Deborah Boedeker
Deborah Boedeker (born December 31, 1944 in St. Louis ) is an American classical philologist .
Life
Deborah Boedeker studied Classical Philology at Wellesley College ( Bachelor in 1966) and at St. Louis University , where she received her Masters degree in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1973. received his doctorate . She was then a Junior Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies and taught at Georgetown University , Brooklyn College , Wellesley College and the College of the Holy Cross . From 1992 to 2010 she was Professor of Classics at Brown University ; From 1992 to 2000 she was director of the Center for Hellenic Studies together with her husband Kurt Raaflaub .
Boedeker's main research area is Greek literature and religion. She also edited anthologies on historiography ( Herodotus ), the Trojan War , the political and cultural history of Athens and Greek poetry ( Simonides von Keos ).
Fonts (selection)
- Aphrodite's Entry into Greek Epic . Leiden 1974 (dissertation)
- Descent from Heaven: Images of Dew in Greek Poetry and Religion . Chico, CA 1984 ( American Classical Studies 13)
- Editing
- Herodotus and the Invention of History . 1987 ( Arethusa 20)
- The World of Troy: Homer, Schliemann, and the Treasures of Priam . Washington, DC 1997
- The Iliad, the Odyssey, and the Real World . Washington, DC 1998
- with Kurt Raaflaub: Democracy, Empire, and the Arts in Fifth-Century Athens . Cambridge, MA 1998
- with David Sider: The New Simonides: Contexts of Praise and Desire . Oxford 2001
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| SURNAME | Boedeker, Deborah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boedeker, Deborah Dickmann (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 31, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Louis |