Scrinium Classical Antiquity

HAASE, W., (ed.), ANRW. Teil II: Principat. Sprache und Literatur. (Literatur der augusteischen Zeit: Allgemeines; Einzelne Autoren). Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York, 1982. XII,896p. Original green cloth. Spine gilt titled. Pages a bit yellowed. Some smoker's smell. Series: Aufstieg und Niedergang der Römischen Welt, II, Dreissigster Band, 1. Teilband. € 60.00 (Antiquarian)

JACKSON, St., Istrus the Callimachean. Hakkert, Amsterdam, 2000. 157p. Sewn. (Rare). '’In total we have seventy-seven fragments of Istrus but many of these, alas, tell us too little to interpret them successfully’, déclare St. Jackson dans l’Introduction de son ouvrage. Un collaborateur de Callimaque dans le domaine de l’hisotire et partiellement de la ‘grammaire’, dont on ne sait pratiquement rien et dont on n’a presque plus rien. Jackson parvient cependant à nous fournir un exposé de près de 150 pages, citations comprises. (…) L’auteur tient Istrus pour un zélateur de la politique de syncrétisme attribuée aux Lagides. (…) Il en résulte un ensemble d’informations qui se dispersent de façon éclatée autour et alentour du personnage envisagé. (…) Cela tient au sujet, non point à son auteur, qui ne manque pas de mérite et de savoir-faire.’ (DANIEL DONNET in L’antiquité classique, 2002, p.299). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 75.00 (Antiquarian)

LAVAGNINI, B., Da Mimnermo a Callimaco. Contributi esegetici e critici ai lirici greci. Paravia & C., Torino (...), n.d.(>1948). 162p. Sewn. Front cover partly loose from binding. Unopened. Pages yellowed. ‘Le professeur Bruno Lavagnini a rassemblé dans ce volume une série d’etudes antérieurement publiées, soit dans les appendices qui suivent chacun des chapitres de sa ‘Nuova Anthologie dei fragments della lirica greca’ (Turin, Paravia, 1932), soit dans des articles parus dans divers périodiques entre 1923 et 1947. Ces études concernent neuf poètes. Elles sont fort diverses, puisqu’elles n’ont qu’un caractère commun, celui de se rapporter à des fragments lyriques. (…) On saura gré au professeur Lavagnini d’avoir rendu aisément accessibles, en les réunissant en un volume, ces études consacrées à un domaine de la littérature grecque pour lequel il est actuellement un des meilleurs connaisseurs.’ (MARCEL HOMBERT in L’antiquité classique, 1952, pp.474-75). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

LEHNUS, L., Bibliografia Callimachea 1489 - 1988. Dipartimento di Archelogia, Filologia Classica e Loro Tradizioni, Università di Genove, Facolta di Lettere, 1989. 400p. Sewn. Softcover. Series: Publblicazioni del D.AR.FI.CL.ET, Nuova Serie, n.123. Nice copy. 'This bibliography lists under clear headings the scholarly work devoted to Callimachus in the five centuries following Politian's editio princeps of Hymn 5. It is extremely comprehensive, intelligently organized, clearly presented, and accurately printed, All who work in the area of Hellenistic poetry should be grateful to the author for what will immediately become an indispensable work of reference.' (FREDERICK WILLIAMS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1990, p.470). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 27.50 (Antiquarian)

LUDWIG, W., Aufsätze. Private presses, Frankfurt am Main, 1965. Not paginated. (192p). Glued. With Corrigendum leaflet loosely inserted. Title handwritten on spine. With author's dedication on front cover. Anthology of reprints. A.o.: Plato's Love Epigrams; Die Phainomena Arats als hellenistische Dichtung; Von Terenz zu Menander; Zu Horaz, C. 2, 1-12. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

