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HALL, F.W., A Companion to Classical Texts. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1913. VIII,363p. ills. Cloth. Signature on free endpaper. Front hinges a bit cracked, showing underneath tissue. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

HALL, F.W., A Companion to Classical Texts. Olms, Hildesheim, 1968. Photomechanical reprint ed.1913. VIII,363p. Cloth. Spine bit discoloured. Else fine.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 22.00 (Antiquarian)

HALL, F.W., A Companion to Classical Texts. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1913. VIII,363p. ills. Cloth. With signatures from L. and G.E.M. de Ste. Croix (1949) and R. Smitskamp (1978) on free endpaper. Paste-down endpapers a bit foxed. € 35.00 (Antiquarian)

WHIBLEY, L., (ed.), A Companion to Greek Studies. University Press, Cambridge, 1905. 1st ed. XXX,672p. ills. Cloth. Head and tail spine bit worn. Spine discoloured. Gilt stamped. € 37.50 (Antiquarian)

WACE, A.J.B., and F.H. STUBBINGS, (eds.), A Companion to Homer. Macmillan, London, 1970. Reprint 1st ed.1962. XXIX,595p. ills. Cloth wrps. Nice copy.'This volume falls into two parts, literary and then archaeological. An introductory chapter by the late J.A.K. Thomson on Homer and his influence is Victorian in its literary approach but useful for its brief survey of Homeric echoes in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. There follow three chapters by Sir Maurice Bowra: two short ones on metre and style, and a long one on composition. (...) 'Composition' takes a broad look at the plot and construction of both poems, and is one of the most interesting chapters of the whole volume. (...) The next chapter, on the language of Homer, is by L.R. Palmer, and is a short book in itself. (...) Intended as a Homeric supplement to an Attic grammar, it goes somewhat farther than that, perhaps to the detriment of clarity. (...) The second main part opens with a geographical survey by N.G.L. Hammond - a thorough piece of work which goes well beyond the immediate reference of Homer. Helen Thomas and the editor (Stubbings) follow with a chapter on Homeric lands and peoples which I found clear and useful, except perhaps in its treatment of the antiquity of the Catalogue of Ships itself (...). The pages on the rediscovery of the Homeric world (...) are among the most useful in the book, especially in the surveys of Troy, Mycenae, Ithaca, and Pylos. (...) The chapters on social culture are less satisfactory. (...) Most of us can learn from the new venture. If it omits much that some would expect to find, it also contains much that will be of value to all.' (G.S. KIRK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1963, pp.133-36). € 57.50 (Antiquarian)

WACE, A.J.B., and F.H. STUBBINGS, (eds.), A Companion to Homer. Macmillan, London, 1962. XXIX,595p. ills. Original blue cloth. Spine gilt titled. Lacking dust wrps. 'This volume falls into two parts, literary and then archaeological. An introductory chapter by the late J.A.K. Thomson on Homer and his influence is Victorian in its literary approach but useful for its brief survey of Homeric echoes in the Middle Ages and Renaissance. There follow three chapters by Sir Maurice Bowra: two short ones on metre and style, and a long one on composition. (...) 'Composition' takes a broad look at the plot and construction of both poems, and is one of the most interesting chapters of the whole volume. (...) The next chapter, on the language of Homer, is by L.R. Palmer, and is a short book in itself. (...) Intended as a Homeric supplement to an Attic grammar, it goes somewhat farther than that, perhaps to the detriment of clarity. (...) The second main part opens with a geographical survey by N.G.L. Hammond - a thorough piece of work which goes well beyond the immediate reference of Homer. Helen Thomas and the editor (Stubbings) follow with a chapter on Homeric lands and peoples which I found clear and useful, except perhaps in its treatment of the antiquity of the Catalogue of Ships itself (...). The pages on the rediscovery of the Homeric world (...) are among the most useful in the book, especially in the surveys of Troy, Mycenae, Ithaca, and Pylos. (...) The chapters on social culture are less satisfactory. (...) Most of us can learn from the new venture. If it omits much that some would expect to find, it also contains much that will be of value to all.' (G.S. KIRK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1963, pp.133-36). € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

HARRISON, St., (ed.), A Companion to Latin Literature. Blackwell Publishing, Malden (...), 2008. XVIII,450p. Paperback. Nice copy. 'Do we really need another survey (or some such) of Latin literature after traditional histories such as CHCL 2, Conte, and Von Albrecht, and more unconventional introductions as those of Braund and Taplin? Well, as it turns out, we do. This new addition to Blackwell's ever-growing series very successfully blends the traditional with the unconventional. Not only does it adequately, sometimes superbly, sum up the status quaestionis of many debates in Latin scholarship, the Companion also points to interesting new avenues of research and will prove to be a quarry of dissertation topics for despairing graduate students, something to which this reviewer can testify. (...) I can warmly recommend this book, both to experts who wish to have an up-to-date account of the latest trends in the study of Latin literature and to undergraduate and graduate students who can mine this volume for suitable paper and even dissertation topics.' (ERIK HAMER in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.04.19). € 35.00 (Antiquarian)

SANDYS, J.E., (ed.), A Companion to Latin Studies. Cambridge University Press, London (...), 1943. Reprint 3rd ed. XXXV,891p. ills. Cloth wrps. € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

WHITE, N.P., A Companion to Plato's Republic. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, 1979. VIII,275p. Paperback. Spine with light reading trace. Upper and lower edge back cover and last pages a bit bumped. Signature on half title. ‘Professor White’s book, which (apart from a long Introduction) takes the form of a continuous summary of and commentary on the ‘Republic’, has two aims. One is to provide an introduction which can be used by students with varying levels of background knowledge and philosophical sophistication. The other is to put forward his own interpretation of the work as a closely articulated unity which is pine of the wide range of Plato’s concerns forms a single argument. The two aims harmonise well. As a ‘companion’ for those reading the ‘Republic’ for the first time, the book gains from the fact that W. Is concerned to let Plato’s argument speak for itself rather than focussing on the work through a set of modern philosophical concerns. In his comments W. Refers to the secondary literature, but does not often directly take issue with it; the form and scope of his discussion always follows the text rather closely. (…) W. Sees the ‘Republic’ primarily as a work of moral (and political) philosophy, putting less stress on the epistemology and metaphysics. (…) The basis of W.’s overall interpretation is sketched in the Introduction: by making goodness the primary notion in ethics, and insisting on its objectivity, Plato avoids the unanswerable problems that arise for those who see morality in terms of the conflict of duty and interest; hence he is neither an egoist nor a utilitarian. W. Is importantly right here, and his book will, I hope, help to free students from the tendency to interpret Plato in modern ethical terms that condemn the Republic’s argument to failure before it begins. (…) The book as a whole is far superior, philosophically and in its approach to Plato, to other recent introductions. It will be useful to students and of interest to the specialist.’ (JULIA ANNAS in The Journal of Hellenic Studies 1981, p.154). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

GOW, J., A Companion to School Classics. Macmillan, London, 1936. XX,377p. ills. Cloth. Cover a little bit grimy. spine dicoloured. Prize book Bury Grammar School to G.W. Arnott, Upper Fifth English Prize, July 1945. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 29.50 (Antiquarian)