Scrinium Classical Antiquity

TRIBULATO, O., Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily. Cambridge University Press, 2012. XXII,(3),422p. Orignal blue silver titled hardback. Upper edge from pp.287-327 bit false cut. Else fine. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. ‘This work contains twelve chapters by various scholars on aspects of language and linguistic change in ancient Sicily. It is thoughtfully planned and executed so that it covers most issues that one would want to see addressed here, and the unusual ethnic and linguistic diversity of ancient Sicily makes this an impressive feat. The contributions are generally not intended for specialists, but designed to provide a good and fairly rigorous grounding in the subjects for a broad range of classicists. Most of this volume’s work, therefore, is descriptive, providing good introductions to the languages and linguistic controversies of the island, yet contributors provide original insights as well. The work is presented in three parts: non-classical languages, Greek, and Latin. There is also a lengthy introduction by editor Olga Tribulato that contextualises the ensuing contributions within the history of scholarship on Sicily. Tribulato sets the tone for the rest of the work by eschewing categorical divisions between the peoples and times of the island. Instead she recommends an emphasis on cultural hybridity and the gradual changes of various sorts of cross cultural contact, rather than on models that expect sudden domination of one culture over another.' (RYAN C. PLATTE in Mediterranean Review, 2014, p.115). € 60.00 (Antiquarian)

TRIBULATO, O., Language and Linguistic Contact in Ancient Sicily: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2019. 448p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Within the field of ancient bilingualism, Sicily represents a unique terrain for analysis as a result of its incredibly rich linguistic history, in which 'colonial' languages belonging to branches as diverse as Italic (Oscan and Latin), Greek and Semitic (Phoenician) interacted with the languages of the natives (the elusive Sicel, Sicanian and Elymian). The result of this ancient melting-pot was a culture characterised by 'postcolonial' features such as ethnic hybridity, multilingualism and artistic and literary experimentation. While Greek soon emerged as the leading language, dominating official communication and literature, epigraphic sources and indirect evidence show that the minority languages held their ground down to the fifth century BCE, and in some cases beyond. The first two parts of the volume discuss these languages and their interaction with Greek, while the third part focuses on the sociolinguistic revolution brought about by the arrival of the Romans. (Publisher's information). € 40.04 (New) (MD)

TRIGG, C., To Walk the Earth Again. The Politics of Resurrection in Early America. Oxford University Press, 2023. 320p. Hardback. Series: RELIGION IN AMERICA SERIES. Responsibly and creatively blending the methodologies of theology, history, political analysis, and literary criticism,... Trigg's book is informative and scholarly, and also an easy read. Choice Jan 2024 |a 08/01/2024 (Publisher's information). € 73.37 (New)

TRIGG, R., Religion in Public Life. Must Faith Be Privatized?. Oxford University Press, 2007. 272p. Hardback. This is as robust a defence of the claim of religious faith to be heard in the public square as one could wish. The stance is orthodox Chrisitan; the voice is the voice of sanity and calm reason. The book is an antidote to the unthinking political correctness with which we are regaled day by day government ministers and sections of the media. It is truly a tract for our times... [a] courteous but devastating polemic Paul Avis, Ecclesiastical Law Journal 27/01/2010 (Publisher's information). € 65.89 (New) (MD)

TRIGG, R., Religion in Public Life. Must Faith Be Privatized?. Oxford University Press, 2008. 274p. Paperback. This is as robust a defence of the claim of religious faith to be heard in the public square as one could wish. The stance is orthodox Chrisitan; the voice is the voice of sanity and calm reason. The book is an antidote to the unthinking political correctness with which we are regaled day by day government ministers and sections of the media. It is truly a tract for our times... [a] courteous but devastating polemic Paul Avis, Ecclesiastical Law Journal 27/01/2010 (Publisher's information). € 50.94 (New) (MD)

TRILLITZSCH, W., Senecas Beweisführung. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin, 1962. XIV,148p. Sewn. Cardboard. Front cover stained. Upper corner front cover damaged. Series: Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, Schriften der Sektion für Altertumswissenschaft, 37. ‘Carefully organized into two major sections, the evidence and the interpretation, this is an excellent study that, for the first time, brings totether the demonstrations found in the prose works of Seneca. Part One covers, clearly and concisely, the Stoic dialectic, formal rhetorical argument and imperial rhetoric, the popular philosophy and its practice in the Cynic-Stoic school, literary evidence, the historical examples, and the parallels and comparisons drawn from pre-Socratic philosophers to Seneca’s times. Part Two covers dialectic syllogisms, proofs, literary arguments that are both philosophical and poetic, ‘exempla’ from history, significance and meaning of myths, and the concept of the Wise Man. In conclusion, Trillitzsch highlights Seneca’s interest in improving man’s conduct and ethical devotion. This treatise will be for a long time an authoritative handbook on the philosophic ideas and rhetorical form and structure of the prose works of Seneca. The organization is excellent; the appendices of persons, places and works cited are complete, easy to use and will be a boon to the student of ancient philosophy as well as Seneca. This work, we hope, will be a fine beginning for other books on Seneca that will treat him as a man in conflict who was caught between two worlds: the world of the idea and the ideal and the depraved and crumbling world of Nero.’ (ELIZABETH E. SEITTELMAN in The Classical World, 1964, pp.360-61). € 17.50 (Antiquarian)