MARZULLO, B., (ed.), Museum Criticum XIII-XIV. (1978-1979). Università di Bologna, 1979. 511p. Sewn. Partly unopened. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Front cover with some minor stains. With contributions on a.o. Archilochos, Sappho, Hesychios from a.o.: M.G. Bonanno, E. Cavallini, C. Galavotti, F. Bossi, E. Degani, A. Lorenzoni, and S. Nannini. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 29.50 (Antiquarian)

Mc KAY, K.J., Erysichthon. A Callimachean Comedy. Brill, Leiden, 1962. 140p. Sewn. Theses. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. With short letter from the promotor, W.J. Verdenius.'There is learning, diligence, enthusiasm in McKay's studies of Callimachus' two Hymns (the Fifth or 'Bath of Pallas'; the Sixth or 'Demeter') but there is also, as I see it, a fundamental failure of judgement, a basic misunderstanding of the poet. We must, of course, admit that there are diversities of opinion and that Callimachus is enigmatic, does not wear his heart on his sleeve. But the trouble with McKay's interpretations is not simply the novelty of his conclusions: it is the method, the approach that seem to me in error. (…) Yet let me say that I found the monographs interesting and, more than that, stimulating. I found myself rethinking all the problems; my eye for Callimachus' meaning was decidedly sharpened. (BROOKS OTIS on K.J. McKay, The Poet at Play (1962), and Erysichthon (1962) in The American Journal of Philology, 1964, p.423). € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

Mc KAY, K.J., The Poet at Play. Kallimachos, the Bath of Pallas. Brill, Leiden, 1962. IX,(1),139p. Sewn. Series: Mnemosyne. Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum sextum.'The book contains a text, differing from Pfeiffer's at vv.14 and 61, translation, a general chapter on the Hymns, a chapter on the 'Hymn to Demeter', and four chapters on the 'Loutra tes Pallados'. McKay has little interest in sytactical or textual points, and his most interesting pages are those on the euphony of Callimachus' verses, and the effect of vowel-patterns. McKay's own language aims at the popular (...). There are many details on which I would quarrel with McKay. (...) But in detail he has some unusual insights, and shows considerable sensitivity to rhythm and sound patterns.' (J. GRIFFIN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1963, pp.151-53). € 79.50 (Antiquarian)

Mc KAY, K.J., The Poet at Play. Kallimachos, the Bath of Pallas. Brill, Leiden, 1962. IX,(1),139p. Sewn. Series: Mnemosyne. Bibliotheca Classica Batava. Supplementum sextum.'The book contains a text, differing from Pfeiffer's at vv.14 and 61, translation, a general chapter on the Hymns, a chapter on the 'Hymn to Demeter', and four chapters on the 'Loutra tes Pallados'. McKay has little interest in sytactical or textual points, and his most interesting pages are those on the euphony of Callimachus' verses, and the effect of vowel-patterns. McKay's own language aims at the popular (...). There are many details on which I would quarrel with McKay. (...) But in detail he has some unusual insights, and shows considerable sensitivity to rhythm and sound patterns.' (J. GRIFFIN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1963, pp.151-53). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 79.50 (Antiquarian)

Mc KAY, K.J., Erysichthon. A Callimachean Comedy. Brill, Leiden, 1962. X,202p. Sewn. Series: Mnemosyne, supplementum septimum.'There is learning, diligence, enthusiasm in McKay's studies of Callimachus' two Hymns (the Fifth or 'Bath of Pallas'; the Sixth or 'Demeter') but there is also, as I see it, a fundamental failure of judgement, a basic misunderstanding of the poet. We must, of course, admit that there are diversities of opinion and that Callimachus is enigmatic, does not wear his heart on his sleeve. But the trouble with McKay's interpretations is not simply the novelty of his conclusions: it is the method, the approach that seem to me in error. (…) Yet let me say that I found the monographs interesting and, more than that, stimulating. I found myself rethinking all the problems; my eye for Callimachus' meaning was decidedly sharpened. (BROOKS OTIS on K.J. McKay, The Poet at Play (1962), and Erysichthon (1962) in The American Journal of Philology, 1964, p.423). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 65.00 (Antiquarian)