Baukje Van Den Berg
Biographic Data
| ID | 4616640 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Baukje Van Den Berg |
| GIVEN NAMES | Baukje Van Den |
| FAMILY NAME | Berg |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DEN BERG B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Central European University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4119-3254 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
For the love of literature
To safeguard against technocracies and against bureaucracies what is truly human in humankind – to deliver the world to us in its human dimension, that is to say, as it is revealed to individuals who are at the same time interrelated and separate – this, I believe, is the task of literature, and what makes it irreplaceable. Simone de Beauvoir, ‘What can literature do?’ One evening in 1326, Manuel Gabalas (later, Matthew, Metropolitan of Ephesos),…
Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204)
The twelfth century was one of the most fertile periods in Byzantine literary history and this volume is the first to focus exclusively on its abundant poetic production. It explores the broader sociocultural tendencies that shaped twelfth-century literature in both prose and verse by examining the school as an important venue for the composition and use of texts written in verse, by shedding new light on the relationship between poetry, patronag…
Hymnography as literature in the commentaries by Gregory of Corinth, Theodore Prodromos, and Eustathios of Thessalonike
Article Hymnography as literature in the commentaries by Gregory of Corinth, Theodore Prodromos, and Eustathios of Thessalonike was published on September 1, 2024 in the journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift (volume 117, issue 3)
Les Grâces à Athènes
Byzantine Commentaries on Ancient Greek Texts, 12th–15th Centuries
This is the first volume to explore the commentaries on ancient texts produced and circulating in Byzantium. It adopts a broad chronological perspective (from the twelfth to the fifteenth century) and examines different types of commentaries on ancient poetry and prose within the context of the study and teaching of grammar, rhetoric, philosophy and science. By discussing the exegetical literature of the Byzantines as embedded in the socio-cultur…
The Narratology of Emotions in Ancient Literature
Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond
Emotions are at the core of much ancient literature, from Achilles’ heartfelt anger in Homer’s Iliad to the pangs of love of Virgil’s Dido. This volume applies a narratological approach to emotions in a wide range of texts and genres. It seeks to analyze ways in which emotions such as anger, fear, pity, joy, love and sadness are portrayed. Furthermore, using recent insights from affective narratology, it studies ways in which ancient narratives e…
The Temple of Demeter Chthonia at Hermione
This paper presents the results of an architectural survey of the foundations of a Classical temple, presumably that of Demeter Chthonia, located inside the chief sanctuary of the ancient city of Hermione. It also studies ancient architectural members built into the walls of the Taxiarches Church situated on top of the temple foundations. By analysing these material remains and connecting them to the observations of 19th-century travellers to Kas…
Homer and the Good Ruler in the ‘Age of Rhetoric’
Homer and the Good Ruler in Antiquity and Beyond
Homer and the Good Ruler in Antiquity and Beyond
Homer and the Good Ruler in Antiquity and Beyond focuses on the important question of how and why later authors employ Homeric poetry to reflect on various types and aspects of leadership. In a range of essays discussing generically diverse receptions of the epics of Homer in historically diverse contexts, this question is answered in various ways. Rather than considering Homer’s works as literary products, then, this volume discusses the pedagog…
Eustathios on Homer’s Narrative Art
The wise Homer and his erudite commentator
In this paper it is argued that the proem of the Parekbolai on the Iliad by Eustathios of Thessalonike gives a practical example of the use to which the lessons in his work are to be put. It explores how Eustathios advertises himself as a skilful rhetorician and how he perceives the relationship between poet, commentator, and readers by examining four images that embellish the proem: Homeric poetry as the song of the Sirens, Homer as the Ocean an…
Homer and the Good Ruler in Antiquity and Beyond
Homer and the Good Ruler in Antiquity and Beyond focuses on the important question of how and why later authors employ Homeric poetry to reflect on various types and aspects of leadership. In a range of essays discussing generically diverse receptions of the epics of Homer in historically diverse contexts, this question is answered in various ways. Rather than considering Homer’s works as literary products, then, this volume discusses the pedagog…
Eustathios on Homer’s Narrative Art
The wise Homer and his erudite commentator
In this paper it is argued that the proem of the Parekbolai on the Iliad by Eustathios of Thessalonike gives a practical example of the use to which the lessons in his work are to be put. It explores how Eustathios advertises himself as a skilful rhetorician and how he perceives the relationship between poet, commentator, and readers by examining four images that embellish the proem: Homeric poetry as the song of the Sirens, Homer as the Ocean an…
Homer and the Good Ruler in the ‘Age of Rhetoric’
Homer and the Good Ruler in Antiquity and Beyond
Homer and the Good Ruler in Antiquity and Beyond
Homer and the Good Ruler in Antiquity and Beyond focuses on the important question of how and why later authors employ Homeric poetry to reflect on various types and aspects of leadership. In a range of essays discussing generically diverse receptions of the epics of Homer in historically diverse contexts, this question is answered in various ways. Rather than considering Homer’s works as literary products, then, this volume discusses the pedagog…
The Temple of Demeter Chthonia at Hermione
This paper presents the results of an architectural survey of the foundations of a Classical temple, presumably that of Demeter Chthonia, located inside the chief sanctuary of the ancient city of Hermione. It also studies ancient architectural members built into the walls of the Taxiarches Church situated on top of the temple foundations. By analysing these material remains and connecting them to the observations of 19th-century travellers to Kas…
Byzantine Commentaries on Ancient Greek Texts, 12th–15th Centuries
This is the first volume to explore the commentaries on ancient texts produced and circulating in Byzantium. It adopts a broad chronological perspective (from the twelfth to the fifteenth century) and examines different types of commentaries on ancient poetry and prose within the context of the study and teaching of grammar, rhetoric, philosophy and science. By discussing the exegetical literature of the Byzantines as embedded in the socio-cultur…
The Narratology of Emotions in Ancient Literature
Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond
Emotions are at the core of much ancient literature, from Achilles’ heartfelt anger in Homer’s Iliad to the pangs of love of Virgil’s Dido. This volume applies a narratological approach to emotions in a wide range of texts and genres. It seeks to analyze ways in which emotions such as anger, fear, pity, joy, love and sadness are portrayed. Furthermore, using recent insights from affective narratology, it studies ways in which ancient narratives e…
Les Grâces à Athènes
Poetry in Byzantine Literature and Society (1081-1204)
The twelfth century was one of the most fertile periods in Byzantine literary history and this volume is the first to focus exclusively on its abundant poetic production. It explores the broader sociocultural tendencies that shaped twelfth-century literature in both prose and verse by examining the school as an important venue for the composition and use of texts written in verse, by shedding new light on the relationship between poetry, patronag…
Hymnography as literature in the commentaries by Gregory of Corinth, Theodore Prodromos, and Eustathios of Thessalonike
Article Hymnography as literature in the commentaries by Gregory of Corinth, Theodore Prodromos, and Eustathios of Thessalonike was published on September 1, 2024 in the journal Byzantinische Zeitschrift (volume 117, issue 3)
For the love of literature
To safeguard against technocracies and against bureaucracies what is truly human in humankind – to deliver the world to us in its human dimension, that is to say, as it is revealed to individuals who are at the same time interrelated and separate – this, I believe, is the task of literature, and what makes it irreplaceable. Simone de Beauvoir, ‘What can literature do?’ One evening in 1326, Manuel Gabalas (later, Matthew, Metropolitan of Ephesos),…
Art (12 works) · Classical Antiquity Studies (10 works) · History (7 works) · Literature (7 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (6 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Ancient history (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Narrative (3 works) · Poetry (3 works)