Berenice Verhelst
Biographic Data
| ID | 1428897 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Berenice Verhelst |
| GIVEN NAMES | Berenice |
| FAMILY NAME | Verhelst |
| SIGNATURE | VERHELST B |
| AFFILIATIONS | 1 University of Ghent, Department of Literature Blandijnberg 2 9000 Gent Belgium [email protected] |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9148-4674 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Shrunken Epic
This chapter is centred on the controversial epic ‘sub’ genre of the epyllion. Verhelst first underlines the scholarly debates surrounding epyllion as a category and then turns to look more closely at poems which themselves could be termed ‘epyllionic’, starting with the Homeric Hymn to Hermes , and moving through the Hellenistic age (Theocritus’ Idyll 24, Moschus’ Eros the Runaway , and the Batrachomyomachia ) to late antiquity (the Orphic Argon…
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Epic
Ancient Greek literature begins with the epic verses of Homer. Epic then continued as a fundamental literary form throughout antiquity and the influence of the poems produced extends beyond antiquity and down to the present. This Companion presents a fresh and boundary-breaking account of the ancient Greek epic tradition. It includes wide-ranging close readings of epics from Homer to Nonnus, traces their dialogues with other modes such as ancient…
Who is Speaking? A Computational Analysis of Homeric Heroic Voices in the Homerocentones (First Recension)
With all their lines culled from Homer, the gospel characters of the late antique Homerocentones sound unavoidably Homeric, as each line associates them with particular Homeric characters and contexts. This leads to an excess of interpretative potential. This paper explores a computational approach to the cento using the data available through a prototype of the DICES Database of Greek and Latin Epic Speeches to sift through the wealth of referen…
Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity
Although Greek and Latin poetry from late antiquity each poses similar questions and problems, a real dialogue between scholars on both sides is even now conspicuously absent. A lack of evidence impedes discussion of whether there was direct interaction between the two language traditions. This volume, however, starts from the premise that direct interaction should never be a prerequisite for a meaningful comparative and contextualising analysis …
A ‘Revival’ of the ‘Epyllion’ as a ‘Genre’?
This chapter focusses on a genre, which in recent scholarship has been unmasked as a modern invention: the ‘epyllion’. About the definition of this highly problematic term no consensus can be reached (metre? length? topic? structure?). Literary histories claim that the genre was born in the Hellenistic period and flourished again in Catullus’ time, with his Poem 64 as its main representative. Generally, they do not provide any examples of the ‘ge…
Nonnus of Panopolis in Context IV
Greek biblical epic
The term ‘Greek biblical epic’ is ambiguous because it suggests two concepts\nthat have to be nuanced. It seems to refer to a subgenre of epic, but whether\nat all these poems can be considered as a group in terms of genre is doubtful. Alternative\nlabels, which are sometimes used, are biblical paraphrase (which widens\nthe scope to non-hexametric paraphrases) and cento poetry (which points out\nthe formal relation with cento poetry on other topi…
Minor Characters in the Dionysiaca
‘Nessuna delle figure del poema nonniano può dirsi personaggio: sono tutti, compreso Bacco, fiacchi strumenti in balia di forze superiori, endogene, come le passioni, esterne, come le stelle.’ Perhaps this rather categorical denial of character development in the Dionysiaca, pronounced by Gennaro D’Ippolito, one of the few real authorities in the field of Nonnus studies, may help to explain why this Companion contains a chapter on minor and none …
Direct Speech in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca
Direct Speech in Nonnus' Dionysiaca is the first more extensive study of the use and functions of direct speech in Nonnus' Dionysiaca (5th century AD). Its long soliloquies and scarcity of dialogues have often been pointed out as striking characteristics of Nonnus' epic style, but nonetheless this fascinating subject received relatively little attention. Berenice Verhelst aims to reveal the poem's constant interplay between the epic tradition and…
As Multiform as Dionysus
Verhelst Berenice. As Multiform as Dionysus: New Perspectives on Nonnus’ Dionysiaca. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 82, 2013. pp. 267-278
Looking from the Walls in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca (39.14-23)
Looking from the walls in Nonnus' Dionysiaca (39,(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23) Throughout the Dionysiaca Nonnus is notoriously playing with allusions to the literary tradition. The passage from book 39 (14-23) that will be discussed here might offer another example of this important feature of Nonnus' poetry. In my opinion the passage can be interpreted as a subtle adaptation of the epic motif of a teichoscopy. In scholarly research on…
