Scrinium Classical Antiquity

FLURY, P., Liebe und Liebessprache bei Menander, Plautus und Terenz. Carl Winter Verlag, Heidelberg, 1968. 104p. Cloth. Some pencil annotations from WGA. Personal summary from WGA loosely inserted. 'Sensitized insight is the hallmark of Flury's dissertation. His first (and main) two chapters seek to answer two questions for Menander, Terence, and Plautus: what do the particular playwrights characters say about 'das Wesen der Liebe', and in what ways do each playwright's lovers reveal - explicitly or implicitly - their inmost feelings bout the objects of their emotion? Flury's answers are valuably illuminating. They are achieved by a close scrutinity of the evidence which incidentally gives Flury the opportunity to make some very acute observations about the techniques of characterization used by Menander and Terence. (...) The answers themselves to the posed questions extend our awareness of some important differences between Menander and Terence. To Menander's lovers Eros is an external power that thakes violent possession of them. Terence, on the other hand, never deifies or even personifies Amor: to his lovers it is one emotion amongst several that well up from inside, from the 'animus'. (...) As for Plautus, here Flury's answers are precisely what we should now expect. Plautus adopts Greek or Roman attitudes to the nature of love to suit his convenience, making them serve merely as vehicles for vivid, fantastic imagery. His lovers are caricatured as figures of ridicule (...), and when they express their intimate feelings Plautus is more concerned with the witty form and the imaged, grotesque language than with the serious emotional content. In a final chapter Flury embarks on the love metaphors and images of Graeco-Roman comedy. (...) Minor imperfections do not outweigh the major achievement of a well-conceived and sensitively pursued piece of research.' ((W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT in The Classical Review (New Series), 1970, pp.187-188). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

FORSTER, E.S., and T.B.L. WEBSTER, (eds.), An Anthology of Greek Prose. Manchester University Press, Manchester, 1933. VI,167p. Cloth. Front joints splitting.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

FRAENKEL, E., Zu den Phoenissen des Euripides. Verlag der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, München, 1963. 120p. Sewn. Title hand written on spine. Author's dedication on front cover. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

FRAENKEL, E., Horace. Clarendon Press, London (...), 1957. XIV,464p. Cloth. Upper corners slightly bumped. With signature from Prof. W.G. Arnott on free endpaper. Nice copy. 'Indeed this is probably the weightiest book on Horace that has yet appeared. No one could put it down without feeling greatly enriched in knowledge and understanding. Fraenkel’s acquaintance with forgotten as well as recent literature on Horace, and his grasp of the history of scholarschip, is formidable. His appreciative commentaries, for instance on the Journey to Brundisium and the Epistle to Augustus, and his appraisal of such delicate matters as Horace’s attitude to the gods, are models of their kind. The footnotes are a treasure of recondite knowledge and pithy obiter dicta. The book is beautifully produced, with very few misprints.' (L.P. WILKINSON in The Classical Review (New Series), 1959, p.36). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 40.00 (Antiquarian)

FRENCH, R., Ancient Natural History. Histories of Nature. Routledge, London / New York, 1994. 1st ed. 357p. ills. Paperback. Nice copy.French 'presents a wide-angled view of the relationship between the physical world, the gods, Greek philosophy and the purposes of those who expressed such different notions about 'nature'. Aristotle's zoology, Theophrastus' works on plants and Strabo's geography form the core of the work. (...) F.'s assessment of Ancient Natural History is well presented and illustrated. It will be an essential vade-mecum for anyone interested in further exploring this fascinating aspect of the ancient world.' (JOHN F. HEALY in The Classical Review (New Series), 1995, pp.403-04). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

FROST, K.B., Exits and Entrances in Menander. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1988. X,125p. Cloth with dust wrps. Review from Niall W. Slater loosely inserted. Nice copy. 'By examining systematically the exits and entrances in Menander's comedies F. has been able to work out the comic poet's code of practices and conventions, which may then be used to explain individual passages and at times to resolve difficult problems of interpretation. (...). F. opens with a chapter which discusses some general conventions (the three-actor rule, use of mutes) and categorises types of entry and exit in ten plays (...). Intelligent, sensitive and well-argued discussions abound (...) and there are some attractive insights.' (W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT in The Classical Review (New Series), 1989, p.385-86). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 37.50 (Antiquarian)

GAISER, K., Menanders 'Hydria'. Eine hellenistische Komödie und ihr Weg ins lateinische Mittelalter. Vorgelegt am 18. Oktober 1975. Carl Winter, Heidelberg, 1977. 504p. ills. Sewn. Soft cover. Back cover and last pages slightly dog's eared. Series: Abhandlungen der Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-historische Klasse, Jahrgang 1977, 1. Abhandlung.'Evaluation of G.'s major hypothesis is difficult as it is in the nature of such speculations that decisive arguments either way are lacking; I may however not be the only reader who finds the phrase 'mit hinlänglicher Sicherheit' a little too frequent for comfort. The basic lines of literary descent which G. advocates are entirely plausible and, of course, have been suggested frequently. Of the two specific applications of this descent which are new, I can see no evidence, despite G.'s detailed analysis (...). The labour and ingenuity which have gone into this work are very great indeed; I am quite certain that no one would be more pleased than G. himself if the Fates were to restore Menander's play to us and so show us the truth.' (R.L. HUNTER in The Classical Review (New Series), 1979, pp.210-11). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

GAISER, K., Plautus und Terenz gegenüber ihren griechischen Vorbildern. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York, 1972. Offprint Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, I, Zweiter Band, pp.1027-1113. A few pen and pencil markings and annotations from WGA.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

GAISER, K., (ed.), Für und wider die Ehe. Antike Stimmen zu einer offenen Frage. Heimeran, München, 1974. 111p. Paperback. Spine with light reading traces. Two pencil annotations from WGA. Series: Dialog mit der Antike, 1.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

GALIANO, M.F., Safo. Fundacion Pastor, Madrid, 1958. 90p. Sewn. Unopened. Series: Cuadernos de la 'Fundacion Pastor', 1. (Rare). 'Galiano describes his work as 'the first chapter of a series entitles 'The Discovery of Love in Greece'. (...) On p.17 the right question is asked: what exactly was it which attracted women from overseas to Sappho's society, and what exactly did they do there? (...) For some reason (...) Lesbian society at this time was specially fertile ground for the growth of associations of young women: and the magnet which attracted them was, in a word, Love; in Mytilene they found strange freedom to indulge their emotions, and to express those emotions in song. (...) Galiano recognizes with most delicate and just appreciation the strength and quality of the love which united them: we should expect, and shall certainly find, that it was by no means wholly spiritual (...). This book (which is much longer and solider than the mere number of pages would suggest) is an important contribution to its theme, the nature of love in Sappho; well informed, thoughtful, and constructive. It will retain its value for a long time, and future editors of Sappho and writers about her will do well to read and re-read it with close attention.' (D.L. PAGE in The Classical Review (New Series), 1959, pp.238-39). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 42.50 (Antiquarian)