Katharina Wesselmann
Biographic Data
| ID | 1429198 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katharina Wesselmann |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katharina |
| FAMILY NAME | Wesselmann |
| SIGNATURE | WESSELMANN K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel Kiel Deutschland |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0889-2843 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Emily Hauser
Ψεύσματα ποικίλα
In den Wahren Geschichten, dem phantastischen Reisebericht des Lukian von Samosata, finden die Seefahrer gleich zu Anfang eine Insel vor, auf der sie die gigantischen Fußstapfen der göttlichen Reisenden Herakles und Dionysos erblicken. Weitab davon, in einer anderen Dimension von Realität – angeblich im Amerika des Jahres 1501 n. Chr. –, entdeckt Amerigo Vespucci riesenhafte Fußspuren im Sand, ebenfalls auf einer Insel. Sie führen ihn zu einer Gr…
Homeric Heroes Speaking in Lists
Lists and Catalogues in Ancient Literature and Beyond
Lists and catalogues have been en vogue in philosophy, cultural, media and literary studies for more than a decade. These explorations of enumerative modes, however, have not yet had the impact on classical scholarship that they deserve. While they routinely take (a limited set of) ancient models as their starting point, there is no comparably comprehensive study that focuses on antiquity; conversely, studies on lists and catalogues in Classics r…
Metaphor in Homer
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS Metaphor in Homer: Time, Speech, and Thought. By Andreas T. Zanker. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2019. Pp. x, 263. Although the use of metaphor in the Homeric poems has been studied extensively, the present book contributes a fresh and helpful perspective. The key is the introduction of Conceptual Metaphor Theory, designed by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson in 1980.1 In this approach, metaphor is seen as a fun…
Epic catalogues
The epic catalogue is one of the most striking features of ancient epic poetry. Why should a narrative include long lists of troops, as in our oldest example in Book 2 of the Iliad, of gifts, of places, of plants, and names of persons who are not important for the development of the plot? Research has long since shown that lists and catalogues are present in our tradition from the very beginning of writing, and probably even much earlier in oral …
No Future? Possibilities and Permanence in Herodotus’ Histories
Lists and Catalogues in Ancient Literature and Beyond
Lists and catalogues have been en vogue in philosophy, cultural, media and literary studies for more than a decade. These explorations of enumerative modes, however, have not yet had the impact on classical scholarship that they deserve. While they routinely take (a limited set of) ancient models as their starting point, there is no comparably comprehensive study that focuses on antiquity; conversely, studies on lists and catalogues in Classics r…
No Future? Possibilities and Permanence in Herodotus’ Histories
Epic catalogues
The epic catalogue is one of the most striking features of ancient epic poetry. Why should a narrative include long lists of troops, as in our oldest example in Book 2 of the Iliad, of gifts, of places, of plants, and names of persons who are not important for the development of the plot? Research has long since shown that lists and catalogues are present in our tradition from the very beginning of writing, and probably even much earlier in oral …
Metaphor in Homer
BOOK REVIEWS/COMPTES RENDUS Metaphor in Homer: Time, Speech, and Thought. By Andreas T. Zanker. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 2019. Pp. x, 263. Although the use of metaphor in the Homeric poems has been studied extensively, the present book contributes a fresh and helpful perspective. The key is the introduction of Conceptual Metaphor Theory, designed by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson in 1980.1 In this approach, metaphor is seen as a fun…
Homeric Heroes Speaking in Lists
Lists and Catalogues in Ancient Literature and Beyond
Lists and catalogues have been en vogue in philosophy, cultural, media and literary studies for more than a decade. These explorations of enumerative modes, however, have not yet had the impact on classical scholarship that they deserve. While they routinely take (a limited set of) ancient models as their starting point, there is no comparably comprehensive study that focuses on antiquity; conversely, studies on lists and catalogues in Classics r…
Ψεύσματα ποικίλα
In den Wahren Geschichten, dem phantastischen Reisebericht des Lukian von Samosata, finden die Seefahrer gleich zu Anfang eine Insel vor, auf der sie die gigantischen Fußstapfen der göttlichen Reisenden Herakles und Dionysos erblicken. Weitab davon, in einer anderen Dimension von Realität – angeblich im Amerika des Jahres 1501 n. Chr. –, entdeckt Amerigo Vespucci riesenhafte Fußspuren im Sand, ebenfalls auf einer Insel. Sie führen ihn zu einer Gr…
Emily Hauser
History (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Poetry (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)