William D. Furley

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William D. Furley (* 1953 in London , United Kingdom ) is a British-German classical philologist (focus on Greek studies ).

William Furley is the son of the classical philologist and philosophy historian David Furley . He studied Classics at University College London , where his father was a University Lecturer from 1947 to 1966. In 1976, Furley studied for a year at the Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen with Konrad Gaiser , before completing a doctorate at Trinity College Cambridge with Geoffrey S. Kirk . After receiving his doctorate in 1979 on fire in the Greek religion , he returned to Tübingen as a research assistant in the philological seminar until he switched to the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg as assistant to Albrecht Dihle , where he became an adjunct professor. He has also taken on representations at the universities of Tübingen, Mannheim and Saarbrücken on various occasions . In 2006 he was ST Lee Professorial Fellow at the Institute of Classical Studies , London. In 2014/2015 he spent a research stay at the Collegium de Lyon .

In addition to his academic career, Furley pursues an interest in modern British poetry with his own readings, publications and the co-edition of a literary magazine.

Furley's first marriage was to Alexandra Furley, with whom he has two children, and his second marriage to Inga Gotsiridze-Furley from Tbilisi, Georgia.

Furley's research areas are classical Greek literature , Greek religious history (especially fire, Andokides and the Hermenfrevel as well as Greek hymns ) and Menander as well as literary papyrology .

Fonts (selection)

  • Studies in the use of fire in ancient Greek religion. Arno Press, New York 1981 (= Ph.D. thesis).
  • Andokides and the Herms. A study of crisis in fifth-century Athenian religion. Institute of Classical Studies , School of advanced study, University of London, London 1996.
  • with Jan Maarten Bremer : Greek hymns. Selected Cult Songs from the Archaic to the Hellenistic period. 2 volumes, Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2001 (review by Andrew Faulkner, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.05.36, online ).
  • Menander: Epitrepontes (= Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement. Volume 106). Institute of Classical Studies, School for Advanced Study, University of London, London 2009.
  • Menander: Perikeiromene. Edition, with introduction, translation and commentary (= Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies Supplement. Volume 127). Institute of Classical Studies, School for Advanced Study, University of London, London 2015.
  • with Victor Gysembergh: Reading the liver. Papyrological texts on ancient Greek extispicy. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2015.

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SURNAME Furley, William D.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Furley, William
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British-German classical philologist (focus on Greek studies)
DATE OF BIRTH 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH London