Scrinium Classical Antiquity

HOPKINS, A., Crete. Its Past, Present and People. Faber and Faber, London, 1977. 249p. ills.(line drawings). Bound wrps. Name and date on free endpaper. 'Why this book hasn't been reprinted, is completely beyond me. OK, it would need to be updated - archaeological discoveries have been tremendous in the past couple of decades and the Cretan way of life has changed enormously since those days - but essentially, this is the essential starter's guide to the history of Crete. Adam Hopkins takes the reader through the historical periods, from proto-historic times to the Second World War, and follows this with a couple of chapters entitled; 'Town and Country' and 'Cretan People', which brings is up to date (or at least up to the date when the book was published), with the everyday life of the Cretan people. This is an absolutely beautifully written history, and remains one of my favourites.' (STELIOS JACKSON, Hellenic Bookservice, Jan.2005). € 13.50 (Antiquarian)

HERODIANUS, Crisis in Rome. Vertaling M.F.A. Brok. Van Dishoeck, Bussum, 1973. 232p. ills. Paperback. Bit yellowed. Spine some reading traces. Library mark on free endpaper. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

FARNELL, L.R., Critical Commentary to the Works of Pindar. Hakkert, Amsterdam, 1961. [Reprint of: The Works of Pindar. Vol.II: Critical Commentary, London, 1932]. XXIX,489p. Original blue gilt titled cloth. Signature on free endpaper. € 80.00 (Antiquarian)

CRITICAL ESSAYS ON ROMAN LITERATURE. ELEGY AND LYRIC. Edited and with an Introduction by J.P. Sullivan. Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1969. 3rd impr. V,225p. Cloth wrps. Nice copy. Contents: J.P. SULLIVAN: Introduction (pp.1-15); H.F. CHERNISS: Me ex versiculis meis parum pudicum (pp.15-31); K.F. QUINN: Docte Catulle (pp.31-69); J.P. ELDER: Tibullus: Tersus atque elegans (pp.65-107); A.W. ALLEN: Sunt qui Propertium malint (pp.107-149); A.G. LEE: Tenerorum lusor amorum (pp.149-181); R.G.M. NISBET: Romanae fidicen lyrae: the Odes of Horace (pp.181-219). 'As propaganda, the book is studiously mild, but it will probably be the more effective. Anybody who has tried to interest students in the critical reading of Latin poetry (as opposed to - hideously familiar phrase - 'doing'it), knows how difficult it can be to get them to trust their judgement, to react in a positive way, to enjoy. These essays, by suggesting approaches and providing topics and starting-points for discussion, should help to elicit a response from a student who is prepared to make an effort and realizes that literary criticism is an active, not a passive, process. It is a book to be grateful for.' (E.J. KENNEY in The Classical Review (New Series), 1963, p.299). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

CENSE, A.A., and E.M. UHLENBECK, Critical Survey of Studies on the Languages of Borneo. By the Netherlands Institute for International Cultural Relations / Nijhoff, 's-Gravenhage, 1958. 82p. Sewn. Right upper corner slightly bumped. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Series: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Bibliographical Series 2. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 31.50 (Antiquarian)

VOORHOEVE, P., Critical Survey of Studies on the Languages of Sumatra. Martinus Nijhoff, 's-Gravenhage, 1955. 55p. ills. Sewn. Small personal library mark on tail spine and free endpaper. Series: Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Bibliographical Series, 1. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

LAGRANGE, P.M.-J., Critique Historique I. Les Mystères: L''Orphisme. Lecoffre, Paris, 1937. 2nd ed. VIII,243p. Sewn. Pen underlinings. Cover weak. Spine seriously damaged.Series: Études Bibliques, Introduction à l'étude du Nouveau Testament, quatrième partie. € 26.50 (Antiquarian)

GESSLER, J.-Fr., (ed.), Critische Aanteekeningen op Latijnsche Teksten uit en na de middeleeuwen. Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, 1941. 176p. Sewn. Cover a bit stained. Pages a bit yellowed. Partly unopened. Library stamps on half title. Series: Philologische Studiën, 25-27. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

PLATO, Crito. Edited with Introduction and Notes by J. Adam. Cambridge University Press, London (...), 1913. XVII,87p. Bound. Heavily annotated with pencil in neat hand writing in text part. Series: Pitt Press. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

PLATO, Crito. Vertaald door S. Koperberg. WB, Amsterdam, 1950. 31p. Sewn. € 6.00 (Antiquarian)