Scrinium Classical Antiquity

BEEK, H., and A. LEYS, (eds.), Keur uit de 'Vergelijkende Levens' van Plutarchus. Van Maerlant, Antwerpen, 1947. 103p. Sewn. (Rare).Voor de lessen in de Zedenleer in de zesde en vijfde klasse van de Humaniora- en Moderne Afdeling der Kon. Athenea en middelbare scholen. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

BLASS, Fr., and A. DEBRUNNER, Grammatik des neutestamentlichen Griechisch. Bearbeitet von Fr. Rehkopf. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen, 1976. 14th rev.and enlarged ed. XX,511p. Original green gilt titled cloth. Some smoker's smell. 'Blass first produced this grammar in 1896 and Debrunner undertook it from the fourth edition (1913). His last edition was the ninth (1954) and to the twelfth edition (1965) D. Tabachovitz added a supplement. (...) The present edition is the first produced by F. Rehkopf. The whole work has been revised and enlarged, the format and presentation are much improved and the indexes are usefully extended. In other directions brevity has been studied. Not all the eliminations are welcome (...). It remains a valuable tool for many studies, and we must congratulate reviser, publisher, and printer on what is still a very presentable and serviceable volume.' (G.D. KILPATRICK in The Classical Review (New Series), 1978, pp.98-100). € 30.00 (Antiquarian)

BLOIS, L. de, J. BONS, a.o., (eds.), The Statesman in Plutarch's Works. Vol.I: Plutarch's Statesman and his Aftermath: Political, Philosophical, and Literary Aspects. Vol.II: The Statesman in Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives. Proceedings of the sixth International Conference of the International Plutarch Society, Nijmegen, May 1-5, 2002. Brill, Leiden/Boston, 2004-05. 2 vols. VIII,350;XX,395p. Bound. Series: Mnemosyne, Supplementa. A.o.: J. McINERNEY: 'Do you see what I see?': Plutarch and Pausanias at Delphi (I,pp.43-57); H.G. INGENKAMP: How to Present a Statesman? (I,pp.67-87); V. HUNINK: Plutarch and Apuleius (I,pp.251-261); F.E. BRENK: O Sweet Mystery of the Lives! The Eschatological Dimension of Plutarch's Biographies (II,pp.61-75); A.V. ZADORONJNYI: 'Stabbed with Large Pens': Trajectories of Literacy in Plutarch's Lives (II,pp.113-141); J.M. BREMER: Plutarch and the 'Liberation of Greece' (II.pp.257-269). € 125.00 (Antiquarian)

BOS, I., Plutarchus' leven van Agesilaus. Inleiding, tekst, commentaar. Wolters, Groningen, 1947. 226p. Theses. Sewn. Cover bit foxed. Diss. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. € 12.50 (Antiquarian)

BROCK, R., and A.J. WOODMAN, (eds.), Papers of the Leeds International Latin Seminar. Eight Volume 1995. Roman Comedy, Augustan Poetry, Historiography. Francis Cairns c/o The University, Leeds, 1995. X,307p. Cloth wrps. Nice copy. Series: ARCA, Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs, 33.Dedicated to Ronald Martin, for his 80th birthday. A.o.: W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT: Armory Scenes in Plautus (pp.1-19); R. MALTBY: The Distribution of Greek Loan-Words in Plautus (pp.31-71); F. CAIRNS: Horace's First Roman Ode (3.1) (pp.91-143); E.J. KENNEY: 'Dear Helen...': The Pithanotate Prophasis? (pp.187-209); R. BROCK: Versions, 'Inversions' and Evasions: Classical Historiography and the 'Published' Speech (pp.209-225); A.J. WOODMAN: A Death in the First Act: Tacitus, Annals 1.6 (pp.257-275). 'A full appreciation of so rich and varied a collection is well beyond my competence. (...) Two features of these essays stand out. First is their pronounced conservatism of conception and method.' (...) The second noteworthy feature is the overall success of this conservatism.' (SANDER M. GOLDBERG in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 96.1.6). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 45.00 (Antiquarian)

BROECKER, H., Animadversiones ad Plutarchi libellum 'Peri euthymias'. Rudolf Habelt, Bonn, 1954. 242p. 2 folding charts. Original blue gilt titled cloth. Fore edge a bit foxed. Series: Habelts Dissertationsdrucke, Heft 2. ‘It is likely that Plutarch’s ‘De tranquilitate animi’ owes something to Panaetius’ ‘peri euthumias’. But I find it hard to imagine how, from our available material, it could be shown, as Dr. Broecker (following Siefert) thinks, that almost the whole of its substance came from that source; certainly his argument appear to me far from cogent, and I must join the camp of those he calls ‘nimbus criticos’. The more permanent value of the dissertation lies in the collection of parallel passages in other moralists and verbal parallels in Plutarch himself, together with some observation on vocabulary. (…) Wise users of dissertations will test the proffered gifts.’ (F.H. SANDBACH in The Classical Review (New Series), 1956, pp.71-72). € 20.00 (Antiquarian)

