Dr. M. (Marlein) van Raalte
- Lecturer
- Classical languages and culture
- Greek language and culture
| Telephone number: | +31 (0)71 527 2676 |
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| E-Mail: | m.van.raalte@hum.leidenuniv.nl |
| Faculty / Department: | Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen, Institute for Cultural Disciplines, Griekse T&C |
| Office Address: |
Johan Huizingagebouw Doelensteeg 16 2311 VL Leiden Room number 1.13 |
Fields of interest
Greek metre
Greek philosophical texts
Greek science
Research
- SOURCES FOR PROTAGORAS
(a collection of the testimonia with an English translation; in collaboration with Professor Noburu Notomi (Tokyo), Drs Tazuko van Berkel and Dr Adriaan Rademaker (Leiden), and other members of the National Protagoras Society)
Curriculum Vitae
PhD in Classics at Leiden University 1986 (Dissertation on Greek Stichic Verse, part of the project that was rounded off with the publication of C.M.J. Sicking, Griechische Verslehre. Handbuch der Altertumswissenschaft, München (Beck) 1993).
Currently lecturer in Greek Language and Literature at Leiden University.
Teaching activities
Teaching includes courses on Plato (Gorgias, Laws), Aristotle (ethical terminology), Hesiod and Greek elegy, Ps.-Xenophon Athênaiôn politeia, Greek metre.
Publications
Rhythm and Metre. Towards a Systematic Description of Greek Stichic Verse. Assen (van Gorcum), 1986
“The Idea of the Cosmos as an Organic Whole in Theophrastus’ Metaphysics”, in W.W. Fortenbaugh & R.W. Sharples (eds.) Theophrastean Studies on Natural Science, Physics and Metaphysics, Ethics, Religion and Rhetoric, New Brunswick (Transaction, Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities 3) 1988, 189–215
“Greek Elegiac Verse Rhythm”, Glotta 66 (1988) 145–78
Theophrastus Metaphysics. With an Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Leiden (Brill, Mnemosyne Suppl. 125) 1993
“God and the Nature of the World. The ‘Theological Excursus’ in Theophrastus’ Meteorology.” Mnemosyne IV.56 (2003) 306–42
“Socratic Parrhêsia and its Afterlife in Plato’s Laws”, in: I. Sluiter & R.M. Rosen (eds.), Free Speech in Classical Antiquity, Leiden (Brill) 2004, 279–312
“More philosophico: Political Virtue and Philosophy in Plutarch’s Lives.”, in: L. de Blois (e.a., eds.), The Statesman in Plutarch’s Greek and Roman Lives, Leiden (Brill) Vol. II, 2005 (= Proceedings of the International Plutarch Society), 75–112
“The Nature of Fire and Its Complications: Theophrastus' De Igne 1-10”, in BICS 53 (2010) 47-97
in the press:
“Theophrastus on Differences: Sense-Perception and the Search for Causes”, in: A. Jaulin & D. Lefebvre (éd.), La question des principes dans la Métaphysique de Théophraste: enjeux, méthode et statut, Leuven (Peeters) (= Actes du Colloque International organisé par l’École Normale Supérieure et l’Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne)
2010
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Raalte, M., van (2010)
The Nature of Fire and its Complications: Theophrastus' De igne 1-10. Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies, 53 (1), pp. 47-97.
(Article)
2005
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Raalte, M., van (2005)
More philosophico: Political Virtue and Philosophy in Plutarch's Lives. In Blois, L., de & Bons, J. (Eds.) The Statesman in Plutarch's Works, Vol II: Plutarch's Greek and Roman Lives (pp. 75-112). Leiden: Brill.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2004
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Raalte, M., van (2004)
Socratic 'parrhesia' and Its Afterlife in Plato's Laws. In Sluiter, Ineke & Rosen, Ralph M. (Eds.) Free Speech in Classical Antiquity (pp. 279-312). Leiden: Brill.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
2003
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Raalte, M., van (2003)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Hesiodos, De geboorte van de goden, Werken en Dagen & De wedstrijd tussen Homeros en Hesiodos]. In: Hermeneus, 75, pp. 350-351.
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Raalte, M., van (2003)
Boekbespreking. [Bespreking van: Die Metaphysik Theophrasts: Edition, Kommentar, Interpretation]. In: Classical World, 96, pp. 344-345.
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Raalte, M., van (2003)
Een Griekse tragedie in de rechtbank: Socrates contra Athene. [Bespreking van: Socrates against Athens. Philosophy on Trial]. In: Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis, 116, pp. 572-574.
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Raalte, M., van (2003)
God and the Nature of the World: The 'Theological Excursus' in Theophrastus' Meteorology. Mnemosyne, 56 (4), pp. 306-342.
(Article)
1998
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Ophuijsen, J.M., van & Raalte, M., van (Eds.) (1998)
Theophrastus: Reappraising the sources. New Brunswick/London: Transaction Books.
(Book editorial)
1993
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Raalte, M., van (1993)
Theophrastus Metaphysics. (Mnemosyne Supplements, 125). Leiden: Brill.
(Book (monograph))
1988
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Raalte, M., van (1988)
Greek Elegiac Verse Rhythm. Glotta : Zeitschrift fuer Griechische und Lateinische Sprache, 66, pp. 145-178.
(Article) -
Raalte, M., van (1988)
The Idea of the Cosmos as an Organic Whole in Theophrastus' Metaphysics. In Fortenbaugh, W.W. (Ed.) Theophrastean Studies. Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities. Vol. 4. Classical World (pp. 189-215). New Brunswick: Transaction Books.
(Article in monograph or in proceedings)
1986
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Raalte, M., van (1986)
Rhythm and Metre. Towards a Systematic Description of Greek Stichic Verse. LEI Universiteit Leiden, 470pp.(Assen, Van Gorcum) C.M.J. Sicking.
(Dissertation)