Stephen G. Daitz
Stephen G. Daitz (born August 16, 1926 in New York City , † June 19, 2014 there ) was an American Graecist .
Life
Stephen G. Daitz studied classics at Yale University , the Sorbonne and Harvard University . From 1957 to 1991 he taught at the City University of New York and from 1971 to 1973 and from 1979 to 1980 at the University of Paris. Most recently he was Professor Emeritus in the Department of Classical Languages and Hebrew at the City College of New York and at the CUNY Graduate Center.
His wife Mimi S. Daitz worked with the Estonian musician Veljo Tormis . The couple had four children.
Research priorities
Daitz first worked on the Greek drama, especially Euripides ( Hecabe ). Then the restored pronunciation and the ancient metric became his hobbyhorse and he recited both Greek and Latin texts and recorded them between 1978 and 1998. These tapes were published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers ( Mundelein , Illinois ). These include the full recording of the Iliad and Odyssey , Euripides ' Hecabe , Aristophanes ' birds , Plato's portrait of Socrates, and various collections of ancient Greek poetry and rhetoric. He has given recitations and seminars at universities in North America and Europe as well as Australia and Argentina, and he was the first president of the Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature (SORGLL).
Fonts (selection)
- (Ed.): The Jerusalem Palimpsest of Euripides. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (excerpts online) .
- (Ed.): Euripides, Hecuba . BG Teubner, Leipzig 1990, (excerpts online) .
Web links
- Stephen G. Daitz. Obituary, in: The New York Times, Sunday, July 7, 2014, (online)
- Récital: M. le Professeur Stephen DAITZ, de l'université The City of New York, revient à Paris pour un récital de poésie grecque et latine exceptionnel, en compagnie des aèdes de DEMODOCOS
- Society for the Oral Reading of Greek and Latin Literature (SORGLL) , (online)
- Collection of recordings in the library of the Institute of Classical Studies , London
Individual evidence
- ^ Mimi S. Daitz: Ancient Song Recovered. The Life and Music of Veljo Tormis. 2004.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Daitz, Stephen G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Graecist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 16, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th June 2014 |
| Place of death | New York City |