Scrinium Classical Antiquity

GOLDBERG, S.M., The Making of Menander's Comedy. University of California Press, Berkeley / Los Angeles, 1980. VIII,148p. Original blue cloth witj dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Upper edge slightly foxed. This book 'offers a sound, clear and up-to-date basic introduction to the best preserved plays of Menander. (...) Two introductory chapters discuss the development of Greek Comedy, the nature of its audience, its conventions and (above all) its relationship to Tragedy. We are introduced to three aspects of play-writing which are examined in more detail in the following three chapters each with reference to one particular play (...). Each play is discussed primarily from its chosen angle, but other aspects are not neglected.' (P.G.McC. BROWN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1985, pp.18-19). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

GRONINGEN, B.A. van, Le Dyscolos de Ménandre. Étude Critique du Texte. Noord-Hollandsche Uitgevers Maatschappij, Amsterdam, 1960. 160p. Sewn. Cover a bit stained. Upper corner a bit dog's eared. Series: Verhandeljngen der Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, afd. Letterkunde. Nieuwe Reeks, deel LXVII, nr.3.From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

HÄHNLE, A., Gnorismata. Laupp, Tübingen, n.d.(1929). 145p. Sewn. Loosening. Diss. Universität zu Tübingen. (Rare).From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 75.00 (Antiquarian)

HANDLEY, E.W., The conventions of the comic stage and their exploitation by Menander. Fondation Hardt, Vandoeuvres, Genève, 1970. 42p. Offprint 'Ménandre'. Sewn. Small personal library mark on tail spine. Initials on front cover. With discussion on pp.27-42. From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

HARTKAMP, R., and F. HURKA, (eds.), Studien zu Plautus' 'Cistellaria'. Gunter Narr Verlag, Tübingen, 2004. 491p. Bound. Series: ScriptOralia, 128. Dieser Sammelband zur lange vernachlässigten, aber geistvollen 'Cistellaria' präsentiert 30 Beiträge von Gelehrten aus zehn Ländern, die das Stück mit vielfältigen Fragestellungen aus den Bereichen Analyse, Interpretation, Gender, Datierung, Metrik, Textkritk und Rezeption erschließen. Durch den Blick auf andere plautinische Komödien trägt der Band auch zu einer Erweiterung der Perspektive auf das Gesamtwerk des römischen Dichters bei. (Publisher's information). A.o.: E. LEFÈVRE: Plautus' 'Cistellaria' zwischen Menanders 'Synaristosai' und italischem Stegreifspeil (pp.51-89); J.Chr.B. LOWE: Dramatic Time and Space in 'Cistellaria' and 'Synaristosai' (pp.89-107); G. MANUWALD: Das verlorene Kästchen - die gefährdete Anagnorisi in Plautus 'Cistellaria' (pp.137-149); N. ZAGAGI: Tradition and Originality in 'Cistellaria': The Characterization of Selenius and Alcesimarchus as Comic Lovers (pp.167-187); U. AUHAGEN: Das Hetärenfrühstück - Grieschisches und Römisches bei Plautus (pp.187-211); J. BLÄNDSDORF: Menander und Plautus in den Cantica der 'Cistellaria' (pp.295-309); W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT: A New Mosaic of Menander's 'Synaristosai' (pp.399-407); L. CASTAGNA: La 'Cistellaria' integrata: Plauto ne 'Gl'Incantesimi' di G. Maria Cecchi (pp.407-433). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 69.50 (Antiquarian)

HOLZBERG, N., Menander. Untersuchungen zur dramatischen Technik. Hans Carl, Nürnberg, 1974. VIII,196p. Sewn. With author's dedication on helf title. Series: Erlanger Beiträge zur Sprach- und Kunstwissenschaft, Band 50. (Rare). H.'s Untersuchung gibt zahlreiche gute Interpretationen und ist im großen und ganzen zuverlässig und anregend, wenn auch gelegentliche methodische Unsicherheit, mangelnde Vertrautheit mit der neueren literaturwissenschaftlichen Diskussion und manches allzu leichte Hinweggehen über ernstzunehmende Argumente frührerer Interpreten sich nachteilig auswirken.' (HEINZ HOFMANN in Gymnasium, 1976, p.256). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 34.50 (Antiquarian)

KATSOURIS, A.G., Linguistic and Stylistic Characterization. Tragedy and Menander. University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 1975. 211p. Sewn. Some reviews loosely inserted. With author's dedication on free endpaper. Series: University of Ioannina, Philological Periodical of the School of Philosophy, Dodone: Supplement No. 5. (Rare). 'The best and perhaps most original chapter is the third and last, in which K. assembles a number of linguistic and stylistic techniques common to tragedy and New Comedy. Among them may be noted clusters of associated words, the repeated use of a word in connection with some character, individual speech habits, repetition by a character of the word 'ego' (...) He also points out a way in which scenes are joined verbally (...). There are some interesting remarks on self-apostrophe (...). Finally there is a long and useful section on mythological parallels in tragedy and comedy, which collects all the material; he deals prudently with the question to what extent those in comedy imply knowledge of tragedies which treated the stories referred to. An appendix of eleven pages clearly tabulates the mythological allusions in Middle and New Comedy with their possible sources in tragedy.' (F.H. SANDBACH in Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1979, p.181). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 49.50 (Antiquarian)

KATSOURIS, A.G., Studies in Classical Drama. University of Ioannina, Ioannina, 1997. 80p. Sewn. (Rare). Contents: 1. Happiness in delusion; misery in knowledge; 2. The eidolov motif; 3. Guilt by association; 4. Human euboulia and philophron ata; 5, Critical and Interpretative Notes on Aeschylus' 'Persae (v.28,95,163,275-77,631-32,761,815); 6. Aristophanes' 'Frogs': political, moral and literary aspects; 7. Justice and Injustice in reference to wisdom in Arist. 'Clouds'; 8. The noses of the Clouds (Arist. 'Clouds', 344); 9. Comic motifs in Menander. From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

KEULEN, B., Studi ad arbitrium in Menandri Epitrepontibus exhibitum. Loosjes, Harlemi, 1916. (II),96p. Theses. Sewn. Cover worn and loose. Some pages a bit rust stained. Diss. Academia Lugduno-Batava. (Rare thus). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 34.50 (Antiquarian)

KLAUS, K., Die Adjektiva bei Menander. Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig, 1936. XVI,160p. Sewn. Back cover a bit grease-stained. Series: Klassisch-Philologische Studien, Heft 8. (Rare). ‘This work is an alphabetical list of the adjectives found in Menander’s plays and fragments. Under each adjective is given a list of the other authors in whom it is found, without references, then the Menander references with indications of the meaning. (…) Footnotes give references to dissertations, articles, grammars, lexica, etc, in which the words have been discussed. The list of the works thus refereed to fills pp.ix-xiv, and will no doubt be useful to many others besides those whose immediate interest if the vocabulary of Menander. The whole dissertation is a model of methodical compilation and arrangement, and if no very new conclusions emerge, that is no doubt because it is intended that the reader should draw these for himself.’ (R. McKENZIE in The Classical Review, 1937, p.38). € 95.00 (Antiquarian)