Jasper Griffin
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Jasper Griffin was Public Orator and Professor of Classical Literature in the University of Oxford
from 1992 until 2004.
Jasper Griffin read Classical Moderations and Greats at Balliol College, Oxford
(1956-1960) and was Jackson Fellow at Harvard University
(1960-61). On his return to Oxford he became Dyson Junior Research Fellow at Balliol
(1961-63), Tutorial Fellow in Classics (1963-2004), and Senior Fellow (2000-04). He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1986.
His wife of more than fifty years, Dr Miriam T. Griffin (née Dressler), is also a noteworthy classicist. They have three daughters: Julia, Miranda and Tamara.
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
from 1992 until 2004.
Jasper Griffin read Classical Moderations and Greats at Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
(1956-1960) and was Jackson Fellow at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(1960-61). On his return to Oxford he became Dyson Junior Research Fellow at Balliol
Balliol College, Oxford
Balliol College , founded in 1263, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England but founded by a family with strong Scottish connections....
(1961-63), Tutorial Fellow in Classics (1963-2004), and Senior Fellow (2000-04). He was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1986.
His wife of more than fifty years, Dr Miriam T. Griffin (née Dressler), is also a noteworthy classicist. They have three daughters: Julia, Miranda and Tamara.
Author
- Homer: the Odyssey (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987, 2nd edn 2004)
- Homer (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1980, 2nd edn, London: Bristol Classical Press, 2001)
- Virgil (2nd edn, London: Bristol Classical Press, 2001)
- The art of snobbery (London: Robinson, 1998)
- Latin poets and Roman life (London: Duckworth, 1985, 2nd edn London: Bristol Classical Press, 1994)
- The mirror of myth: classical themes & variations (London: Faber and Faber, 1986)
- Homer on life and death (Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1980)
- Snobs (Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1982)
Editor
- Homer: Iliad, Book nine (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995)
- Sophocles revisited: essays presented to Sir Hugh Lloyd-Jones (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1999)
- The Oxford history of the classical world (with John Boardman and Oswyn Murray, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986), subsequently published as The Oxford history of Greece and the Hellenistic world (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, 2nd edn 2001, illustrated edn 2001) and The Oxford history of the Roman world (with John Boardman and Oswyn Murray, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991, 2nd edn 2001, illustrated edn 2001)