Scrinium Classical Antiquity

WHITMARSH, T., Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2011. 312p. Hardback. Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World. The Greek romance was for the Roman period what epic was for the Archaic period or drama for the Classical: the central literary vehicle for articulating ideas about the relationship between self and community. This book offers a reading of the romance both as a distinctive narrative form (using a range of narrative theories) and as a paradigmatic expression of identity (social, sexual and cultural). At the same time it emphasises the elasticity of romance narrative and its ability to accommodate both conservative and transformative models of identity. This elasticity manifests itself partly in the variation in practice between different romancers, some of whom are traditionally Hellenocentric while others are more challenging. Ultimately, however, it is argued that it reflects a tension in all romance narrative, which characteristically balances centrifugal against centripetal dynamics. This book will interest classicists, historians of the novel and students of narrative theory. (Publisher's information). € 93.46 (New) (MD)

WHITMARSH, T., Narrative and Identity in the Ancient Greek Novel. Cambridge University Press, 2015. 312p. Paperback. Series: Greek Culture in the Roman World. The Greek romance was for the Roman period what epic was for the Archaic period or drama for the Classical: the central literary vehicle for articulating ideas about the relationship between self and community. This book offers a reading of the romance both as a distinctive narrative form (using a range of narrative theories) and as a paradigmatic expression of identity (social, sexual and cultural). At the same time it emphasises the elasticity of romance narrative and its ability to accommodate both conservative and transformative models of identity. This elasticity manifests itself partly in the variation in practice between different romancers, some of whom are traditionally Hellenocentric while others are more challenging. Ultimately, however, it is argued that it reflects a tension in all romance narrative, which characteristically balances centrifugal against centripetal dynamics. This book will interest classicists, historians of the novel and students of narrative theory. (Publisher's information). € 31.54 (New) (MD)

WHITMARSH, T., Greek Literature and the Roman Empire. The Politics of Imitation. Oxford University Press, 2004. 392p. Paperback. € 103.27 (New) (MD)

WHITMARSH, T., Greek Literature and the Roman Empire. The Politics of Imitation. Oxford University Press, 2002. 392p. Hardback. This book is extremely stimulating but to be used with caution. Whitmarsh's work manifests an enviable familiarity with the most recent bibliography and an extremely acute critical eye, and it will serve as a valuable guide to the slipperiness of texts written in an age of extraordinary literary self-consciousness. Journal of Hellenic Studies 25/02/2004 (Publisher's information). € 275.15 (New) (MD)

WHITMARSH, T., Hemelbestormers. Atheïsme in de Klassieke Oudheid. Ambo | Anthos, Amsterdam, 2016. 335p. Paperback. Nice copy. Like new. (Original title: Bettling the Gods). 'Een kritische houding ten overstaan van religie is een verworvenheid van de Verlichting, zijn we geneigd te denken. Dit is een mythe. Religieus scepticisme is van alle tijden. In 'Hemelbestormers' onderzoekt Tim Whitmarsh de Griekse geschiedenis op sporen van dit scepticisme, beginnend in archaïsch Griekenland (8ste eeuw voor Chr.) en eindigend toen Griekenland was opgenomen in het Romeinse Rijk (ca. 4de eeuw na Chr.). En wat blijkt: het Griekse polytheïsme verdroeg een kritische houding gemakkelijker dan het latere Romeins-christelijke monotheïsme. Whitmarsh illustreert hoe Griekse mythen stervelingen opvoeren die de goden naar de kroon steken. De goden zetten hen keer op keer terug op hun plaats, maar dat neemt niet weg dat binnen de canon van het Griekse polytheïsme dus ruimte is voor dit soort muiterij. Dit wordt nooit gezien als zonde - zoals we kennen uit de christelijke traditie - hoogstens als overmoed. (...) In tegenstelling tot het christendom bood het Griekse polytheïsme moraal noch gebod. Ethische vraagstukken gaan de Grieken dus zelfstandig te lijf in (Platoonse) dialogen, tragedies en komedies en later, in de Hellenistische periode, in de academies van bijvoorbeeld de stoïcijnen en epicuristen. (...) Wanneer Griekenland onder Romeins bewind komt te staan, is er aanvankelijk nog ruimte voor grote religieuze diversiteit. Iedereen gelooft er het zijne van. Daar komt definitief een einde aan onder het bewind van Theodosius (379-395) die het christendom tot officiële staatsgodsdienst verklaart. (...) Whitmarsh toont hoe de Grieken er vrolijk op los stoeien met allerlei gedachten en ideeën. Niets lijkt heilig, zelfs hun goden niet. Die ruziën en rommelen maar wat aan. En van een gevarieerde soap-cast van feilbare goden leer je misschien beter wat het betekent om mens te zijn dan van één zo'n ongenaakbaar, verheven individu waar je met je verstand niet bij kunt. 'Hemelbestormers' is bovendien een goed geschreven en bij tijd en wijle zelfs geestig werk.' (MEREL KAMP in Trouw 27-01-2016). € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

