Australian classicist (born 1953)
Richard Lawrence Hunter FBA (born 30 October 1953[1] ) is an Australian classical scholar . From 2001 to 2021, he was the 37th Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge .
Early life and education
Hunter was born on 30 October 1953.[2] He grew up in Australia , and was educated at Cranbrook School , an independent school in Sydney .[2] He studied at the University of Sydney , graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) degree in 1974.[2] [3] He then moved to England, where he studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Cambridge ; he was a member of Pembroke College, Cambridge .[2] His doctoral thesis was titled "A commentary on Euboulos ", and his PhD was awarded in 1979.[4]
Academic career
After completing his PhD, Hunter became a lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge . In 2001 he was appointed as the Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge[5] in succession to P. E. Easterling and became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge .[6] He retired as Regius Professor in October 2021,[2] giving his valedictory lecture on 27 September 2021.[7]
Hunter is a member of the Academy of Athens ,[1] an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney[3] and has an honorary degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki .[3] He serves on the advisory board of the periodical Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici .[8] Since 2013, he is president of the council of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[9]
In 2013, Hunter was elected a Fellow of the British Academy .[10]
Publications
Eubulus : The Fragments (Cambridge, 1983)
A Study of Daphnis & Chloe (Cambridge, 1983)
The New Comedy of Greece and Rome (Cambridge, 1985)
Apollonius of Rhodes : Argonautica Book III (Cambridge, 1989)
The 'Argonautica' of Apollonius: literary studies (Cambridge, 1993)
Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry (Cambridge, 1996)
Studies in Heliodorus (Cambridge, 1998)
Theocritus . A Selection (Cambridge, 1999)
Theocritus: Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus (Berkeley, 2003)
Plato 's Symposium (Oxford, 2004)
Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (with M. Fantuzzi) (Cambridge, 2004)
The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions (Cambridge, 2005)
The Shadow of Callimachus (Cambridge, 2006)
On Coming After: Studies in Post-Classical Greek Literature and its Reception (Berlin, 2008)
Wandering Poets in Ancient Greek Culture (with I. Rutherford) (Cambridge, 2009)
Critical Moments in Classical Literature (Cambridge, 2009)
Plutarch , How to study poetry (with D. Russell) (Cambridge, 2011)
Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature: the silent stream (Cambridge, 2012)
Hesiodic Voices. Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days (Cambridge, 2014)
Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome (ed.; with Casper C. de Jonge) (Cambridge, 2018)
The Layers of the Text: Collected Papers on Classical Literature 2008–2021 (Berlin, 2023)
References
^ a b Academy of Athens membership Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine
^ a b c d e "Hunter, Prof. Richard Lawrence, (born 30 Oct. 1953), Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge University, 2001–Oct. 2021; Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge, since 2001" . Who's Who 2021 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2021 .
^ a b c University of Sydney News, 2 December 2005
^ Hunter, R. L. (1979). A commentary on Euboulos . E-Thesis Online Service (Ph.D). The British Library. Retrieved 1 October 2021 .
^ Cambridge University Faculty of Classics
^ List of Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge by date of election
^ "Richard Hunter's Valedictory Lecture as Regius Professor of Greek" . Faculty of Classics . University of Cambridge. 29 September 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2021 .
^ Libraweb
^ Marseilles, Makki (26 January 2013). "Australian professor to lead Greek university" . University World News .
^ "Professor Richard Hunter FBA" . Retrieved 23 July 2023 .
External links
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