Timothy Gantz
Timothy Nolan Gantz | |
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| Born | December 23, 1945 |
| Died | January 20, 2004 (aged 58) |
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| Education | Haverford College, B.A., 1967 |
| Alma mater | Ph.D., Princeton, 1970 |
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| Institutions | University of Georgia |
Timothy Nolan Gantz (23 December 1945 – 20 January 2004) was an American classical scholar and the author of Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources.[1]
Education
[edit]Gantz received his Bachelor of Arts from Haverford College in 1967, and his Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University in 1970.[2]
Career
[edit]From 1970, Gantz was a long-time professor of Classics at the University of Georgia, where he directed its "Studies Abroad in Rome" program from 1985 to 2003.[3]
In 1993, he published his book Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, which puts particular emphasis on earlier sources of the Archaic period.[4] The book was received positively,[5] and, according to classicist Robin Hard, "can be recommended unreservedly as a comprehensive guide to the early mythical tradition".[6]
Death
[edit]Gantz died in Athens, Georgia, on 20 January 2004, aged 58.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ 1st edition: Gantz (1993); 2nd edition: Gantz (1996).
- ^ Obituary (2004, p. 19). His doctoral dissertation was entitled "Poetic Unity in Pindar".
- ^ Obituary (2004, p. 19).
- ^ Hard (2004, p. 691); Neils (1994).
- ^ Neils (1994); Robertson (1995).
- ^ Hard (2004, p. 691).
- ^ "Obituary". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 23 January 2004.
Sources
[edit]- Gantz, Timothy (1993), Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources (1st ed.), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 978-0-801-85360-9.
- Gantz, Timothy (1996), Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources (2nd ed.), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, ISBN 978-0-801-84410-2.
- Neils, Jenifer (1994), "Review of Gantz (1993)", Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1994.04.14.
- "Obituary for Timothy Nolan Gantz, Professor of Classics" (PDF), The Georgia Classicist, XXV (I): 19–20, 2004, archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-08-22.
- Robertson, Noel (1995), "Review of Gantz (1993)", Échos du Monde Classique, XXXIX, n.s. 14: 275–6, ISSN 1913-5416.
- Hard, Robin (2004), The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology" (7th ed.), London: Routledge, ISBN 978-0-415-18636-0.
External links
[edit]- Timothy Gantz at the Database of Classical Scholars, author: Classics Department, University of Georgia.
