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PASCHALIS, M., and St. FRANGOULIDIS, (eds.), Ancient Narrative. Supplementum 1. Space in the Ancient Novel. Barkhuis Publishing / University Library, Groningen, 2002. XIV,192p. Bound. Light remains of signature on free endpaper. A.o.: D. KONSTAN: Narrative spaces (pp.1-12); C. CONNORS: Chariton's Syracuse and its histories of empire (pp.12-27); St.J. HARRISON: Litareary Topography in Apuleius' 'Metamorphoses' (pp.40-5); M. ZIMMERMAN: On the Road in Apuleius' 'Metamorphoses' (pp.78-98); R.P. MARTIN: A Good Place to Talk: Discourse and Topos in Achilles Tatius and Philostratus (pp.143-161). 'Since most of the papers assembled in this book concern Apuleius' Metamorphoses, it will be very useful for those interested in this author: one can find new perspectives and ideas about the Golden Ass throughout the whole work. But it could also attract the attention of those scholars generally interested in the ancient novel: despite differences in approach and quality among the parts, the whole definitely deserves consideration.' (JUAN MARTOS in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.10.01). € 49.50 (Antiquarian)

PHILOPONUS, On Aristotle. On Coming-to-Be and Perishing 1.1-5. Translated by C.J.F. Williams. Introduction by Sylvia Berryman. Duckworth, London, 1999. IX,195p. Bound wrps. Wrps on spine a bit discoloured. Else fine. Series: Ancient Commentators on Aristotle. € 55.00 (Antiquarian)

PIETSCH, Chr., Die Argonautika des Apollonios von Rhodos. Untersuchungen zum Problem der einheitlichen Konzeption des Inhalts. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart, 1999. 307p. Paperback. Spine with light reading traces. Light remains of signature on half title. Two pencil annotations in bibliography. Series: Hermes Einzelschriften, 80. ‘Although Pietsch is in his book ultimately concerned with the old question of unity in Appolonius’ ‘Argonautica’ and revisits several issues which have been discussed extensively in the past few years, an extremely wide and interesting range of material is presented that often takes a slightly different angle on a number of important problems. P. not only deals with the ‘Argonautica’ but also includes sections on Hellenistic poetry in general and analyses of Theocritus’ and Callimachus’ writings, thus placing the work both in the genre of epic and in the contemporary poetic context. A detailed discussion of the role of Zeus in Callimachus’ first Hymn is, for example included in the fourth section (180-92). P. argues that unity can be found not only on a structural level, but also in the motivation for the action and the theme of suffering and fame, in the unified theology underlying the epic, and in unity of character of both Medea and Jason, who unifies the action by his very appearance. (…) In his conclusion (…) P. admits to be attracted by the possibility of the influence of Stoicism, but does not pursue these interests further in his study.’ (MIRJAM PLANTINGA in The Journal of Hellenic Studies 2002, p.171). € 49.50 (Antiquarian)

PLATNAUER, M., (ed.), Fifty years of Classical Scholarship. Blackwell, Oxford, 1954. XIII,431p. Cloth. Spine discoloured.A.o.: J.G. GRIFFITH: Early Greek Lyric Poetry (pp.38-71); T.B.L. WEBSTER: Greek Tragedy (pp.71-96); K.J. DOVER: Greek Comedy (pp.96-130); G.T. GRIFFITH : The Greek Historians (pp.150-193); E.A. BARBER: Hellenistic Poetry (pp.214-233); A.H. McDONALD: The Roman Historians (pp.384-413). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

POHLENZ, M., Kleine Schriften. I. II. Herausgegeben von H. Dörrie. Olms, Hildesheim, 1965. 2 vols. XXXI,605;(X),587p. Original blue gilt titled cloth. Signature and date on free endpaper. Spine a bit discoloured. Else fine. 'Deutlich treten unter den Kleinen Schriften die Themenkreise hervor die M. Pohlenz beschäftigten. Nur die jahrzehntelange Bemühung um Plutarchs sog. 'Moralia' hat seldsamerweise kaum Parerga gezeitigt (...). Die übrigen Arbeitsgebiete auf denen M. Pohlenz tätig war, sind unter seinen Kleinen Schriften angemessen, ja reichlich vertreten. Der erste Band ist nahezu ganz der Stoa gewidmet; die Schrift über Klemens von Alexandreia (...) sowie zwei Rezensionen, die auf Platon (...) und Aristoteles (...) Bezug haben, schließen ihn ab. Neben der hellenistischen Philosophie hat M. Pohlenz mit besonderer Liebe (...) auf die hellenistische und auf die lateinische Dichtung geblickt. Da M. Pohlenz das, was er zu diesem Forschungsgebiet zu sagen hatte, nicht in einem Buch niedergelegt hat, schien es angezeigt, seine Aufsätze hierzu in nicht zu knapper Auswahl darzubieten. Dem nächsten Themenkreis 'Hippokrates und Thukydides' scheint der Zusammenhang zu fehlen; tatsächlich gehört das Herodot-Buch (...) als Mittelpunkt in diese Gruppe von Schriften. Den Mittelpunkt des Themenkreis 'Antikes Staats- und Rechtsbewußtsein' deuten zwei zeitlich weit auseinanderliegende Bücher an: 'Staatsgedanke und Staatslehre der Griechen' (...) von 1923 und 'Griechische Freiheit' (...) von 1955. (...) In den beiden Arbeiten zum Nomos-Begriff (...) hat er sein Bestes hierzu gegeben. (...) An den Schluß der Sammlung wurden die Arbeiten zur Komödie und zur Tragödie gestellt. (...). Die letzte Arbeit, die wir ihm verdanken - er verfaßte sie als 84jähriger - versucht in temperamentvoller Abgrenzung gegen eine These die er nicht anerkannen konnte, einen Antwort auf die Frage: Was ist das Tragische? Gemeint ist der Aufsatz 'Furcht und Mitleid? (...) als Nachwort zu dem Streit, wie das berühmte Wort des Arsittoteles zu verstehen ist. Er ist zum Nachwort zu M. Pohlenz' forschender Bemühung um die Tragödie geworden.' (H. DÖRRIE in: Vorwort, pp.X-XI). € 65.00 (Antiquarian)

