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Faculty of Classics

 

Publications

Key publications: 

Odysseus Unbound: the search for Homer's Ithaca (with R. Bittlestone and J. Underhill) (Cambridge, 2005)
Theophrastus Characters (Cambridge, 2004)
Tragicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (Oxford, 1998)
Euripidea: Collected Essays (Oxford, 1994)
Euripidis Fabulae (3 vols, Oxford 1981-1994)
Cambridge Orations 1982-1993 (Cambridge, 1994)
The Textual Tradition of Euripides' Orestes (Oxford, 1991)
Studies on the Text of Euripides (Oxford, 1981)
The Classical Papers of A. E. Housman (with F. R. D. Goodyear) (Cambridge, 1972)
Flavii Cresconii Corippi Iohannidos (with F. R. D. Goodyear) (Cambridge, 1970)
The Phaethon of Euripides (Cambridge, 1970)

Teaching and Supervisions

Research supervision: 

Greek and Latin Literature and Textual Criticism

Emeritus Professor of Greek and Latin
Fellow of Queens' College
Professor James  Diggle

Contact Details

Queens' College
Cambridge
CB3 9ET
01223 335527
Not available for consultancy

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Latest news

Classics Shorts with Mary Beard: videos for schools

19 February 2023

We are thrilled to be launching Classics Shorts : a series of videos for schools introducing the ancient Greek and Roman worlds and exploring themes with continuing resonance for the modern classroom. Each film is accompanied by teaching materials for use in schools. Celebrity guests join Mary Beard and her colleagues to...

New appointment in Classical Archaeology

10 February 2023

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Dr Jane Rempel has been appointed to an Assistant Professorship in Classics from 1 September 2023. She is currently Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Sheffield.

Regius Professorship of Greek

16 January 2023

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Tim Whitmarsh FBA has been elected Regius Professor of Greek from 1 April 2023. He is currently the A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture in the University. Looking ahead to his new role, Professor Whitmarsh commented: ’I am thrilled and honoured to be taking up this...

Mary Beard receives THE Outstanding Achievement Award

18 November 2022

Professor Mary Beard received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2022 Times Higher Education Awards . The citation hailed how she had “broken through the ivory tower’s walls and brought her unique enthusiasm for her subject – and crucially, what it can teach us about contemporary life and politics – to the world”...