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As Multiform as Dionysus
Verhelst Berenice. As Multiform as Dionysus: New Perspectives on Nonnus’ Dionysiaca. In: L'antiquité classique, Tome 82, 2013. pp. 267-278
Looking from the Walls in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca (39.14-23)
Looking from the walls in Nonnus' Dionysiaca (39,(14)(15)(16)(17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23) Throughout the Dionysiaca Nonnus is notoriously playing with allusions to the literary tradition. The passage from book 39 (14-23) that will be discussed here might offer another example of this important feature of Nonnus' poetry. In my opinion the passage can be interpreted as a subtle adaptation of the epic motif of a teichoscopy. In scholarly research on…
Minor Characters in the Dionysiaca
‘Nessuna delle figure del poema nonniano può dirsi personaggio: sono tutti, compreso Bacco, fiacchi strumenti in balia di forze superiori, endogene, come le passioni, esterne, come le stelle.’ Perhaps this rather categorical denial of character development in the Dionysiaca, pronounced by Gennaro D’Ippolito, one of the few real authorities in the field of Nonnus studies, may help to explain why this Companion contains a chapter on minor and none …
Direct Speech in Nonnus’ Dionysiaca
Direct Speech in Nonnus' Dionysiaca is the first more extensive study of the use and functions of direct speech in Nonnus' Dionysiaca (5th century AD). Its long soliloquies and scarcity of dialogues have often been pointed out as striking characteristics of Nonnus' epic style, but nonetheless this fascinating subject received relatively little attention. Berenice Verhelst aims to reveal the poem's constant interplay between the epic tradition and…
Greek biblical epic
The term ‘Greek biblical epic’ is ambiguous because it suggests two concepts\nthat have to be nuanced. It seems to refer to a subgenre of epic, but whether\nat all these poems can be considered as a group in terms of genre is doubtful. Alternative\nlabels, which are sometimes used, are biblical paraphrase (which widens\nthe scope to non-hexametric paraphrases) and cento poetry (which points out\nthe formal relation with cento poetry on other topi…
Greek and Latin Poetry of Late Antiquity
Although Greek and Latin poetry from late antiquity each poses similar questions and problems, a real dialogue between scholars on both sides is even now conspicuously absent. A lack of evidence impedes discussion of whether there was direct interaction between the two language traditions. This volume, however, starts from the premise that direct interaction should never be a prerequisite for a meaningful comparative and contextualising analysis …
A ‘Revival’ of the ‘Epyllion’ as a ‘Genre’?
This chapter focusses on a genre, which in recent scholarship has been unmasked as a modern invention: the ‘epyllion’. About the definition of this highly problematic term no consensus can be reached (metre? length? topic? structure?). Literary histories claim that the genre was born in the Hellenistic period and flourished again in Catullus’ time, with his Poem 64 as its main representative. Generally, they do not provide any examples of the ‘ge…
Nonnus of Panopolis in Context IV
Who is Speaking? A Computational Analysis of Homeric Heroic Voices in the Homerocentones (First Recension)
With all their lines culled from Homer, the gospel characters of the late antique Homerocentones sound unavoidably Homeric, as each line associates them with particular Homeric characters and contexts. This leads to an excess of interpretative potential. This paper explores a computational approach to the cento using the data available through a prototype of the DICES Database of Greek and Latin Epic Speeches to sift through the wealth of referen…
Shrunken Epic
This chapter is centred on the controversial epic ‘sub’ genre of the epyllion. Verhelst first underlines the scholarly debates surrounding epyllion as a category and then turns to look more closely at poems which themselves could be termed ‘epyllionic’, starting with the Homeric Hymn to Hermes , and moving through the Hellenistic age (Theocritus’ Idyll 24, Moschus’ Eros the Runaway , and the Batrachomyomachia ) to late antiquity (the Orphic Argon…
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Greek Epic
Ancient Greek literature begins with the epic verses of Homer. Epic then continued as a fundamental literary form throughout antiquity and the influence of the poems produced extends beyond antiquity and down to the present. This Companion presents a fresh and boundary-breaking account of the ancient Greek epic tradition. It includes wide-ranging close readings of epics from Homer to Nonnus, traces their dialogues with other modes such as ancient…
Classical Antiquity Studies (11 works) · Art (10 works) · Literature (9 works) · History (7 works) · EPIC (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Poetry (5 works) · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works)