Scrinium Classical Antiquity

SCHOTTENIUS CULLHED, S., and M. MALM, (eds.), Reading Late Antiquity. Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg, 2018. 267p. Hard bound. A lot of pencil underlinings, markings and annotations. Pinch to upper part front and back cover. It has become a tired trope to say that scholarship on Late Antiquity is blooming. The same can be said for scholarship on the reception of the ancient world. However, as the editors of this volume note in their introduction, the two are rarely combined: studies on the reception of the Late Antique world are rare. (...) the editors are to be thanked for this thought-provoking book, which not only contains a great number of interesting case studies, but also has more general things to say.The volume consists of three distinct parts: ‘Theoretical Outlooks’ (chapters by Uden, Formisano, and Hernández Lobato), ‘Decadence and Decline’ (chapters by Heilo, McGill, Rebenich, Schottenius Cullhed, Harich-Schwarzbauer, and Tommasi), and ‘Continuities and Transformations’ (chapters by Putter, Westberg, Bodin, and Conybeare). These three parts are preceded by an introduction, which embeds the present volume within earlier scholarly works and introduces important themes throughout the book. Having read this volume, every reader will walk away with a newly-acquired knowledge of a variety of forms of receptions of the Late Antique world. The contributions in this volume are written in a pleasant and crisp style, and the book seems to have been proofread very well. Reading Late Antiquity provides an exciting impetus to a field which has much to offer for further investigations into the topic.' (BRAM van der VELDEN in BMCR 2019.04.16). € 18.00 (Antiquarian)

JONES, P.V., and K.C. SIDWELL, Reading Latin. Text. Reading Latin. Grammar, Vocabulary and Exercises. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1987. Reprint 1st ed. 2 vols. XVI,160;XXIII,610p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Nice copy. From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 35.00 (Antiquarian)

DIELEMAN, J., Reading Magic. Social and Cultural Contexts of Two Demotic-Greek Magical Handbooks. Private Presses, n.p., 2003. VI,281p. Theses. Paperback. Two pencil markings by former owner H.F.J. Horstmanshoff. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. (Rare). Jacco Dieleman currently works as Associate Professor of Egyptology at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures of UCLA, where he teaches ancient Egyptian religion, literature, and language in all its phases and script forms. He also continues his work on the corpus of the so-called Demotic Magical Papyri to determine their nature and relationship to the Greek Magical Papyri. € 400.00 (Antiquarian)

INWOOD, B., Reading Seneca. Stoic Philosophy at Rome. Clarendon Press, Oxford, 2005. XVI,376p. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Signature and date on free endpaper. Some vague remains of pencil markings and annotations. 'Inwood has given us a serious Seneca, a deeply learned philosopher whose allegiance to the Stoic school amounts to unflagging devotion and yet has room for creative development. Seneca’s lighter and more literary side, his pumpkinification farce, his mythological tragedies, his stylistic flourishes and fondness for storytelling, have no place in the twelve essays that constitute Reading Seneca. Instead, we find the Seneca of the major treatises, De Ira, De Beneficiis, Natural Questions, and of the Moral Epistles, a man deeply committed to rational inquiry and deserving at least a modicum of the critical attention we give to Aristotle or Augustine. The volume collects under one cover a series of articles produced by the author over a period of fifteen years. Most have been published separately, although there are two new additions, together with a cumulative bibliography and indices. (...) A welcome result of having these essays brought together is the cumulative sense they give of Inwood’s characteristics as a reader not only of Seneca but of a wide range of philosophical authors. His way of working with a text is exemplary in the patience, even meekness, with which he traces the outlines of a lengthy discussion, endeavoring to make the main direction clear but refusing to flatten out interesting variations on an idea. It is his practice to combine philosophical with philological methods: an issue is presented and analyzed, then followed up with careful documentation via terminological study and reading of statements in context. Linguistic sensitivity is a major concern. (...) More specifically literary sensibilities are sometimes brought to bear, notably in the reading of metaphor and analogy. For Seneca studies, as for readings of Plato, it is essential to draw some distinctions among the various types and uses of metaphor in philosophical explanation. (...) In addition, the collection gives evidence of what subjects have most interested Inwood as a philosopher over recent years. (...) Finally, the collected essays reveal Inwood’s long-term commitment to dealing with the entirety of Seneca’s philosophical output.' (MARGARET GRAVER in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2007.06.45). € 100.00 (New) (MD)

