Scrinium Classical Antiquity

PLUTARCHUS, Vita Timoleontis. Met aantekeningen door Y.H. Rogge. Tjeenk Willink, Zwolle, 1939. 2 vols. 33/31p. Sewn. Series: Scriptores Graeci et Romani, pars X. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)

POWER, T.G., and R.K. GIBSON, (eds.), Suetonius the Biographer. Studies in Roman Lives. Oxford University Press, 2018. 1st paperback ed. XII,338p. Paperback. Tristan Power and Roy Gibson, the editors of this new collection of thirteen lively essays, Suetonius the Biographer, seek to put the author in the spotlight by directing the critical focus squarely back to his craft as a biographer. By meeting Suetonius on his own terms, the contributors aim to clarify how and why he is an innovative writer still worth reading today . . . as this stimulating collection of essays demonstrates, looking below the surface of Suetonius's text into the inner workings of the author's mind is richly rewarding. (RHIANNON ASH, Times Literary Supplement |a 23.02.2015). € 34.00 (New)

REITZENSTEIN, R., Hellenistische Wundererzählungen. Teubner, Leipzig, 1906. 171p. Half cloth. Spine gilt titled. Spine a bit scratched and a bit worn. (Remains of) library marks on cover and first pages. 'Mr Reitzenstein tries to show that ancient biography and history was largely the writing of anecdotes with a moral.' (F. GRANGER in The Classical Review, 1909, p.84). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

RIMBERT, Das Leben der heiligen Ansgar. Herausgegeben und eingeleitet von W. Schamoni. Patmos, Düsseldorf, 1965. 157p. Cloth wrps. Series: Heilige der ungeteilten Christenheit. € 13.50 (Antiquarian)

SEAGER, R., Pompey. A Political Biography. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, n.d.(>1979). XI,209p. Paperback.(The book) 'does not disappoint being an authoritative volume which is likely for many years to remain 'essential reading' for students of the Late Republic.The format is a chronological treatment demonstrating the development of Pompey's reputation and his acquisition of supporters and clients. The detail inevitably increases in those sections which discuss the 60s and 50s, providing a refreshingly clear account of Pompey's relationship with Cicero, as well as with the colleagues in the Triumvirate. As a result, Seager's readers are unlikely to have have much time for the over-exposed notion of Pompey's political ineptitude; his dominance through the 50s emerges clearly, as does his constant manoeuvring to maintain it. Particularly valuable is the discussion Pompey's developing political strategy in the late 50s - that of not wishing Caesar ill, but desiring to make his (Caesar's) advancement and well-being dependent on his pre-eminence and goodwill. Seager's narrative is admirable for its clarity and flow; some controversies are dealt with in the narrative, but most are succinctly handled in the copious footnotes. The book is therefore highly recommended.' (D.C.A. SHOTTER in Greece and Rome, 1980, p.193). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

SEIBERT, J., Hannibal. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1993. XX,552p. 10 maps. Bound.Sonderausgabe für die Mitglieder der Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

SIHLER, E.G., C. Iulius Caesar. Sein Leben nach den Quellen kritisch dargestellt. Deutsche, vom Verfasser selbst besorgte, berichtigte und verbesserte Ausgabe. Teubner, Leipzig/Berlin, 1912. VI,274p. Cloth. Cover bit scratched. Few pencil markings and annotations. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

SONNABEND, H., Nero. Inszenierung der Macht. (Historische Biografie). Philipp von Zabern / Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 2016. 247p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Hard bound with dust wrps. Nice copy. ‘Für eine zeitgemäße und vorurteilsfreie Auseinandersetzung mit einer zweifellos beeindruckenden römischen Herrschergestalt sei diese neue Biografie einem breiten Leserkreis empfohlen.’ (NIKLOT KROHN in Archäologie in Deutschland, 2016, p.76). € 18.00 (Antiquarian)

STEIDLE, W., Sueton und die antike Biographie. Beck, München, 1963. 2nd corr.ed. 188p. Sewn. Spine slightly water stained. Signature and date on title page. Uncut. Series: Zetemata Monographien, Heft 1. 'The purpose of this writer is excellent, and his subject interesting to the student of history and literature alike. He sets out to correct a widely held estimate of the significance and literary status of Suetonius in his Lives of the Caesars. (...) The analysis of selected Lives is followed by an elucidation of the peculiarly Roman element in them, and by an exposition of their Formengeschichte, which seems a valuable contribution to the history of ancient biography. (...) This is an interesting book, and well got up.' (R.J. HOPPER in The Classical Review (New Series), 1953, p.122-23). € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

SUETONIUS, Vita Domitiani. Dissertatio inaugurale submittet Johannes Janssen. Wolters, Groningen, 1919. 94p. Sewn. Binding broken in two. Cover and spine bit worn. Diss. Universiteit van Amsterdam. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)