POHLENZ, M., Gestalten aus Hellas. Bruckmann, München, n.d.(1950) 744p. ills. Cloth. 'It is possible that a foreign reviewer of a younger generation may fail to do justice to the qualities of this book. It shows the wide but unobtrusive learning which characterizes Professor Pohlenz' earlier woks. But this picture is an idealized one, and the modern age may feel the need of something more realistic and astringent.' (H.LL. HUDSON-WILLIAMS in The Classical Review (New Series), 1952, p.200). € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

POMEROY, S.B., Women in Hellenistic Egypt. From Alexander to Cleopatra. Schocken Books, New York, 1984. 241p. XXII,(III),241p.ills.(B&W photographs). Hard bound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Edges rust stained. 'Sarah Pomeroy's new book unites, successfully, her long-standing concern with the documentary papyri and her well-proved capacity for lively, lucid writing on women's studies. This book (...) will, above all, bring several illuminating case-studies from the documentary evidence from Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt for social history to the attention of a wider public; her numerous extensive discussions and translations of particular documents will be especially welcome. Such welcome introductions to major archives point to the great need for more substantial translations of such archives; it should also be said that Pomeroy's bibliography is splendidly full and helpful. The book is, explicitly, a set of provisional studies, rather than the presentation of a substantial set of theses; while it regularly makes comparisons with comparable evidence from classical Greece and elsewhere, it does not offer a concluding, general assessment or set of explanations of the particular roles and status of women, Greek and native, in Egypt. In the body of the book, however, there are various interesting, interim reflections on different aspects of these complex problems.' (N.R.E. FISHER in The Classical Review (New Series), 1987, p.259). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

PORRO, A. and G. MILANESE, (eds.), Atti del congresso internazionale 'Modelli testuali e prassi poetica: grecia ellenistica e roma, Milano, Università Cattolica, 27-29 aprile 1992. Vita e Pensiero, Pubblicazioni dell'Universita Cattolica, Milano,n.d.(>1992). 269p. Sewn. Seires: Aevum Antiquum, 5 - 1992. (Rare).A.o.: P.J. PARSONS: Poesia ellenistica: testi e contesti (pp.9-21); L. LEHNUS: J.U. Powell, Wilamowitz, e i 'Collectanea Alexandrina' (pp.21-55); R. PRETAGOSTINI: Tracce di poesia orale nei carmi di Tocriti (pp.67-89); C. MIRALLES: La poetica di Eroda (pp.89-115); W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT: Ancora sulle scene di apertura della commedia (pp.115-129); A. LA PENNA: L'autorappresentazione e la rappresentazione del poeta come scrittore da Nevio a Ovidio (pp.143-187); A. BARCHIESI: Riflessivo e futuro. Due modi di allusione nella poesia, ellenistica ed augustea (pp.207-245). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 39.50 (Antiquarian)

PRETAGOSTINI, R., Ricerche sulla poesia alessandrina. Teocrito, Callimaco, Sotade. Edizioni dell'Ateneo, Roma, 1984. 171p. Sewn. Series: Filologia e Critica, 48.Il volume ha per oggetto la poesia di Teocrito, Callimaco e Sotade, tre poeti che operarono alla corte di Alessandria nella [prima metà del III secolo a.C. Diversi sone I temi trattati: si passa dall’ analisi della struttura compositiva dell’ intera opera di un poeta all’esegesi puntuale di specifici passi, dall’esame di un determinato fatto stilistico alla ricostruzione storica della fisionomia di un autore ancora poco conosciuto, con un approccio ora più strettamente filologico e linguistico, ora più specificamente antropologico e pragmatico. (Publisher's information). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 14.50 (Antiquarian)

REITZENSTEIN, R., Hellenistische Wundererzählungen. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1963. 2nd ed.(Photomechanical reprint ed.1906). 171p. Original orange cloth. Spine gilt titled. Spine a bit discoloured. '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). € 25.00 (Antiquarian)