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JUVENAL'S SATIRES. WITH THE SATIRES OF PERSIUS. William Gifford Translation, revised and annotated by John Warrington. Introduction by H.J. Rose. Dent & Sons, London (...), 1954. XVII,230p. Cloth. Series: Everyman's Library. € 10.00 (Antiquarian)

MNEMOSYNE. A Journal of Classical Studies. Series IV. Vol.LIX, fasc.1. Brill, Leiden, 2006. 158,XIIp. Sewn.A.o.: C.A. FARAONE: Stanzaic Structure and Responsion in the Elegiac Poetry of Tyrtaeus (pp.19-53); M. GIORDANA-ZECHARYA: Ritual Appropriateness in Seven Against Thebes. Civic Religion in a Time of War (pp.53-75); R. LAURIOLA: Athena and the Paphlagonian in Aristophanes' Knights. Reconsidering Equites 1090-5, 1172-81 (pp.75-95). € 18.50 (Antiquarian)

GRÄZER BEITRÄGE. ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR DIE KLASSISCHE ALTERTUMSWISSENSCHAFT. Band 26 - 2008. Berger & Söhne, Horn / Wien, 2009. Berger & Sohne , Horn / Wien, 2008.VII,178p. Sewn. A.o.: S. TZOUNAKAS: The Rejection of Graecisms in Persius 1,92-106: From Form to Culture (pp.1-31; P. EMBERGER: Schache Männer - Starke Frauen? Grosse Frauengestalten des Altertums im Geschichtswerk des Pompeius Trogus / Iustinus (pp.31-50); R. KRITZER: Qui Romam non adierit, nihil vidit. Intention und Vermittlungsabsicht von Romtopographen des 15. und 16. Jahrhunderts (pp.69-86). € 34.50 (Antiquarian)

ANDERSON, W.S., Essays on Roman Satire. Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1982. XVIII,494p. Paperback. ‘This collection might have been subtitled ‘The Best of Anderson’, for here we have a unique overview of A.’s considerable contribution the study of Roman satire. The fifteen essays on Horace, Persius, and Juvenal enable us to appreciate the uniformly high quality of his scholarship and his constant application of good sense as he approaches these writers and the problems they present. this volume and the whole series are designed to make such scholarly contributions available to a wider reading public. A.’s essays are ideal for this purpose. They are for the most part substantial pieces on substantial topics and each is carefully organized with a clear statement of purpose at the beginning and a summary of conclusions at the end. Ant they fit together surprisingly well in this anthology.’ (E.S. RAMAGE in Vergilius, 1982, p.89). From the library of Professor Carl Deroux. € 22.50 (Antiquarian)

BARTSCH, S. and FREUDENBURG, K. and LITTLEWOOD, C., (eds.), The Cambridge Companion to the Age of Nero. Cambridge University Press, 2017. XX,402p. Paperback. Series: Cambridge Companions to the Ancient World. The age of Nero has appealed to the popular imagination more than any other period of Roman history. This volume provides a lively and accessible guide to the various representations and interpretations of the Emperor Nero as well as to the rich literary, philosophical and artistic achievements of his eventful reign. The major achievements of the period in the fields of literature, governance, architecture and art are freshly described and analysed, and special attention is paid to the reception of Nero in the Roman and Christian eras of the first centuries AD and beyond. Written by an international team of leading experts, the chapters provide students and non-specialists with clear and comprehensive accounts of the most important trends in the study of Neronian Rome. They also offer numerous original insights into the period, and open new areas of study for scholars to pursue. (Publisher's information). € 30.50 (New)

BERTMAN, St., (ed.), The Conflict of Generations in Ancient Greece and Rome. Grüner, Amsterdam, 1976. 235p. Original gilt titled orange cloth. Cover a bit grimy. Signature and date on free endpaper. A.o.: M. REINHOLD: The Generation Gap in Antiquity (pp.15-55); C. QUERBACH: Conflicts between Young and Old in Homer's 'Iliad' (pp.55-65); K.J. RECKFORD: Father-beating in Aristophanes' Clouds (pp.89-119); L.S. FEUER: Generational Struggle in Plato and Aristotle (pp.123-129); J. PLESCIA: "Patria Potestas' and the Roman Revolution (pp.143-171); V. BROEGE: The Generation Gap in Catullus and the Lyric Poetry of Horace (pp.171-205); B. BALDWIN: Young and Old in Imperial Rome (pp.221-235). € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

BO, D., Auli Persii Flacci Lexicon. Olms, Hildesheim, 1967. XIII,199p. Cloth. With corrigenda leaflet loosely inserted. Name on paste-down endpaper. Nice copy. € 15.00 (Antiquarian)

BRAMBLE, J.C., Persius and the Programmatic Satire. A Study in Form and Imagery. Cambridge University Press, London / New York, 1974. XIV,224p. Original blue cloth with dust wrps. Back dust wrps slightly rust stained. Else fine. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. 'Bramble is a disciplined and learned interpreter of Latin poetry. He has written a scholarly but not uncontroversial book on Persius' finest Satire, lavishly documented with rewarding excurses and appendices. It deserves careful attention of all students of Roman Satire.' (MICHAEL COFFEY in The Classical Review (New Series, 1976, p.191). € 40.00 (Antiquarian)

DESSEN, C.S., Iunctura Callidus Acri: a Study of Persius' Satires. Urbana, Illinois UP, 1968. VIII,117p. Cloth. Back bit wrinkled. Series: Illinois Studies in Language and Literature nr. 59. € 29.00 (Antiquarian)

DUPOUY, E., Médecine et moeurs de l'Ancienne Rome d'après les poètes Latins. Les plaisirs de la table et la podagre débauche et prostitution. Courtisanes et excès vénériens. Hystéricisme, hypnotisme et somnambulisme. Herbes et philtres des magiciennes. Électricité. Ex-voto. Thermes, eaux minérales. Maisons de santé. Les fous. Toilette, cosmétiques et maquillage. Infanticides. Eunuques, castration, infibulation, etc. Baillière et fils, Paris, 1885. XVII,6,432p. ills. Sewn. Cover weak. Spine repaired with paper tape. € 71.50 (Antiquarian)