Mabel Lang

Mabel Louise Lang (born November 12, 1917 in Utica , New York , † July 21, 2010 in Bryn Mawr , Pennsylvania ) was an American classical philologist , ancient historian and classical archaeologist .

Lang grew up in Hamilton, New York . She received a bachelor's degree from Cornell University in 1939 and a master's degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1940 , where she also received her doctorate in 1943. In the same year her career began teaching at Bryn Mawr College, where she was Professor of Ancient Greek ( Paul Shorey Professor of Greek ) since 1971 . Her interests were in Greek history and epigraphy . She retired in 1988.

As a research assistant at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens , she took part in excavations on the Acropolis and the Agora . In the 1950s and 60s she was involved in excavations in Gordion , Turkey , and the Palace of Nestor , the Mycenaean Pylos, near the present-day city of Pylos .

honors and awards

Lang received honorary doctorates from the College of the Holy Cross (1975), Colgate University (1978) and Hamilton College (1989). She was a member of the American Philosophical Society , the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the German Archaeological Institute .

Fonts (selection)

• The Athenian Citizen . American School of Classical Studies, Athens 1960, ISBN 087661604X .
• with Margaret Crosby : Weights, measures and tokens . The Athenian Agora, Vol. 10, Athens 1964
• The frescoes . The Palace of Nestor at Pylos in Western Messenia Vol. 2, Princeton, Princeton University Press 1969
• Graffiti and Dipinti . The Athenian Agora, Vol. 21. American School of Classical Studies, Athens 1976, ISBN 0876612214 .
• Waterworks in the Athenian Agora . American School of Classical Studies Athens, 1968, ISBN 0876616112 .
• Socrates in the Agora . American School of Classical Studies, Athens, 1978, ISBN 0876616171 .
• Herodotean narrative and discourse . Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass. 1984, ISBN 0-674-38985-9 .
• Ostraka . The Athenian Agora, Vol. 25. American School of Classical Studies, Athens 1991, ISBN 0876612257 .

literature

• Eleanor Dickey , Richard Hamilton : Mabel Louis Lang. (PDF) In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. June 2, 2012, pp. 246-250 , archived from the original on April 30, 2015 ; accessed on June 16, 2015 . 

Web links

• Entry on Mabel Lang in the Database of Classical Scholars (English)
• Legendary Professor of Greek Mabel Lang Dies at 92nd Bryn Mawr College, archived from the original on July 31, 2010 ; accessed on July 31, 2010 (English).