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Timothy Gantz

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Timothy Nolan Gantz
Born(1945-12-23)December 23, 1945
DiedJanuary 20, 2004(2004-01-20) (aged 58)
Academic background
EducationHaverford College, B.A., 1967
Alma materPh.D., Princeton, 1970
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity 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

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Gantz received his Bachelor of Arts from Haverford College in 1967, and his Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University in 1970.[2]

Career

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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

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Gantz died in Athens, Georgia, on 20 January 2004, aged 58.[7]

References

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  1. ^ 1st edition: Gantz (1993); 2nd edition: Gantz (1996).
  2. ^ Obituary (2004, p. 19). His doctoral dissertation was entitled "Poetic Unity in Pindar".
  3. ^ Obituary (2004, p. 19).
  4. ^ Hard (2004, p. 691); Neils (1994).
  5. ^ Neils (1994); Robertson (1995).
  6. ^ Hard (2004, p. 691).
  7. ^ "Obituary". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 23 January 2004.

Sources

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  • Timothy Gantz at the Database of Classical Scholars, author: Classics Department, University of Georgia.