Hugo Koning
University Lecturer
- Name
- Dr. H.H. Koning
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2667
- h.h.koning@hum.leidenuniv.nl
- ORCID iD
- 0000-0003-0799-3669
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.
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.
University Lecturer
- Faculty of Humanities
- Centre for the Arts in Society
- Griekse T&C
- Koning H.H. (2024), Hesiodus contra Mozes: de Godengeboorte onder vuur, Leidschrift 39(1): 15.
- H.H. Koning (2022), Hesiod. In: Bakker M. de & Jong I.J.F. de (Eds.), Speech in Ancient Greek Literature: Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative 5. Mnemosyne Supplements no. 448. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 21.
- H.H. Koning (2022), Ajax versus Odysseus. In: Bassino P. & Benzi N. (Eds.), Sophistic Views of the Epic Past from the Classical to the Imperial Age. London/New York: Bloomsbury.
- H.H. Koning (2022), The Aetiology of Myth. In: Wessels A.B. & Klooster J.J.H. (Eds.), Inventing Origins? Aetiological Thinking in Greek and Roman Antiquity. Euhormos: Greco-Roman Studies in Anchoring Innovation no. 2. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 164-182.
- H.H. Koning (2022), Love and Anger: Emotions in Hesiod. In: Bakker M. de, Berg B. van den & Klooster J. (Eds.), Emotions and Narrative in Ancient Literature and Beyond: Studies in Honour of Irene de Jong. Mnemosyne Supplements no. 451. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 154-165.
- H.H. Koning (2022), Palaephatus, Unbelievable Tales. In: Smith R.S. & Trzaskoma S.M. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Mythography. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Berg R.M. van den & Koning H.H. (2022), De mythen van Plato: verhalen voor alle tijden. Eindhoven: Damon.
- Iribarren Baralt L. & Koning H.H. (Eds.) (2022), Hesiod and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy no. 455. Leiden: Brill.
- H.H. Koning (2020), The Egg-headed hero: Agatha Christie's The Labours of Hercules. In: Blanshard A.J.L. & Stafford E. (Eds.), The Modern Hercules: Images of the Hero from the Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century. Metaforms: studies in the reception of classical antiquity no. 21. Leiden/Boston: Brill.
- H.H. Koning (2020), The Incredible Hercules: Prince of Power. In: Blanshard A.J.L. & Stafford E. (Eds.), The Modern Hercules: Images of the Hero from the Nineteenth to the Early Twenty-First Century. Metaforms: studies in the reception of classical antiquity no. 21. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 199-218.
- Koning H.H. (2019) De Grieken waren ook al bang voor robots. Review of: Mayor Adrienne (2018), Gods and Robots. Myths, Machines, and Ancient Dreams of Technology. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis 132(3).
- Koning H.H. (2018), Hesiod. In: De Temmerman K. & Emde Boas E. van (Eds.), Characterization in Ancient Greek Literature. Mnemosyne Supplements no. 411. Leiden/Boston: Brill. 46–63.
- Gulik T. van & Koning H.H. (2018), Prometheus en leverregeneratie, Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde : .
- Koning H.H. & Verheij H. (2018), Het Eiland van Pelops. Een literaire reis door de Peloponnesos. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
- Koning H.H. (2017), Theognis van Megara. Luister naar mij no. 4. Eindhoven: DAMON.
- Koning H.H. (2016), Mythen moet je niet geloven!: Damon.
- Koning H.H. (2016), Batman en Iron Man. Helden van Homerus, Leidschrift 31(2): 125-130.
- H.H. Koning (2015) Ovid and Hesiod. : The Metamorphosis of the Catalogue of Women. Review of: Ioannis Ziogas (2013). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Gymnasium : Zeitschrift für die Antike in der deutschen Bildung (122).
- Koning H.H. (2015), Mythologie. Elementaire Deeltjes no. 32. Amsterdam: AUP.
- Koning H.H. (2014), Heracles met snor en eihoofd: Agatha Christie´s Labours of Hercules, Lampas: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse classici 47(4): 400-411.
- Koning H.H. (2014) R. Hunter, Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days. Review of: Hunter R. (2014), Hesiodic Voices: Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days. Cambridge Classical Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2014.10.08).
- Koning H.H. (2013) S. Halliwell, Between Ecstasy and Truth: Interpretations of Greek Poetics from Homer to Longinus. Review of: Halliwell S. (2011), Between Ecstasy and Truth: Interpretations of Greek Poetics from Homer to Longinus.. Oxford: Oxford University Press. The Journal of Hellenic Studies 133: 186.
- Koning H.H. (2013), Klassieken en comics: Incredible Hercules, Lampas: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse classici 46(4): 436-448.
- Koning H.H. (2012), Signalementen: een voorbereiding op Medea, Lampas: Tijdschrift voor Nederlandse classici 45(2): 168-171.
- Koning H.H. (2012), Allegorie tot het uiterste: Hesiodus' Theogonie uitgelegd, Tetradio - Universiteit Gent. Griekenlandcentrum 21(1): 7–25.
- Koning H.H. (2012) Herakles. Review of: Stafford E. (2012), Herakles. Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World. London: Routledge. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2012.09.52.
- Berg R.M. van den & Koning H.H. (2011), Review of: Marzillo P. (2010), Der Kommentar des Proklos zu Hesiods 'Werken und Tagen'. Tübingen: Narr Verlag. Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2011.08.54.
- Koning H.H. (11 February 2010), The other poet : the ancient reception of Hesiod (Dissertatie, Faculty of Humanities, Leiden University). Supervisor(s): Sluiter I.
- Koning H.H. (2009), Plato's Hesiod: not Plato's alone. In: Boys-Stones G.R. & Haubold J.H. (Eds.), Plato and Hesiod. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 89-110.