Levi Arnold Post
Levi Arnold Post (born July 8, 1889 in Stanfordville , New York , † May 26, 1971 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania ) was an American classical philologist who worked all his life at Haverford College .
Life
Levi Arnold Post studied at Haverford College , where he received his bachelor 's and master' s degrees in 1911 . He then deepened his studies at Harvard University , where he again took the master's examination in 1912. In 1913 he went to the University of Oxford for three years with the Rhodes Scholarship .
After his return, Post worked as a Latin and German teacher at Haverford College. After another study visit at the University of Caen (1919) he was appointed Professor of Greek . Since the 1920s he published his first essays and translations by Greek authors, which brought him national recognition. In 1932 he received the Guggenheim Scholarship , in 1947/1948 he was invited to the University of California, Berkeley , as Sather Professor . He was also a member of the American Philological Association , where he served for several years as treasurer (1935-1939) and as president (1945-1946). In 1958 he retired.
In addition to his more than 40 years of teaching at Haverford College, Post was active in philological research. He was considered the best expert on the New Comedy ( Menander ) in the United States and also researched the transmission history of the Platonic writings. Last but not least, he was editor of the Loeb Classical Library from 1950 to 1968 .
Fonts (selection)
- Thirteen Epistles of Plato . Oxford 1925 (bilingual edition)
- Menander, Three Plays . London / New York 1929
- The Vatican Plato and Its Relations . Middletown (Connecticut) 1924 ( American Philological Association Monographs 4)
- From Homer to Menander: Forces in Greek Poetic Fiction . Berkeley / Los Angeles 1951 ( Sather Classical Lectures 23)
literature
- E. Christian Kopff : Post, Levi Arnold . In: Ward W. Briggs (Ed.): Biographical Dictionary of North American Classicists. Greenwood Press, Westport CT et al. a. 1994, ISBN 0-313-24560-6 , pp. 506f.
Web links
- Entry on Levi Arnold Post in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Post, Levi Arnold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1889 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stanfordville ( New York ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 26, 1971 |
| Place of death | Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania |