Scrinium Classical Antiquity

HORWITZ, S.L., The Find of a Lifetime. Sir Arthur Evans and the Discovery of Knossos. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1981. 1st ed. X,278p. Bound wrps. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

HOUSE, H., Aristotle's Poetics. A Course of Eight Lectures. Revised, with a preface, by C. Hardie. Rupert Hart-Davis, London, 1956. 128p. Hard bound. Title on front cover slightly scratched. With signature from Prof. W.G. Arnott on free endpaper.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

HOW, W.W., and J. WELLS, A Commentary on Herodotus. With introduction and appendixes. In two volumes. Vol.I (books I-IV), Vol.II (books V-IX). Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1912. 1st ed. 2 vols. XII,446;VIII,423p. Folding maps. Cloth. Head and tail spine a bit worn. Some pages vol.2 a bit creased. With signature from Prof. W.G. Arnott on free endpaper.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 50.00 (Antiquarian)

HUNTER, R., Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1996. XII,207p. Cloth wrps. Wrps slightly worn. Nice copy. H.'s interpretation of Theocritus is both eloquent and elegant. He is honest about uncertainties of date, influence or interpretation; he avoids the extremes of current interpretations of Alexandrian poetry which read it either as written by and for an elite of scholars or as composed purely for festival competition or royal delectation. Above all, he creates a picture that is (to me) both convincing and appealing, of a poet who recognizes and employs the complementarity of allusion and originality, who seeks to revive and honor the earlier traditions of Greek poetry as a means of creating something that simultaneously partakes of those traditions and is completely his own. Both H.'s Theocritus and H. himself in his readings of the poems emerge as creative talents of extraordinary generosity. This is (...) an admirable book, and it is admirable both for the scholarship it displays and the manner in which it displays it. Like all students of Hellenistic poetry, I had great respect for H. before reading this book; reading it has increased my admiration both for H. and for Theocritus.' (JAMES E.G. ZETZEL in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 97.9.01). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 62.50 (Antiquarian)

HYPERIDES, Orationes sex. Cum ceterarum fragmentis edidit Fr. Blass. Teubner, Leipzig, 1894. 3rd enlarged ed. LV,140p. Bound. Private half cloth binding. Ex libris on free endpaper. With signature from Prof. W.G. Arnott on free endpaper. Series: Bibliotheca Teubneriana.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

JACKSON, H., (ed.), Texts to illustrate a Course of Elementary Lectures on Greek Philosophy from Thales to Aristotle. MacMillan, London, 1930. XII,111p. Reprint 2nd ed. Cloth. A few pen and pencil annotations from WGA. With signature from Prof. W.G. Arnott on paste-down endpaper.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

JANKO, R., Aristotle on Comedy: Towards a reconstruction of Poetics II. Duckworth,1984. VIII,294p. Cloth wrps. The Tractatus Coislinianus, preserved on a manuscript of the early tenth century is one of a series of treatises, mostly of uncertain authority and pedigree, dealing with ancient Greek comedy. (...) several scholars have discussed its value and sources without agreeing on any final conclusions, no commentary on the text itself has appeared (...) until now (...). Richard Janko provides here clear photographs of the original manuscript, a corrected text with full critical apparatus and parallels drawn from related treatises, an English translation, a fully detailed commentary, and a group of scholarly essays on the manuscript sources of this and other treatises and on the origins, authenticity and authorship of the Tractatus. J. concludes that the Tractatus is a sixth-century epitome of the lost book of the Poetics (...). On the basis of his arguments and all the available evidence J. even adds a hypothetical reconstruction of the lost second book of the Poetics. This is a brilliant tour de force, but of questionable validity. (...) The most valuable section of J.'s book is probably the exhaustive commentary on the Tractatus. (W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT in The Classical Review (New Series), 1985, pp.304-06). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 29.50 (Antiquarian)

JANSSEN, T.H., De 'Perzen' van Timotheus. Inleiding en commentaar. Timotheus, The Persians. Introduction and Commentary (with a summary in English). Instituut voor Klassieke Talen, Utrecht, 1976. 107p. Theses. Typoscript. A bit dog's eared. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

JENKINS, E.B., Index verborum Terentianus. Georg Olms Verlag, Hildesheim, 1962. Photomechanical reprint ed.1932. IX,187p. Cloth. Nice copy.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 27.50 (Antiquarian)

JONES, J., On Aristotle and Greek tragedy. Chatto & Windus, Londen, 1968. First ed thus. 284p. Paperback. Cover a little bit foxed. 'This is the most striking and original book on Greek tragedy to appear for a long time.' (D.W. LUCAS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1963, p.270). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)