Arthur Bernard Cook

Arthur Bernard Cook. Oil painting by Arthur Trevor Haddon (1933)

Arthur Bernard Cook (born October 22, 1868 in Hampstead (London) , † April 26, 1952 in Cambridge ) was a British classical archaeologist and religious scholar . Together with Jane Ellen Harrison , Francis Macdonald Cornford and Gilbert Murray he was part of the Cambridge Ritualists .

Cook was from 1892 to 1907 Professor of Greek at Bedford College of the University of London . At the same time he was from 1893 to 1899 Fellow of Trinity College at Cambridge University . In 1908 he moved to Cambridge University as a Reader in Classical Archeology and Fellow of Queen's College , where he was Laurence Professor of Classical Archeology from 1931 to 1934. In 1941 he was elected a member of the British Academy .

Cook's research on Greek religion focused primarily on the connections between myths and rituals . His life's work was a monumental study of the Zeus cult , which has been considered a standard work since its publication.

Fonts (selection)

• The Metaphysical Basis of Plato's Ethics . Cambridge 1895
• Zeus. A Study in Ancient Religion . Three volumes in five parts, Cambridge 1914–1940. Numerous reprints
  • Volume 1 (1914): Zeus, God of the Bright Sky
  • Volume 2.1 (1925): Zeus, God of the Dark Sky (Thunder and Lightning): Text and Notes
  • Volume 2.2 (1925): Zeus, God of the Dark Sky (Thunder and Lightning): Appendixes and index
  • Volume 3,1 (1940): Zeus, God of the Dark Sky (earthquakes, clouds, wind, dew, rain, meteorites): Text and Notes
  • Volume 3.2 (1940): Zeus, God of the Dark Sky (earthquakes, clouds, wind, dew, rain, meteorites): Appendixes and index
• The Rise and Progress of Classical Archeology . Cambridge 1931

literature

• Charles Seltman: Arthur Bernard Cook, 1868-1952 . In: Proceedings of the British Academy . 38th volume (1952), pp. 296-302
• Klaus-Gunther Wesseling :  Cook, Arthur Bernard. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 18, Bautz, Herzberg 2001, ISBN 3-88309-086-7 , Sp. 295-303.

Web links

Wikisource: Arthur Bernard Cook  - Sources and full texts (English)

• Article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography by Arthur Darby Nock (English; with picture)
• Short biography at the British Academy