BYVANCK, W.G.C., Studia in Ti. Gracchi Historiam. VanDoesburgh, Leiden, 1879. 63p. Theses. Sewn. Cover repaired. Diss. Rijksuniversiteit Leiden. € 19.50 (Antiquarian)

COULTER, H.G., Expressions of Time in Ancient Greek. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2020. 1st paperback ed. IX,331p. Paperback. 'The remainder of the book focuses upon individual authors or genres and examines their preferential time expressions; I offer only an overview here. Chapter 2, ‘Expressions of Time in Thucydides’, provides an in-depth look at this author and exemplifies George’s methodology. Chapter 3, ‘Expressions of Time: Style, Genre, and Diachrony’, is the heart of the book and a survey of Classical through Second Sophistic authors and papyri. At 127 pages (a little shy of half the book) it breaks the rhythm somewhat and is best approached with a specific view to a particular author within; overall, it represents a masterful analysis of enormous quantities of data. Of excellent value are the little ‘Summary’ sections at the conclusion of each author, which highlight preferences relating to temporal expressions and differences from other writers. Chapter 4, ‘Expressions of Time in Biblical Greek’, investigates the Septuagint and New Testament, while Chapter 5, ‘A Retrospective: Going Back in Time’, offers a brief excursus on Homer and what can be gleaned from some of the earliest preserved literary Greek. Chapter 6, ‘Summary’, is aimed at linguists who don’t know Greek, but is extremely useful for all in summarising the most salient findings of the book and in providing a diachronic discussion that threads together the previous chapters.The book is of immense interest as a resource for dealing with individual authors and their synchronic contexts, and will probably find its fullest employment in this role (though Chapter 1 is essential for all as a background to the study). (...) It will take pride of place in all discussions of grammatical Greek time in the future.' (SIMON OSWALD in Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2015.09.44). € 32.50 (New)

ENENKEL, K.A., J.L. de JONG, and J. DE LANDTSHEER, (eds.), Recreating Ancient History. Episodes from the Greek and Roman Past in the Arts and Literature of the Early Modern Period. Brill, Boston / Leiden, 2002. XIII,371;16,10,5,8p. ills.(B&W photographs and line drawings). Paperback. Nice copy. ‘The study of the classical tradition has long been a disparate one. All too often scholars have tended to concentrate upon the influences of antiquity in one writer or artist, and failed to place these influences in a wider context. Yet, without this context, the classical tradition is little more than an exercise in erudition. This volume (…) is therefore a welcome collection of seventeen essays that draw parallels between the many and diverse aspects of the classical tradition in the early modern period. (…) The volume will be useful to historians of all aspects of the early modern period, as well as historians of the classical tradition and cultural history. (…) the standard of scholarship is generally high, and the essays carry copious references to further scholarship.’ (IAN MACGREGOR MORRIS in the Journal of Roman Studies, 2003, p.348). From the library of Prof. Carl Deroux. € 25.00 (Antiquarian)

GIL, L. and R.M. AGUILAR, (eds.), Apophoreta philologica Emmanueli Fernández-Galiano a sodalibus oblata. Pars Prior. Pars altera. Mantuae Carpetanorum, n.p., 1984. 2 vols. 450,474p. Sewn. Vol. 1 with light reading trace. Series: Estudios Clásicos, 87/88. A.o.: Vol.I.: L. GIL: Sobre un vieja crux homérica: 'nuktos amologoi' (pp.119-135); E. SUÁREZ DE LA TORRE: El mito de Cirene y la victoria de Telesícrates (Pind. Pyth. IX) (pp.199-209); J. de ROMILLY: D' Euripide à Platon: L'Exemple des Phéniciennes (pp.259-267); W. GEOFFREY ARNOTT: Lycidas and double perspective: A discussion of Theocritus' Seventh Idyll (pp.333-347); G. GIANGRANDE: Un epigrama helenístico muy discutido (pp.363-371); J.GARCÍA LÓPEZ: Sobre el 'De audiendis poetis' de Plutarco (pp.411-421). Vol. II. J. FONTAINE: Les relations culturelles entre l'Italie byzantine et l'Espagne visigotique: La présence d'Eugippius dans la Bibliothèque de Séville (pp.9-27); J. CARRIÈRE: Effets d'accents en élégie grecque ancienne (pp.79-85); J.L. MORALEJO ALVAREZ: Praeteritum perfectum (pp.137-151); C. CASTILLO: Los amigos en la comedia romana (pp.173-183); A. MICHEL: Les problèmes du réalisme chez les écrivains latins jusqu'à Virgile: La sensibilité et l'idéal (pp.229-243); A. FONTÁN: El griego de Tito Livio (pp.311-323); R. LÓPEZ MELERO: Sobre el carácter de la institución real en el mundo greco-romano (pp.339-355); R. de KOTZEBUE: La cultura clásica en la Rusia de los zares (pp.443-453). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 55.00 (Antiquarian)