeches was actually more integrated than previously recognized with contemporary political and literary concerns. Far from being yet another traditional piece of unworldly literary criticism, Hermogenes is firmly situated in his cultural environment.' (RICHARD HAWLEY in the Journal of Hellenic Studies, 2001, p.193-94). € 69.50 (Antiquarian)