Miriam Griffin
Miriam Tamara Griffin , née Dressler (born June 6, 1935 in New York - † May 16, 2018 ) was an American- British ancient historian .
Life
Miriam Griffin studied at Columbia University , Harvard University and the University of Oxford . She was a lecturer at Trinity College and a Fellow of Somerville College . She was the wife of the classical philologist Jasper Griffin , with whom she was married for over fifty years and had three daughters (Julia, Miranda and Tamara).
Her main research interests were the late Roman republic and the early imperial era as well as intellectual history . She worked on volume 10 of the Cambridge Ancient History , including the articles on the Flavians . Together with Jonathan Barnes , she has published two volumes of Philosophia Togata on Roman philosophy, the social role of Roman philosophers and the reception of Greek philosophy in Rome.
Fonts
- Nero. The End of a Dynasty. Batsford, London 1984; Routledge, London 2001 (reprint), ISBN 0-415-21464-5 .
- with Jonathan Barnes (ed.): Philosophia togata. Essays on philosophy and Roman society. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1989.
- Seneca: A Philosopher in Politics. Oxford 1992, ISBN 978-0-198-1477-49 .
- with Jonathan Barnes (ed.): Philosophia togata. Volume II: Plato and Aristotle at Rome. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1999.
- as editor: A Companion to Julius Caesar. New York 2009, ISBN 978-1-405-14923-5 ( excerpts from googlebooks, review from H-Soz-u-Kult )
Web links
- Literature by and about Miriam Griffin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Site at Oxford University
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Griffin, Miriam |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Griffin, Miriam Tamara; Griffin, Miriam T. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British ancient historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 2018 |