BOS, J., Reading the Soul. The Transformation of the Classical Discourse on Character 1550 - 1750. Private Presses, n.p., 2003. 288p. Theses. Sewn. Card board. Cover a bit scratched. Diss.Universiteit Leiden. (Rare). € 65.00 (Antiquarian)

NAGLE, D. B. B., and St.M. BURSTEIN, Readings in Greek History. Sources and Interpretations. Oxford University Press, 2013. 368p. Paperback. 'During the last few years interest in ancient history, at least at the Universiteit van Amsterdam and - as I am told - also at other universities in the Netherlands, has shown a significant increase. Whether we like it or not, this increase may, at least partly, be related to the spectacular (some irony present) film productions like 'Alexander', 'Troy', and '300' and/or popular-scientific television productions on Discovery Channel and its several counterparts. A direct consequence of the increased interest is the influx of students who have not or have only rudimentarily mastered the classical languages, which hampers their ability to access the primary sources (and which forces university teachers to find alternatives other than banning those people from the courses). Nagle and Burstein (henceforth N/B) have now published a collection of more than 180 sources or fragments thereof in translation, in eight chapters, covering aspects of Greek civilization from the Late Bronze Age to roughly 146 BC. (...)As it is, the sources may serve as a handy tool for students unfamiliar with the classical sources. In order to become a really useful tool they would require the presence of a companion book presenting the student with broader information than this 'reader' does, in short, a new handbook of Greek history. Such a new handbook should start from the texts assembled in the book under scrutiny (and likely some more). At present it appears to me that the huge potential of this work cannot, as yet, be exploited to its fullest extent by all potential users.(...) In short, the book is a promising and helpful tool for those who, though unfamiliar with the classical languages, want to deepen their knowledge of the Greek world.' (JAN P. STRONK in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.02.13). New to this edition: New readings on the Bronze Age, religion in the Archaic and Classical periods, Athenian democracy, and Roman relations with the Greeks; An improved design featuring expanded headnotes and source documentation; A revised illustration program and new maps; A new Introduction and a new Timeline (Publisher's information). € 50.00 (New)

ZANKER, G., Realism in Alexandrian Poetry: A Literature and its Audience. Croom Helm, Londen (...), 1987. 250p. Hard bound with dust wrps. Spine gilt titled. Nice copy. 'In this valuable, suggestive and learned book Zanker discusses the exploitation of realism by poets of the Alexandrian movement form Aratus and Philetas to Moschus and Bion. His presentation is exemplary: theoretical issues are invariably followed by practical illustrations (in which the poets are generally surveyed seriatim) and each stage of the argument is clearly signposted in advance and equipped with ith own conclusion. (...) Z.'s book demonstrates how and why realism was an essential component of Alexandrian poetry.' (A.J. WOODMAN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1988, pp.266-68). € 70.00 (Antiquarian)

SCHMIDT, M.C.P., Realistische Stoffe im humanistischen Unterricht. Dürr'schen Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 1913. VIII,219p. Sewn. Few pencil underlinings. Head and tail back worn. € 13.50 (Antiquarian)

LÜBKER, Fr., Reallexikon des classischen Altertum für Gymnasien. Dritte verbesserte Auflage. Mit zahlreichen Abbildungen. Teubner, Leipzig, 1867. XIV,1090p. ills. Bound. Half leather. Leather bit scratched. Corners bumped and bit worn. Names on title page. € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

LÜBKER, Fr., Reallexikon des classischen Altertum für Gymnasien. Siebente verbesserte Auflage herausgegeben von M. Erler. Teubner, Leipzig, 1891. 1332p. ills. Bound. Marbled edge. Half leather. Scratch. Some foxing. € 29.00 (Antiquarian)