Hugo Koning is a researcher in the field of Greek mythology, the archaic poet Hesiod and the reception of the classics. He combines his appointment at LUCAS with an appointment as a lecturer at the Stanislas College in Delft.

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Research

Ancient Reception of Hesiod

Teaching activities

BA3 Course World Mythology

Curriculum Vitae

Hugo Koning studied Greek and Latin at Leiden University from 1996 to 2000. After that, he became a teacher at a middle school and taught several courses at Leiden University. He finished his PhD on the ancient reception of Hesiod in 2010.

Key publications

• The Other Poet. The Ancient Reception of Hesiod. (diss.) Leiden 2010.
• ‘Plato’s Hesiod: not Plato’s alone’, in G.R. Boys-Stones and J.H. Haubold (edd.), Plato and Hesiod. Oxford 2010, pp. 89-110.

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