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Greek and Latin studies
in honour of A.H.M. Kessels
ISBN 90 04 15061 7; pp.414; EUR 99,- In december 2005, prof. Ton Kessels retired as professor of Classical Greek at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands). On this occasion, a collection of studies has been made, with contributions by many friends and colleagues. The book, named after a
famous passage in the Odyssey (24,11-18) may be considered a
sampler attesting the breadth and depth of present-day classical scholarship in
the Netherlands.
This
collection of essays is intended as a tribute to prof.dr. A.H.M. Kessels on the
occasion of his retirement as professor of Greek Language and Literature at the
Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands), where he has served for twenty years
in the Department of Classics. The essays have been written by his present
colleagues in Nijmegen, former colleagues from Utrecht University (Netherlands),
where Ton Kessels held the chair of Greek until 1985, by colleagues from other
universities in the Netherlands, and by a number of his former and present Ph.D.
students. The collection as a whole may be considered a sampler attesting the
breadth and depth of present‑day classical scholarship in the Netherlands.
It
has been the aim of the editors to present Ton Kessels with a collection of
essays that reflect his broad interests in the entire field of classical
scholarship, ranging from early Greek literature to later Latin literature, the
reception of classics, and the role of classics in secondary school education.
At the same time, the volume also singles out some areas to which Ton Kessels
has paid special attention in the course of his long academic career, both in
his publications and in his teaching. In
the first place, this concerns the area of ancient dreams, which captivated Ton
Kessels already as a student. Dreams formed the main theme of his doctoral
thesis Studies on the Dream in Greek literature (1973), a study which has gained
the status of a standard work in the field. The present volume starts off with
six contributions in which dreams play a major role, varying from early Greek
literature (the period that is probably most dear to Ton Kessels) to the Latin
medieval period. Dreams appear to be of great signifance in antiquity well
beyond Greek literature, and even in the christian era. Indeed, it is perhaps
not completely unjustified to designate the whole of Greek and Latin literature
as a 'land of dreams', where one may encounter 'the ghosts of Peleus' son
Achilles and Patroclus and noble Antilochus, and of Ajax, who in beauty and form
was best of the Danaans after the peerless son of Peleus' (Od. 24.11-18). A
second subject which is particularly loved by Ton Kessels is that of drama,
notably Greek tragedy. Kessels' admiration for the classical tragic poets
Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides has not suffered any decrease as a result of
his long years of study and teaching, quite the contrary. Therefore, the editors
are happy to present no fewer than seven pieces that are concerned with
classical drama, five of them focusing on Greek tragedy, both from a literary
and a linguistic point of view, two dealing with special cases of the later
reception of tragic themes. The
third section is devoted to the poet of poets, the very source of classical
literature, Homer and his reception in later antiquity and in modern times. Ton
Kessels' interest in 'the poet' was manifest to all generations of students who
have enjoyed his teaching. He confronted them with Homer not only at at an
initial stage, where reading Homer would simply mean learning to read Greek in
the first place, but also at a more advanced level, where Homer's literary
style, subtle narrative techniques, and the various links between his epics and
later literature, including the themes of literary criticism and textual
history, were given more prominence. Four contributions in this volume are
devoted to the manifold traces left by Homer in ancient literature and the arts. Ton
Kessels has always maintained and expressed his view that classical antiquity
should be studied as a whole. To illustrate this, the final two sections of this
volume contain ten further essays on various themes and subjects related to
Greek and Latin literature in a broad sense. While showing differences as to the
period, language, and genre of the material studied, all essays share their
devotion to some fundamental principles that have always been upheld and
defended by Ton Kessels: soundness of argument and reasoning, relevance,
accuracy and bibliographical reliability, or to put it succinctly: a genuine
love of words (philologia) such as forms the foundation of the study of
classics. It
goes without saying that some of the studies included here occupy themselves
with the reception and the later tradition of classical culture. However, it is
perhaps less obvious in a volume presented to a university professor to find a
concluding essay on the status of Greek and Latin in Dutch secundary education.
This topic reflects Ton Kessels' heartfelt concern for the position of classics
as an important field of studies in contemporary society as a whole. Presently,
there is an alarming lack of professionally trained teachers of classics in the
Netherlands, which has given rise to a high percentage of unqualified teachers
of Greek and Latin in the secundary schools. After some experiments, starting in
2000, Ton Kessels initiated a special course at the Radboud University Nijmegen
intended for such teachers, enabling them to obtain additional instruction in
the entire field of classics and a formal qualificapreface tion to teach Greek
and Latin in the Dutch high schools. This successful three year course, which is
unique in the Netherlands, has already attracted numerous enthusiastic students,
and plans to start a nationwide program are on the way. It is a comfort and a
joy to know that even after his formal retirement, Ton Kessels will continue to
take care of this special course at the Radboud University Nijmegen, allowing
students to profit from his rich experience as a well-read scholar and an
inspiring teacher. Nijmegen,
December 2005 AL,
MvdP, VH
CONTENTS Acknowledgements
.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Preface
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xiii Bibliography
of A.H.M. Kessels 1969–2005
.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvii PART
I. DREAMS IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE Herodotus
and the dream of Cambyses (Hist.
3.30,
61–65)
. . . . . . 3 Dreams
in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses
.
. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Self-killing
in Artemidoros’ dream world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Dreams
in the Res
Gestae of
Ammianus Marcellinus . . . . . .. . . . . 43 The
vision of Constantine. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Träume
und Visionen in den Dialogen Gregors des Großen . . . . . . 80 PART
II. CLASSICAL DRAMA Aeschylus
and the last act of Salamis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 Dubious
advice: The Paedagogus in Sophocles’ Electra
.
. . . . . . . 106 Future
expectations in Sophocles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 The
lexis
erotike in
Sophocles’ satyr plays . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . 133 Praxithea:
a perfect mother? . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Phaedra’s
declaration of love to Hippolytus Alfred
Döblin and Antigone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .
175 PART
III. THE RECEPTION OF HOMER What
do we do with Homer? Literary criticism in the Hellenistic Homer,
Apollonius, Callimachus and the concept of Διηνεκ;ς.
.. . . 203 On
the summary of the adventures of Odysseus There
is a triple sight in blindness keen’: Representations of
PART
IV. GREEK LITERATURE Isocrates
on being religious and moral conduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Asklepiades
and Poseidippos . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
267 Demos
and
leaders in Plutarch’s Solon
.
. .. . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . 280 ‘The
most superstitious and disgusting of all nations’: Diogenes of The
correspondence between Abgar and Jesus: A re-edition of a PART
V. LATIN LITERATURE
Ciceros
Bericht über die Einführung der Rechtsmittel gegen Wortgeschichte
im altchristlichen Latein: Creatura
und
Genimen
.. . 339 Warum
ist Ovid verbannt worden und wo ist er gestorben? Ein Polybius
and prudentia
.
. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . 372 Greek
and Latin in Dutch secondary education: Opportunities
Index
of Subjects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 404 List
of Contributors. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . 409
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