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Jenny Strauss Clay was born to [[Paul Kraus (Arabist)|Eliezer Paul Kraus]] and Bettina Strauss, who died upon childbirth in 1942.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.embeddedlive.com/pdfs/Leos_daughter.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-06-15 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027221805/http://embeddedlive.com/pdfs/Leos_daughter.pdf |archivedate=2010-10-27 }}</ref> After the death of Paul Kraus in Cairo on 1944, Strauss Clay was adopted as daughter by her uncle, [[Leo Strauss]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/07/opinion/the-real-leo-strauss.html |author=Jenny Strauss Clay |title=The Real Leo Strauss |publisher=[[New York Times]] |date=7 June 2003 |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref> |
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==Selected publications== |
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Jenny Strauss Clay | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classics |
| Children | Andreia Clay |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Reed College, University of Chicago |
| Alma mater | University of Washington |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classics |
| Sub-discipline | Ancient Greek literature |
Jenny Strauss Clay is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classics at the University of Virginia. After completing studies at Reed College and the University of Chicago, Strauss Clay completed her doctorate at the University of Washington. She taught at the University of California at Irvine and Johns Hopkins University.[1] She is currently a member of the Nominating Committee of the Society for Classical Studies (formerly the American Philological Association), until 2018.[2]
Family
Jenny Strauss Clay was born to Eliezer Paul Kraus and Bettina Strauss, who died upon childbirth in 1942.[3] After the death of Paul Kraus in Cairo on 1944, Strauss Clay was adopted as daughter by her uncle, Leo Strauss.[4]
Selected publications
- The Politics of Olympus: Form and Meaning in the Major Homeric Hymns. (1989); ISBN 9781853996924
- Mega Nepios: Il destinatorio nell'epos didascalico. The addressee in Didactic Epic. Co-edited by Alessandro Schiesaro and P. Mitsis. (1993)[5][6]
- The wrath of Athena: gods and men in the Odyssey. (1997); ISBN 0822630699
- Hesiod's Cosmos. (2003); ISBN 9780521823920[7]
- Homer's Trojan theater: space, vision, and memory in the Iliad. (2011); ISBN 9780521149488
- Panhellenes at Methone: graphê in Late Geometric and Protoarchaic Methone. Trends in classics – Supplementary Volumes, 44. Co-editor with Irad Malkin and Yannis Z. Tzifopoulos. (2017); ISBN 9783110501278[8]
References
- ^ "Jenny Straus Clay". Department of Classics, University of Virginia. 2015. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ "SCS Board and Committees". Society for Classical Studies. 2017. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-10-27. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Jenny Strauss Clay (7 June 2003). "The Real Leo Strauss". New York Times. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
- ^ Department of Classics at the University of Virginia Profile
- ^ Review of Mega nepios : il destinatario nell’epos didascalico from BMCR
- ^ Review of Hesiod's Cosmos from BMCR
- ^ Review of Panhellenes at Methone: graphê in Late Geometric and Protoarchaic Methone. Trends in classics – supplementary volumes, 44 from BMCR
Eugene R. Sheppard, Leo Strauss and the Politics of Exile (Brandeis Univ. Pr., 2006), 82
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