WHITMARSH, T., The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 412p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field. The emphasis is upon the critical interpretation of the texts within historical settings, both in antiquity and in the later generations that have been and continue to be inspired by them. All the central issues of current scholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class, religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more. Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents, literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity and beyond. Each chapter includes guidance on further reading. This collection will be essential for scholars and students, as well as for others who want an up-to-date, accessible introduction into this exhilarating material. (Publisher's information). € 36.40 (New) (MD)

WHITMARSH, T., The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2008. 412p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international cast of experts in the field. The emphasis is upon the critical interpretation of the texts within historical settings, both in antiquity and in the later generations that have been and continue to be inspired by them. All the central issues of current scholarship are addressed: sexuality, cultural identity, class, religion, politics, narrative, style, readership and much more. Four sections cover cultural context of the novels, their contents, literary form, and their reception in classical antiquity and beyond. Each chapter includes guidance on further reading. This collection will be essential for scholars and students, as well as for others who want an up-to-date, accessible introduction into this exhilarating material. (Publisher's information). € 100.74 (New) (MD)

WHITMARSH, T., Dirty Love. The Genealogy of the Ancient Greek Novel. Oxford University Press, 2018. 224p. Hardback. Series: Onassis Series in Hellenic Culture. Dirty Love: The Genealogy of the Ancient Greek Novel will cause a fundamental shift in how we think about the ancient novel, its authors and its content, as well as the implications for understanding literary texts that are lumped into this genre. Journal of Hellenic Studies |a 20/09/2022 (Publisher's information). € 66.57 (New) (MD)

WHITMARSH, T., Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon Books I–II: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2020. 294p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. The Greek Novels have moved from the margins to the centre-stage over recent decades, not just because of their literary qualities and thrilling narratives, but also because they offer revealing insights into the culture of the Greek world of the Roman Empire: sexual mores, the position of women and men, identity, religion. Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon, the most influential of the novels in antiquity, remains the favourite of many. With its freewheeling plotline, its setting on the edge of the Greek world (in modern Lebanon), its ironic play with the reader's expectations and its sallies into obscenity, it represents a new, mature, sophisticated stage in the development of the novel as a genre. This is the first commentary in English on Achilles for over 50 years, a period that has seen great strides forward in the understanding of the literary, linguistic and textual interpretation of this brilliant text. (Publisher's information). € 31.54 (New)

WHITMARSH, T., Achilles Tatius: Leucippe and Clitophon Books I–II: Volume 0, Part 0. Cambridge University Press, 2020. 294p. Hardback. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. The Greek Novels have moved from the margins to the centre-stage over recent decades, not just because of their literary qualities and thrilling narratives, but also because they offer revealing insights into the culture of the Greek world of the Roman Empire: sexual mores, the position of women and men, identity, religion. Achilles Tatius' Leucippe and Clitophon, the most influential of the novels in antiquity, remains the favourite of many. With its freewheeling plotline, its setting on the edge of the Greek world (in modern Lebanon), its ironic play with the reader's expectations and its sallies into obscenity, it represents a new, mature, sophisticated stage in the development of the novel as a genre. This is the first commentary in English on Achilles for over 50 years, a period that has seen great strides forward in the understanding of the literary, linguistic and textual interpretation of this brilliant text. (Publisher's information). € 94.66 (New) (MD)