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K. H. E. de (Karel Hendrik Eduard) Jong
1872–1960
A Dutch classical scholar with a wide range of interests, he wrote about the ancient world in a way that connected scholarship, religion, and the strange edges of human belief. His work reflects a curious mind drawn both to Greece and Rome and to questions that reached far beyond the classroom.
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Magie bij de Grieken en de Romeinen
by K. H. E. de (Karel Hendrik Eduard) Jong
About the author
Born in Biebrich on February 9, 1872, and later dying in Zeist on December 27, 1960, Karel Hendrik Eduard de Jong was a Dutch classicist and philologist. He studied the literature and religions of the ancient world, and his early academic work included research on Apuleius and the mystery cult of Isis.
De Jong is especially remembered for writing on magic and religion in Greek and Roman antiquity. His books show a scholar interested not only in texts and languages, but also in how ancient people understood ritual, mystery, and the unseen.
His interests eventually reached into parapsychology as well, which gives his career an unusual shape compared with many classical scholars of his time. That mix of rigorous classical learning and fascination with extraordinary beliefs makes his work stand out even today.