Jan Bake
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Jan Bake was a Dutch
philologist and critic. He was born in Leiden, and from 1817 to 1854 he was professor of Greek
and Roman literature
at the university.
His principal works are:-
His biography was written (in Dutch) by his pupil Bakhuizen van der Brink (1865); for an appreciation of his services to classical literature see L Müller, Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in den Nederlanden (1869).
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
philologist and critic. He was born in Leiden, and from 1817 to 1854 he was professor of Greek
Greek literature
Greek literature refers to writings composed in areas of Greek influence, typically though not necessarily in one of the Greek dialects, throughout the whole period in which the Greek-speaking people have existed.-Ancient Greek literature :...
and Roman literature
Latin literature
Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings of the ancient Romans. In many ways, it seems to be a continuation of Greek literature, using many of the same forms...
at the university.
His principal works are:-
- Posidonii Rhodii Reliquiae Doctrinae (1810)
- Cleomedis Circularis Doctrina de Sublimitate (1820)
- Bibliotheca Critica Nova (1825–1831)
- Scholica Hypomnemata (1837–1862), a collection of essays dealing mainly with CiceroCiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero , was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, political theorist, and Roman constitutionalist. He came from a wealthy municipal family of the equestrian order, and is widely considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists.He introduced the Romans to the chief...
and the Attic orators - Cicero, De Legibus (1842) and De Oratore (1863)
- the Rhetorica of ApsinesApsinesApsines of Gadara was a Greek rhetorician. He studied at Smyrna and taught at Athens, gaining such a reputation that he was raised to the consulship by the emperor Maximinus...
Longinus (1849).
His biography was written (in Dutch) by his pupil Bakhuizen van der Brink (1865); for an appreciation of his services to classical literature see L Müller, Geschichte der klassischen Philologie in den Nederlanden (1869).