Homer the Rhetorician - Eustathios of Thessalonike on the Composition of the Iliad

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.

List of contents

• 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

About the author

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.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Baukje van den Berg, Baukje (Assistant Professor of Byzan Van Den Berg, Baukje (Central European University) Van Den Berg
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2022
• EAN: 9780192865434
• ISBN: 978-0-19-286543-4
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Oxford Studies in Byzantium
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; History, HISTORY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / General, CE period up to c 1500, Classical texts, Archaeology, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, History and Archaeology, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Ancient, classical and medieval texts