Scrinium Classical Antiquity

BOTHEROYD, S., and P.F., Lexikon der keltischen Mythologie. Diederichs, München, 1992. 378p. 3 maps. ills.(B&W photographs). Cloth wrps. € 26.50 (Antiquarian)

BOTTICI, C., A Philosophy of Political Myth. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 2007. 286p. Bound wrps. 'Chiara Bottici’s new book A Philosophy of Political Myth is a comprehensive and groundbreaking answer to these questions [as to the nature of myth], and in it, she shows us the importance of myth in the study of philosophy, culture and politics. […] In sum, Bottici’s book is an important contribution to political philosophy as well as to the theory of imagination and culture.' (Philosophy and Social Criticism). € 85.00 (Antiquarian)

BOUMAN, K.H., Forgotten Gods. Primitive mind from a traveller's point of view. Introduction by G. van der Leeuw. With a portrait and 29 illustrations. Brill, Leiden, 1949. XII,98p. ills. Cloth. € 26.50 (Antiquarian)

BOWIE, A.M., Aristophanes. Myth, Ritual and Comedy. Cambridge University Press, 1996. XVI,328p. Paperback. Nice copy.'B. states that his book offers a mediation between positions for and against modern critical methods, and that it is part of an attempt to show how aspects of ancient culture can be elucidated by structuralist methodology. (...) B.'s aim is not to show what Aristophanes meant, but merely to indicate some interpretations of the plays which were available to the original audience. But he seems to me to take too little account of the nature of that audience and the immediate circumstances of the plays. Aristophanes was putting on a performance for a general audience, and was hoping to win the contest of comedies. (...) Myths and ritual are certainly important in some scenes of Aristophanes, but in the plays as a whole I am not persuaded that they are as significant as B. maintains.' (DOUGLAS M. MACDOWELL in The Classical Review (New Series), 1994, pp.263-65). From the library of the late Prof. W. Geoffrey Arnott. € 27.50 (Antiquarian)

BRAUW, L. de, Europe en de stier. Drukkerij Trio, 's-Gravenhage, 1940. 146p. ills. Folding chart. Theses. Original sewn soft cover. Head spine a bit worn. Cover a little bit grimy and a tiny bit creased. Diss.Universiteit van Amsterdam. With summary in French. € 16.00 (Antiquarian)

BRINK C., and W. HORNBOSTEL, (eds.), Pegasus und die Kunste. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München, 1993. 282p. Richly ills.(B&W and full colour photographs). Sewn. Soft cover. spine with light reading traces. May require extra shipping costs: weight including packing from 1 - 2 Kg. A.o.: YALOURIS, N.: Pegasus in der antiken Mythologie (pp.26-36); K. LIPPINCOTT: Pegasus und seine himmlischen Gefährten im Wandel der Zeiten (pp.36-46); M. WARNKE : Chimären der Phantasie (pp.61-70); G.J.M. WEBER: Poetenhafer, Flugesel und Künstlerparnass. Pegasus in den Niederlanden (pp.70-93); D. SCHRÖDER: Von Ruhmesfelsen und Flugmaschinen. Pegasus in den Gärten und auf der Theaterbühne der Renaissance- und Barockzeit (pp.93-102); A. LINNEBACH: Pegasus in der Kunst der 19. Jahrhunderts. Von Karl Friedrich Schinkel bis Odilon Redon (pp.111-124). Farbtafeln (pp.133-245): I. Pegasus in der Antike. II. Pegasus am Sternenhimmel, III. Pegasus und die Heroen. IV. Pegasus und die Musen. V. Pegasus im Joche. € 27.50 (Antiquarian)

BROMMER, Fr., Odysseus. Die Taten und Leiden des Helden in antiker Kunst und Literatur. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt, 1983. X,132,(48)p. ills.(line drawings and B/W photographs). Cloth. Cover slightly stained. 'This is a companion volume to the 'Theseus' (...). The intention and achievement are the same - a concise and well documented (if only by allusion) account of the ancient evidence for the story of Odysseus in literature and art, the literature summarised, the art described. Deeper interpretation of the figure and scenes is avoided, so the book will only be outdated by the arrival of new evidence, and not throught the unfashionableness of any of its views.' (JOHN BOARDMAN in The Classical Review (New Series), 1985, p.208). € 23.50 (Antiquarian)

BÜCKSTEEG, Th., and H. DICKERHOFF, (ed.), Märchenkinder - Kindermärchen. Forschungsberichte aus der Welt der Märchen. Hugendubel (Diederichs), Kreuzlingen/München, 1999. 254p. Bound wrps.A.o.: O. BETZ: Hoffnungsträger Menschenkind (pp.9-21); K. WARDETZKY: Herakles oder Königssohn - Narrative Phantasien von Kindern zwischen Mythos und Märchen (pp.21-40); S. WIENKER-PIEPHO: 'Kindertümlichkeit' - Idee der Romantik oder märchen-theoretisches Konzept? pp.78-98). € 12.00 (Antiquarian)

BUFFIÈRE, F., Les Mythes d'Homère et la Pensée Grecque. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1956. 677p. Sewn. Unopened. € 85.00 (Antiquarian)

BUFFIÈRE, F., Les Mythes d'Homère et la Pensée Grecque. Les Belles Lettres, Paris, 1956. 677p. Cloth. Nice (private) binding. € 95.00 (Antiquarian)