Scrinium Classical Antiquity

VITRUVIUS, Zehn Bücher über Architektur. Übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen von C. Fensterbusch. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1981. 3rd ed. XI,585,20p. ills. Cloth. Cover partly a bit discoloured. Latin - German. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

VITRUVIUS, Zehn Bücher über Architektur. Übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen versehen von C. Fensterbusch. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1981. 3rd ed. XI,585,20p. ills. Original red cloth. Latin - German. From the library of the late Prof. Doktor Nikolaus Himmelmann. € 29.50 (Antiquarian)

RÜTER, H., Zeit und Heimat der homerischen Epen. Vom Zorn des Achilleus und von der Heimkehr des Odysseus. De Gruyter, Berlin, 1937. 293p. With 10 maps. Sewn. Uncut. Simple Cover. € 23.00 (Antiquarian)

PHILIPP, H., (ed.), Zeitgenossen und Zeitereignisse im Briefwechsel des Plinius. Eine Briefauswahl. Frankfurt am Main, 1926. 40p. Wire stitched. Series: Griechisch-lateinische Lesehefte zur Kultur des Altertums, 12. € 4.00 (Antiquarian)

DÖPP, S., Zeitgeschichte in Dichtungen Claudians. Franz Steiner Verlag, Wiesbaden, 1980. XII,281p. Nice privately green cloth rebinding. Spine gilt titled. Series: Hermes, Einzelschriften, Heft 43. 'On the considerable number of monographs, commentaries and papers that have in recent years occupied themselves with Claudian as a poet writing on contemporary themes, the present volume is in my view arguably the best. 'From bias free of very kind', it attempts an investigation of the manner in which C.'s poems respond to the various historical situations which prompted their composition, and in its honesty and sobriety of judgement it deserves every commendation. (...) Three introductory chapters survey the history of research on C. as, first, man of letters, then historical source, then 'official propagandist'; discuss the political character of C.'s poetry; and examine the vexed subject of C.'s religious allegiance and, as a corollary, the role of the pagan elements in his work. The core of the book is sequence of paired chapters, in which the first sketches the historical background to a particular poem or group of poems, while the second provides an analysis of the structure of the poem(s) in question and an assessment of how each responds to the circumstances in which it was composed. A short closing summary draws together the main general points that have emerged in the course of the detailed discussions preceding.' (J.B. HALL in The Classical Review (New Series), 1985, p.291). € 35.00 (Antiquarian)

KUHN, E., and J. SCHMIDT, (eds.), Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der indogermanischen Sprachen. Band XXVI. Neue Folge, Band VI. Dümmlers Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin, 1883. VIII,632p. Bound. Margins cover bit worn. A.o.: A.F. POTT: Latein und griechisch in einigen ihrer wichtigsten lautunterschiede (pp.113-243); C. von PAUCKER: Materialien zur lateinischen wörterbildungsgeschichte. III. Die verba frequentativa. IV. Die verba denominativa auf -are (pp.243-310); J. SCHMIDT: Das suffix des participium perfecti acitivi. Das primäre comparativ-suffix (pp.329-401); G. MAHLOW: Ueber den Futurgebrauch griechischer praesentia (pp.570-603). € 50.00 (Antiquarian)

HOOFF, A.J.L., Zelfdoding in de antieke wereld. Van autothanasia tot suicide. SUN, Nijmegen, 1990. 350p. ills. Paperback.In de antieke literatuur wemelt het van de zelfdodingen: de mythologische held Ajax, de legendarische Lucrezia, dozijnen vooraanstaande Romeinen, zoals Cato en Seneca, en honderden minder bekende, soms anonieme Grieken en Romeinen sloegen om uiteenlopende redenen de hand aan zichzelf. Anton van Hooff onderneemt een onderzoek naar de feitelijke methoden, naar de beweegredenen en naar de opvattingen over zelfdoding. Hij analyseert de vermeldingen in de historische literatuur, maar ook de neerslag in tragedie, komedie, lichte poëzie, wetsbepalingen en afbeeldingen. Moderne verklaringen blijken niet van van toepassing op een beschaving waarin de angst voor gezichtsverlies de allesbepalende drijfveer was. Van een scherp omlijnd begrip zelfdoding was in de oudheid geen sprake. Zelfdoing werd soms getolereerd, ja aangemoedigd - maar ook de christelijke afwijzing van de zelfdoding als zelfmoord heeft antieke wortels. (Publisher's information). € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

CLARYSSE, W., and K. VANDORPE, Zenon, een Grieks manager in de schaduw van de piramiden. Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, 1990. 112p. ills. Sewn. Lower corner back cover a bit creased. (Rare). € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

STIP, K., Zes variaties op een misverstand. Dat is de droevige geschiedenis van Pyramus en Thisbe - behandeld in de trant van enige Nederlandse dichters. (Speenhoff, Jan Prins, Nijhoff, Gorter, Vondel en Achterberg) Bert Bakker, Amsterdam, 1984. 61p. Bound wrps. Wrps little bit grimy. € 9.00 (Antiquarian)

LOOY, H. VAN, Zes verloren tragedies van Euripides. Studie met kritische uitgave en vertaling der fragmenten. Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Wetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van België, Brussel, 1964. XX,337p. Sewn. Front cover loosening. Spine strengthened with adhesive tape. Series: Verhandelingen van de KVAWLSK, Klasse der Letteren, Jaargang XXVI, 1964, 51. 'It would be a great pity if the Flemish language prevented this careful, useful, and up-to-date book from being as widely known as it should be: twenty-five pages of summary in French make the main points clear. The first part of the book gives bibliography, number of Euripides' plays, transmission of the text, and discusses the sources of the fragments (…). The second part deals with the two Alcmaeon plays, the two Phrixus plays, and the two Melanippe plays. For these six plays we are given full texts with critical notes in Latin, translations, commentary and introduction; hypotheses, mythographers, adaptations in Latin tragedy and illustrations are included. All is done with exemplary care and caution, and the author makes it entirely clear that his own suggestions, which are often very attractive, are conjectural. (…) many problems remain in these six plays, but Van Looy has given us a most useful tool for further work and has himself cleared many difficulties out of the way.' (T.B.L. WEBSTER in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1966, pp.179-81). € 34.50 (Antiquarian)