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h s versnel wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 biography 2 selected publications 3 biographical 4 references toggle the table of contents h s versnel 3 languages deutsch nederlands svenska edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia dutch ancient historian 1936 2025 hendrik simon versnel born 1936 10 10 10 october 1936 rotterdam netherlands died 7 february 2025 2025 02 07 aged 88 leiderdorp netherlands academic background education leiden university thesis triumphus an inquiry into the origin development and meaning of the roman triumph 1970 academic work discipline ancient history institutions leiden university doctoral students josine blok notable works inconsistencies in greek and roman religion 1990 1993 coping with the gods wayward readings in greek theology 2011 hendrik simon versnel 10 october 1936 7 february 2025 published as h s versnel and known as henk versnel was a dutch historian of classical antiquity known for his work on ancient greek and roman religion biography edit versnel was born in rotterdam on 10 october 1936 after being educated at the gymnasium erasmianum in rotterdam he studied classics at leiden university obtaining the kandidaats ba in 1959 and the doctoraal ma in 1962 he then worked as a schoolteacher in rotterdam teaching greek and latin at the libanon lyceum nl from 1962 to 1970 and at the gymnasium erasmianum from 1970 to 1971 during this period he also held a temporary research position at leiden in 1967 and from 1968 carried out a project on the roman triumph for which the dutch research council had awarded funding he defended his doctoral thesis on this topic in 1970 which was published as his first book triumphus an inquiry into the origin development and meaning of the roman triumph 1 2 in 1971 he was appointed as an assistant professor in the history department at leiden becoming a lector in 1978 and a full professor in 1980 1 in 1990 he published the first volume of his inconsistencies in greek and roman religion containing studies of the goddess isis in the hellenistic period of dionysus in euripides bacchae and of hermes in the roman poet martial s epigram 5 24 3 this was then followed by a second volume in 1993 containing a discussion of theories of myth and ritual along with studies of the kronia and saturnalia festivals of the thesmophoria and bona dea festivals and of the gods apollo and mars 4 his doctoral students at leiden included josine blok 5 in 1994 versnel became professor ordinarius and the chair of the ancient history section of the department and in 1997 he was made a member of the royal netherlands academy of arts and sciences 1 6 in 1998 1999 he held the sather professorship of classical literature at the university of california berkeley a revised version of his sather lectures dealing with ancient greek conceptions of the gods was published in 2011 as coping with the gods wayward readings in greek theology 7 8 he retired from his leiden professorship in 2000 1 in 2002 he was honoured with a festschrift titled kykeon studies in honour of h s versnel 9 in 2005 he was made an honorary doctor of the university of heidelberg 1 in october 2016 a colloquium was held in honour of his eightieth birthday at oud poelgeest a castle near leiden leading to the publication in 2023 of a volume of essays responding to versnel s own work coping with versnel a roundtable on religion and magic in honour of the 80th birthday of henk s versnel 10 in 2021 he was made a knight of the order of the netherlands lion 1 11 he died in leiderdorp on 7 february 2025 the day on which leiden university celebrated its 450th anniversary 12 13 14 15 selected publications edit versnel h s 1970 triumphus an inquiry into the origin development and meaning of the roman triumph brill isbn 9789004023253 versnel h s 1990 inconsistencies in greek and roman religion volume 1 ter unus isis dionysos hermes three studies in henotheism brill isbn 9789004092662 versnel h s 1993 inconsistencies in greek and roman religion volume 2 transition and reversal in myth and ritual brill isbn 9789004092679 versnel h s 2011 coping with the gods wayward readings in greek theology brill isbn 9789004204904 biographical edit frits naerebout levensbericht hendrik simon versnel in jaarboek van de maatschappij der nederlandse letterkunde te leiden 2024 2025 p 260 271 references edit 1 2 3 4 5 6 naerebout frits beerden kim 2023 introduction an inquiry into the origin development and meaning of human life a personal account of the scholarship of henk versnel in beerden kim naerebout frits eds coping with versnel a roundtable on religion and magic in honour of the 80th birthday of henk s versnel brill pp 1 60 at pp 2 3 isbn 9789004538443 versnel h s 1970 triumphus an inquiry into the origin development and meaning of the roman triumph brill isbn 9789004023253 versnel h s 1990 inconsistencies in greek and roman religion volume 1 ter unus isis dionysos hermes three studies in henotheism brill isbn 9789004092662 versnel h s 1993 inconsistencies in greek and roman religion volume 2 transition and reversal in myth and ritual brill isbn 9789004092679 prof dr j h blok 1953 utrecht university in dutch retrieved 28 november 2016 henk versnel royal netherlands academy of arts and sciences archived from the original on 16 january 2021 past and future professors 1913 2001 university of california berkeley department of ancient greek and roman studies retrieved 1 december 2025 versnel h s 2011 coping with the gods wayward readings in greek theology brill isbn 9789004204904 horstmanshoff herman f j ed 2002 kykeon studies in honour of h s versnel brill isbn 9789004119833 beerden kim naerebout frits eds 2023 coping with versnel a roundtable on religion and magic in honour of the 80th birthday of henk s versnel brill p ix isbn 9789004538443 emeritus hoogleraar henk versnel koninklijk onderscheiden leiden university 12 october 2021 retrieved 21 april 2026 versnel hadewych 15 february 2025 hendrik simon versnel linkedin retrieved 1 december 2025 versnel hendrik simon 1936 2025 national library of the netherlands retrieved 3 december 2025 in memoriam prof dr henk versnel 1936 2025 leiden university 17 february 2025 retrieved 1 december 2025 dies natalis 2025 leiden university retrieved 20 may 2026 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