TRIMBLE, J., Women and Visual Replication in Roman Imperial Art and Culture: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 500p. Hardback. Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World. Why did Roman portrait statues, famed for their individuality, repeatedly employ the same body forms? The complex issue of the Roman copying of Greek 'originals' has so far been studied primarily from a formal and aesthetic viewpoint. Jennifer Trimble takes a broader perspective, considering archaeological, social historical and economic factors, and examines how these statues were made, bought and seen. To understand how Roman visual replication worked, Trimble focuses on the 'Large Herculaneum Woman' statue type, a draped female body particularly common in the second century CE and surviving in about two hundred examples, to assess how sameness helped to communicate a woman's social identity. She demonstrates how visual replication in the Roman Empire thus emerged as a means of constructing social power and articulating dynamic tensions between empire and individual localities. (Publisher's information). € 123.80 (New) (MD)

TRIMBLE, J., Women and Visual Replication in Roman Imperial Art and Culture: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2016. 500p. Paperback. Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World. Why did Roman portrait statues, famed for their individuality, repeatedly employ the same body forms? The complex issue of the Roman copying of Greek 'originals' has so far been studied primarily from a formal and aesthetic viewpoint. Jennifer Trimble takes a broader perspective, considering archaeological, social historical and economic factors, and examines how these statues were made, bought and seen. To understand how Roman visual replication worked, Trimble focuses on the 'Large Herculaneum Woman' statue type, a draped female body particularly common in the second century CE and surviving in about two hundred examples, to assess how sameness helped to communicate a woman's social identity. She demonstrates how visual replication in the Roman Empire thus emerged as a means of constructing social power and articulating dynamic tensions between empire and individual localities. (Publisher's information). € 36.40 (New) (MD)

TRINACTY, C. V., Senecan Tragedy and the Reception of Augustan Poetry. Oxford University Press, 2014. 272p. Hardback. the fact remains that [Trinacty's] intertextual approach has yielded a book of great value to specialists in the fields of both Augustan poetry and Senecan tragedy. Gareth Williams, Language and Literature |a 28/05/2019 (Publisher's information). € 131.80 (New) (MD)

TRINACTY, C. V., Senecan Tragedy and the Reception of Augustan Poetry. Oxford University Press, 2014. VI,266p. Hardback with dust wrps. 'Senecan Tragedy and the Reception of Augustan Poetry’ is primarily a study of the tragedies of the Latin author Seneca the Younger (4BCE-65CE), although the first chapter also reads some of his moral-philosophical Epistles. It argues that Seneca’s tragic poetics depend on a system of intertextual references to the works of the Augustan poets who were considered canonical by Seneca’s lifetime - in particular, Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. (…) Over four chapters, the book demonstrates that the characters, plots, tragic universes, and metapoetic programs of Seneca’s dramas are constructed and developed through quotations from, allusions to, and rewordings - or ‘rebrandings’- of key moments in the Augustan poetic canon. Thus Senecan characters appear to be aware of, and to intervene consciously in, the process of their own literary construction. His Medea seeks to surpass the evils she is already famous for, and famously proclaims nunc Medea sum (…), meaning both that she has recovered from the madness of love that had temporarily possessed her and that she us living up to her literary reputation as an exemplar of feminine evil. Similarly, the plots of Senecan tragedies are shown to hinge on generic as much as interpersonal conflict, as when Phaedra uses the language of Augustan love elegy to describe herself, in a genre-based misreading of her situation that ultimately brings about her downfall. Characters in Senecan tragedy, from Phaedra to Oedipus and Cassandra, are situated, partial, and fallible readers, who misread the ambiguous signs of the world around them. (…) Trinacty’s book makes a strong case for seeing Seneca’s tragic poetics as inseparable from the metaphysics of allusion. (IKA WILLIS in Reception: Texts, Readers, Audiences, History, 2015, pp.121-123). € 66.75 (New)