Scrinium Classical Antiquity

KUIPER, W.E.J., Grieksche origineelen en Latijnsche navolgingen. Zes komedies van Menander bij Terentius en Plautus. (Eunouchos - Heauton Timoroumenos - Andria - Adelphoi) (Synaristosai - Dis exapaton). Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers-Maatschappij, Amsterdam, 1936. 293p. Folding charts. Cloth. Spine gilt titled. Tail spine a little bit bumped. Front cover partly discoloured. 'This book is too important to be neglected by the student of new comedy. If he does not already read Dutch, he must make shift to do so. The author reconstructs six plays of Menander from Roman adaptations, viz. the four utilized by Terence and two, 'Synaristosae' and 'Dis exapaton', that contributed to Plautus' 'Cistellaria' and 'Bacchides'. (…) There is also a full index and a schematic conspectus of the six plays which serves as a convenient guide to the author's reconstruction. He uses every available method - from deduction where data exist to speculation where the field is unencumbered by facts. The precision of his results is a guarantee that he has shirked no difficulties; he would be the first to admit that when precision is attained, there is a corresponding lack of certainty. The author is a thorough student of Menander. He is most convincing when he bases his construction on character.' (L.A. POST in The American Journal of Philology, 1938, p.367). € 32.50 (Antiquarian)

LEFÈVRE, E., Der Phormio des Terenz und der Epidikazomenos des Apollodor von Karystos. Beck, München, 1978. VIII,130p. Sewn. With author's dedication on free endpaper. Series: Zetemata, Heft 74. 'Some of Lefèvre's ideas were (and perhaps still are) worth toying with; and his general remarks about Terence's style and aims deserve to be pondered. But he claims too much certainty for views which are speculative and contentious.' (P.G. McC. BROWN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1980, p.195). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

LILJA, Saara, Terms of Abuse in Roman Comedy. Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, Helsinki, 1965. 117p. Sewn. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Series: Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae, Series B, Tom, 141,3. (Rare).'The first two chapters consider the Latin vocabulary of abuse first from a linguistic point of view, and then with reference to its social context. A final chapter suggests some 'conclusions with regard to Greek Comedy'. Pages 101-17 contain a useful alphabetical list, with play and line references, of nearly 300 terms of abuse from Plautus and Terence, and nearly 50 from the 'Dyscolus' and longer fragments of Menander. (…).' (R.H. MARTIN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1966, p.357). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 55.00 (Antiquarian)

MARTI, H., Untersuchungen zur dramatischen Technik bei Plautus und Terenz. Hans Schellenberg, Winterthur, 1959. 124p. Sewn. Diss. Universität Zürich. (Rare).From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 37.50 (Antiquarian)

MAURACH, G., Kleine Geschichte der antiken Komödie. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 2005. 160p. Hardbound. Nice copy. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

McLEISH, K., The Theatre of Aristophanes. Thames and Hudson, n.p., 1980. 192p. Cloth wrps. Personal summary from WGA loosely inserted. 'Kenneth McLeish has recently become known as a lively translator of Greek drama (...); he has now published, for students of drama rather than classical specialists, an equally lively, well-written but not always convincing account of 'The Theatre of Aristophanes'. McLeish set himself the task of explaining Aristophanes' techniques and dramatic singularity, taking due account of the conditions and conventions of ancient comedy, but concentrating on what the play text tells us about Aristophanic 'aesthetics' and histrionics. McLeish's own professional experience of drama yields him humerous insights into Aristophanic techniques, and some of his analogies with modern comedy and comedians are very illuminating. On several aspects of Aristophanes' art he writes crisply and cogently. (...) McLeish's book in the end disappoints the reader, even though it contains so much that is attractive.' (W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT in Greece & Rome, 1981, pp.93-4). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 21.50 (Antiquarian)

MEINEKE, A., (ed.), Fragmenta poetarum comoediae mediae. Typis et impensis G. Reimeri, Berolini, 1840. 738p. Unbound. (No cover). Some pages of index missing. Small personal library mark and name on title page.From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 50.00 (Antiquarian)

MEINEKE, A., (ed.), Fragmenta comicorum graecorum. Editio minor. Pars I. Fragmenta poetarum comoediae antiquae. Fragmenta poetarum comoediae mediae. Pars II. Fragmenta poetarum comoediae novae. Fragmenta comicorum aetatis incertae. G. Reimeri, Berolini, 1847. 2 vols. in one. XXIV,1284p. Bound. Marbled edges. Front hinges broken. Corners cover bumped and worn. Signatures Fr.C. Hermann, Philipp Schmidt and D.S. Robertson on free endpaper. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 195.00 (Antiquarian)

MEINEKE, A., (ed.), Fragmenta comicorum graecorum. Editio minor. Pars I. Fragmenta poetarum comoediae antiquae. Fragmenta poetarum comoediae mediae. Pars II. Fragmenta poetarum comoediae novae. Fragmenta comicorum aetatis incertae. G. Reimeri, Berolini, 1847. XXIV,656;657-1284p. Rebound. Nice copy. From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 195.00 (Antiquarian)

MÜLLER-STRÜBING, H., Aristophanes und die historische Kritik. Polemische Studien zur Geschichte von Athen im fünften Jahrhundert vor CH.G. Teubner, Leipzig, 1873. XVI,735p. Halfleather. Small personal library mark, note as well as name on free endpaper. Leather a bit scratched. End pages a little bit stained. Pages a bit yellowed.From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 115.00 (Antiquarian)