Athena Disenchanted: Eustathios of Thessalonikeon Ethical and Rhetorical Prudence in Homer and Beyond

Baukje van den Berg is Associate Professor of Byzantine Studies at Central European University, Vienna. Her research focuses on Byzantine education and literary thought, as well as the role of ancient literature in Byzantine culture. Recent publications include the monograph Homer the Rhetorician: Eustathios of Thessalonike on the Composition of the Iliad (Oxford 2022) and the co-edited volumes Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond: Studies in Honour of Irene de Jong (with M. de Bakker and J. Klooster; Leiden–Boston 2022) and Byzantine Commentaries on Ancient Greek Texts, 12th–15th Centuries (with D. Manolova and P. Marciniak; Cambridge 2022).