{"product_id":"homer-the-rhetorician-eustathios-of-thessalonike-on-the-composition-of-the-iliad-hardcover","title":"Homer the Rhetorician: Eustathios of Thessalonike on the Composition of the Iliad - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBaukje Van Den Berg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHomer the Rhetorician\u003c\/em\u003e is the first monograph study devoted to the monumental \u003cem\u003eCommentary on the Iliad\u003c\/em\u003e by Eustathios of Thessalonike, one of the most renowned orators and teachers of the Byzantine twelfth century. Homeric poetry was a fixture in the Byzantine educational curriculum and enjoyed special popularity under the Komnenian emperors. For Eustathios, Homer was the supreme paradigm of eloquence and wisdom. Writing for an audience of aspiring or practising prose writers, he explains in his commentary what it is that makes Homer's composition so successful in rhetorical terms. This study explores the exemplary qualities that Eustathios recognizes in the poet as author and the \u003cem\u003eIliad\u003c\/em\u003e as rhetorical masterpiece. In this way, it advances our understanding of the rhetorical thought of a leading intellectual and the role of a cultural authority as respected as Homer in one of the most fertile periods in Byzantine literary history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBaukje van den Berg, \u003cem\u003eCentral European University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBaukje 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.39 x 6.36 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157539754119,"sku":"9780192865434","price":196.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/0b086e9ec6d7f971dafc4833c27d4c1f.webp?v=1733251646","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/homer-the-rhetorician-eustathios-of-thessalonike-on-the-composition-of-the-iliad-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}