Scrinium Classical Antiquity

PREISSHOFEN, F., Untersuchungen zur Darstellung des Greisenalters in der frühgriechischen Dichtung. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1977. X,126p. Sewn. Front cover a bit stained. Series: Hermes, Einzelschriften, Heft 34. (Rare). ‘La monographie que M.F. Preisshofen a consacrée à la représentation de la vieillesse dans l’épopée et le lyrisme archaïques vient utilement combler un vide. L’étude, menée avec beaucoup de soin, comprend deux parties de longueur inégale: la première, de loin la plus brève, analyse la vieillesse dans la mythologie(thème de l’éternel jeunesse des dieux (….)); la deuxième tente de déterminer comment les poètes, d’Homère à Pindare, ont perçu la vieillesse. (…) Si je ne partage pas le sentiment de l’auteur qui voudrait atténuer la part du pessimisme qui émane des fragments lyriques qu’il étudie, je crois qu’il a raison d’insister (…0 sur l’ambivalence que les poètes archaïques ont reconnue à la vieillesse. (…) Les quelques divergences qui me séparent de M. Preisshofen ne m’empêchent nullement de considérer que son livre constitue une contribution de qualité à l’étude d’un thème littéraire essentiel. (SIMON BYL in L’antiquité classique, 1978, pp.604-05). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 39.50 (Antiquarian)

PRELLER, L., Römische Mythologie. Auflage von H. Jordan. Erster Band. Zweiter Band. Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin, 1881/83. 2 vols in one. VI,455;XI,490p. Half cloth. Head and tail spine slightly bumped. With signature from Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Himmelmann and date on free endpaper. Gift intention on second endpaper. Nice copy. € 89.50 (Antiquarian)

PRENDERGAST, G.L., A Complete Concordance to the Iliad of Homer. New Edition completely revised and enlarged by B. Marzullo. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1962. Photomechanical reprint ed.1875. IX,427p. Cloth. Lower part cover a little bit water stained. Lower part pages slightly bubbled through moist. From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 49.50 (Antiquarian)

PROPERCE, (PROPERTIUS), Élégies. Texte établi et traduit par D. Paganelli. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1947. XXI,164(x2),165-175p. Sewn. Spine with light reading trace. With signature from Prof. Dr. Nikolaus Himmelmann on free endpaper. From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

RAABE, H., Plurima mortis imago. Vergleichende Interpretationen zur Bildersprache Vergils. Beck, München, 1974. 263p. Sewn. 'The 'Aeneid' takes up three-quarters of the book. In chapters on the behaviour of dying men, on their last words, on the after-life, R. makes interesting comparisons between Homer and Virgil and the later Latin epic writers. The most important part of the book is the treatment of fighting in the 'Aeneid'. R, develops two classifications. The first, the large-scale motifs, 'Grossbilder', include Battle Beginnings, Individual Aristeieai, Semi-individual Aristeiai (...), Minor Duelas, Mass Battles, and Non-military Episodes, for example speeches and replies. (...) The second classification covers small-scale motifs, 'Einzelbilder'. These include co-ordinators (tum, hic), the names of one of both of the participants, characterization, the mention of weapons, the use of particular weapons, the wounding of parts of the body (...). R. has elaborate justifications of these two different classifications. (...) He seems to be justified in his claim to have provided tools which can achieve a new degree of precision and objectivity in our understanding of the narrative techniques of Virgil and his successors.' (DAVID WEST in The Classical Review (New Series), 1977, pp.275-76). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 28.50 (Antiquarian)

REHM, W., Griechentum und Goethezeit. Geschichte eines Glaubens. Leo Lehnen Verlag, München, 1952. 3rd ed. XII,428p. ills. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Pages yellowed. A few light, erasable pencil strikes and underlinings from NH. 'Rehms Buch ist beste Wissenschaft, so gewiß es sich methodisch bewährt: bekannte Einzelheiten empfangen ihren Sinn von einer neuen Sicht, und die geschichtlich Abgrenzung klassischer Griechenbilder ermöglicht das erneute Abstecken der Positionen des Humanismus im 20. Jahrhundert.' (Neue Zürcher Zeitung). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 37.50 (Antiquarian)

