Scrinium Classical Antiquity

DIEPHUIS, H.H., Griekse mythologie. Nijgh & Van Ditmar, 's Gravenhage / Rotterdam, n.d. 150p. ills. Sewn. Signature on half title. Signature on half title. 'Dit boekje bestaat uit vier delen: het geeft een inleiding over de achtergrond van de Griekse sagen, het geeft de inhoud weer van de voornaamste sagengroepen, naar oude traditie behandelt het de zgn. 'godenleer' en tot slot bevat het een aantal gegevens van de wereld van Homerus.' (H.H. DIEPHUIS in Voorwoord, p.5). € 6.00 (Antiquarian)

DIEPHUIS, H.H., Mythologie der Grieken. Universiteit voor Zelfstudie, Den Haag/Antwerpen, n.d. 596p. ills. Folding map. Imitation leather gilt-stamped bound. Lacking dust wrps. Head and tail spine as well as joints a bit scratched. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

DIJK, J. van, De Wereld als Gods Lichtkleed. Populaire Studiën over Mythen en hun Innerlijke Beteekenis. Thieme, Zutphen, 1933. XVI,296p. ills. Bound. Library marks on cover and first pages. € 17.00 (Antiquarian)

DIJK, J.G.M. van, Ainoi, Logoi, Mythoi. Fables in Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic Greek Literature. With a Study of the Theory and Terminology of the Genre. Brill, Leiden (...), 1997. XXI,687p. Original grey gilt titled cloth. Lower edge slightly stained. Diss. Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen. 'Van Dijk has set himself a very specific and clear task: to inventory and analyze the evidence for Aesopic fables in extant Greek literature of the archaic, classical and Hellenistic periods, together with a survey of the terminology associated with the fable over a much longer period of time, extending through late antiquity. As a resource book, van Dijk's book is invaluable, providing copious primary texts and translations, a thorough bibliography and useful review of the literature, along with indexes and cross-reference tables linking his materials to the numeration system in Perry's Aesopica. Approximately half of the book's considerable bulk is devoted to this collection of primary sources and reference materials. The book is an essential starting point for the study of any Aesopic fable that is cited or alluded to in a work of Greek literature (although it must be noted, there are somewhat less than 100 such fables, only a fraction of the corpus of ancient Aesopica). In terms of his coverage of individual fables, van Dijk is meticulous in reporting primary sources for the fable, along with all relevant ancient testimony. But while van Dijk devotes careful attention to each and every one of these literary sources and ancient testimonies, his coverage of the Aesopic fable as a genre is less comprehensive. By focusing exclusively on the literary aspects of the Aesopic fable, van Dijk neglects to make any observations on the Aesopic fable as a folkloristic or extra-literary phenomenon. This is a considerable limitation on the theoretical portion of his argument, and it hampers any conclusions he would offer about the genre as a whole.' (LAURA GIBBS in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 98.5.18). € 175.00 (Antiquarian)

DOMMERMUTH-GUDRICH, G., 50 klassiker Mythen. Die bekanntesten Mythen der griechischen Antike. Gerstenberg Verlag, Hildesheim, 2003. 6th impr. 311p. Richly ills. (Full color photographs). Unter Mitarbeit von U. Braun. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

DÖRRIE, H., Sinn und Funktion des Mythos in der griechischen und der römischen Dichtung. Rheinisch-Westfalische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Westdeutscher Verlag, Leverkusen, 1978. 55p. Sewn. Series: Rheinisch-Westfälische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vorträge G 230. From the library of the late Professor Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

DOWDEN, K., The Uses of Greek Mythology. Routledge, London, 1992. X,204p. Paperback. Cover partly discoloured. € 23.00 (Antiquarian)

DUBOURDIEU, Annie, Les origines et le développement du culte des pénates à Rome. École Française de Rome, Palais Farnèse, 1989. XI,566p. Paperback. Lower part front cover and pages near spine a bit bumped. With signature from Prof. Carl Deroux on free endpaper. Series: Collectio de l'École Française de Rome, 118. ‘Au moins quatre séries de raisons recommandent l’imposant ouvrage d’Annie Dubourdieu sur les Pénates romains. - Il puise, intrépide, aux sources les plus variées - de l’etymologie (pneus, Penates) à l’archéologie en passant par l’épigraphie et la critique historique des textes - et n’hésite pas à déplacer l’enquête de Rome à Pompéi, de Lavinium à Albe, pour éclairer une question majeure d’histoire de la religion romaine, publique et privée. - Il dresse, touche après touche, un tableau de l’acclimatation progressive en Italie (Etrurie, mais aussi Grance Grèce, Latium, Rome) du personnage d’Énée et de la problématique complexe des ‘origines troyennes’. - Il s’appuie sur une connaissance approfondie des découvertes capitales (…) faites à Lavinius depuis un quart de siècle, et sur les nouvelles études concernant le forum romain archaïque. (…) - Last but not least: l’auteur ancien le plus cité est, avec Tite-Live et Virgile, et plus même que les érudits Varron, Festus, Servius, (…) est Denys d’Halicarnasse.’ (JEAN-MARIE PAILLER in Pallas, 1993, p.237). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 59.50 (Antiquarian)

DUERR, H.P., (ed.), Die wilde Seele. Zur Ethnopsychoanalyse von Georges Devereux. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main, 1987. 498p. Paperback. Small personal library mark and name on free endpaper. Series: Edition Suhrkamp, Neue Folge, Band 235. A.o.: K.J. DOVER: Homosexualität in Griechenland und die 'Inspiration' (pp.47-64); M. FRANZ: Der Mythos von Baubo (pp.64-85); K.-P. KOEPPING: Unzüchtige und enthaltsame Frauen im Demeterkult (pp.85-124); Ch.P. DUCEY: Ödipus am Scheideweg der Zivilisation (pp.124-140); Ch. SEGAL: Euripides' Bakchen. Die Sprache des Selbst und die Sprache der Mysterien (pp.140-163). From the library of the late Sir Kenneth James Dover. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

EHRENBERG, V., Man, State and Deity. Essays in Ancient History. Methuen, London, n.d.(>1974). 191p. Paperback. Edges a bit yellowed. Upper edge a little bit foxed. Corner cut from half title. Smoker's smell. € 8.00 (Antiquarian)