Richard P. Martin

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Richard P. Martin (born May 19, 1954 in Dorchester , Massachusetts ) is an American classical philologist .

Life

Richard P. Martin studied Classical Philology and Celtology at Harvard University . During his studies he worked from 1974 to 1978 as a reporter for the newspaper The Boston Globe . After completing his bachelor's degree (1976) and master's degree (1978), he taught as a teaching assistant at Harvard University and wrote his doctoral thesis, with which he received his Ph. D. in 1981 . He then moved to Princeton University as Assistant Professor of Classics . In 1989 he was appointed associate professor and in 1994 full professor. In 2000 he moved to Stanford University as Antony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics . Martin was visiting professor (1991) and Sather professor (2014/15) at the University of California, Berkeley .

Martin's scholarly studies relate mainly to Greek poetry. Based on archaic poetry, he examined various aspects of the image of man, language and certain rituals of the heroic era. His monograph The Language of Heroes received a great international response. Further research interests are the mythology and religion of Homeric epics and the performativity of Greek poetry.

Martin also dealt intensively with the use of EDP in academic teaching. Among other things, he published a textbook with multimedia support in 2001: Encountering Homer's Odyssey .

Fonts (selection)

  • Healing, Sacrifice, and Battle: ἀμηχανία and Related Concepts in Early Greek Poetry . Innsbruck 1983 (dissertation, Harvard University 1981)
  • The Language of Heroes: Speech and Performance in the Iliad . Ithaca 1989
  • Bulfinch's Mythology: The Age of Fable; The Age of Chivalry; Legends of Charlemagne . Edited with a Commentary by Richard P. Martin. 1991
  • with Paul Muddon: Aristophanes: The Birds . Philadelphia 1999
  • Edward McCrorie: Translation of the Odyssey . 2005
  • Myths of the Ancient Greeks . New York 2003
    • Estonian translation: Vana-Kreeka Müüdid . 2007
    • Japanese translation: 2010
  • with Richmond Lattimore: Translation of the Iliad . Chicago 2011

literature

  • Directory of American Scholars. Vol III: Foreign languages, linguistics and philology . 9th edition (1999), p. 137

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personal data
SURNAME Martin, Richard P.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martin, Richard Peter (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Dorchester (Boston)