Baukje van den Berg

Homer the Rhetorician

Eustathios of Thessalonike on the Composition of the Iliad

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Produktbeschreibung

This volume analyses the rhetorical thought of Eustathios of Thessalonike in his monumental Commentary on the Iliad. Van den Berg examines Eustathios' presentation of Homer to an audience of aspiring writers in the Byzantine period.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 162mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780192865434
• ISBN-10: 0192865439
• Artikelnr.: 66139778

Autorenporträt

Baukje van den Berg is Assistant Professor of Byzantine Studies at Central European University (Vienna). She obtained a PhD in Ancient Greek Literature from the University of Amsterdam in 2016, held postdoctoral positions at the University of Silesia in Katowice and the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and was a fellow at Dumbarton Oaks in 2020. Her main research interests are Byzantine scholarship, Byzantine education, and the role of ancient literature in Byzantine culture.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: The Proem to the Commentary on the Iliad: Eustathios' Hermeneutic Programme
2: The Skilful Composition of the Iliad
3: The Plausible Composition of the Iliad
4: The Gods and the Composition of the Iliad
Epilogue
Appendix I The Proem to the Commentary on the Iliad
Appendix II Eustathios on Homeric Similes
Appendix III Eustathios on Invocations of the Muses