REINHARDT, K., Aischylos als Regisseur und Theologe. Francke, Bern, 1949. 168p. Hard bound with dust wrps. Dust wrps slightly damaged and repaired with acid free adhesive paper. Nice copy. 'Very briefly stated, his main point seems to be that Aeschylus deals in antitheses (…) and that the best, if not the only way to present these effectively is by the use of stagecraft, sometimes including quite startling and spectacular effects. ‘Mit dem Regiekünstler entwickelt sich zugleich in Aischylos der Theologe.’ This he holds to be a unique phenomenon, unique at all events for the Greek stage. Whether he is always successful in applying the thesis to the many problems contained in the surviving plays is not certain; but at least in trying to apply it and seeking solutions thereby of difficulties which he never minimizes, he raises a number of highly interesting points and shows fine taste and insight in his discussions of them. (…) In dealing with the Oresteia the author gives us among other things a most admirable analysis of the Agamemnon (pp.80-110), in which all the principal features both of the dramatic technique and of the contents are brought out with a completeness remarkable in so short a treatment.' (H.J. ROSE in The Classical Review, 1950, pp.104-05). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 55.00 (Antiquarian)

REITER, F., Die Nomarchen des Arsinoites. Ein Beitrag zum Steuerwesen im römischen Ägypten. Ferdinand Schöningh, Paderborn (...), 2004. X,367,IXp. Sewn. Wrps. Series: Abhandlungen der Nordrhein-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Sonderreihe Papyrologica Coloniensia, Vol. XXXI. Nice copy. 'This book, the first full study of the 'nomarchia', not just the nomarchs, of the Arsinoite nome in the Roman period, is the most important contribution to our knowledge of taxation in Roman Egypt since S.L. Wallace, 'Taxation in Egypt from Augustus to Diocletian (1938). A brief introduction reviews the available evidence and previous scholarly views. The second chapter gives a prosopographical study of the 27 Arsinoite nomarchs attested between A.D. 34 and 248, and the next investigates their function. The fourth chapter (pp.92-299) (...) is a detailed discussion of all the taxes due in Arsinoite to the 'nomarchia' and what is known about their collection, including comparison with their evidence and mode of collection in other nomes. Attempts to come to grips with the ghastly complexities of taxation in Roman Egypt at ground level are rare and especially welcome. A hazard of the job, and reason for the unpopularity of the topic, is that for each point clarified two new problems tend to emerge, but that is still valuable progress. (...) R.'s discussion of each tax and its collection is based on meticulous analysis and discussion of the relevant texts, clearly presented and written. It is not an easy read, but it will be the invaluable reference point for any editor or historian needing to know about these taxes.' (DOMINIC RATHBONE, The classical review (New Series), 2007, pp.490-91). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 32.50 (Antiquarian)

REITER, S., (ed.), Friedrich August Wolf. Ein Leben in Briefen. Die Sammlung besorgt und erläutert. Ergänzungsband I. Die Texte. Aus dem Nachlaß des Verfassers herausgegeben von R. Sellheim. II. Die Erläuterungen. Aus dem Nachlaß des Verfassers herausgegeben von R. Kassel. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen, 1990. 2 vols. Photomechanical reprint 1st ed.1956 / 1st ed. XXIII,170;VIII,109p. Original cloth with dust wrps. In cardboard slipcase. Series: Abhandlungen der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Band 84/1-2. Siegfried Reiters 1935 erschienene dreibändige Ausgabe der Briefe Friedrich August Wolfs gilt als die in jeder Hinsicht vorbildliche Edition einer Gelehrtenkorrespondenz. Reiter war Professor an der deutschen Universität in Prag. Vor seiner Verschleppung nach Theresienstadt im Jahre 1942 hatte er einen Ergänzungsband mit wertvollen neuen Materialien, vor allem Wolfs Briefwechsel mit seinem Schüler Immanuel Bekker, fertiggestellt. Das Manuskript wurde von Karel Svoboda über den Krieg gerettet. Aus ihm hat 1956 Rudolf Sellheim die Brieftexte zum Druck befördert. zusammen mit einem Neudruck dieses seit langem vergriffenen Textteils werden jetzt in dem von Rudolf Kassel aus dem Manuskript herausgegebenen Kommentarteil Reiters reiche Erläuterungen zugänglich gemacht. (Publisher's information). From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 39.50 (Antiquarian)

REITZENSTEIN, E., Über die Elegie des Propertius auf den Tod der Cornelia. Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz / Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1970. 61p. Sewn. Series: Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Abhandlungen der Geistes- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse, Jahrgang 1970, Nr. 6. From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)