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Stephen Halliwell (classicist)

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Halliwell has given two hundred invited research papers in eighteen countries. He has also made a number of appearances in broadcast media, including the
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as 'formidable' and 'an outstanding example of taking ideas seriously', won the Premio Europeo di Estetica 2008; and
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Aristophanes: Birds, Lysistrata, Assembly-Women, Wealth. A New Verse Translation with Introduction and Notes
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Aristophanes: Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria, Frogs. A Verse Translation with Introduction and Notes
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In 1978, Halliwell married Helen Ruth Gainford. Together they had two sons. They divorced in 2010.
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Although his publications cover many topics in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, from
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Halliwell taught at the universities of Oxford, London, Cambridge (where he was a Fellow of
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Scholarship and Controversy: Centenary Essays on the Life and Work of Sir Kenneth Dover
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and Wardlaw Professor of Classics from 2014; having retired in October 2020, he is now
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Between Ecstasy and Truth: Interpretations of Greek Poetics from Homer to Longinus
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Greek Laughter: A Study of Cultural Psychology from Homer to Early Christianity
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Programme for 2008 annual convention of the Società Italiana d'Estetica
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Aristotle Poetics, Longinus On the Sublime, Demetrius on Style
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The Aesthetics of Mimesis: Ancient Texts and Modern Problems
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and academic. From 1995 he was Professor of Greek at the
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The Poetics of Aristotle: Translation and Commentary
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Stephen (1981). 1: 376:The Times Literary Supplement 346:, and on Greek philosophical 325:Fellow of the British Academy 18:Stephen Halliwell (academic) 799:"Francis Stephen Halliwell" 251:St Francis Xavier's College 72:1953 (age 70–71) 1044: 1008:British classical scholars 923:Bryn Mawr Classical Review 1003:Scholars of Ancient Greek 896:Times Literary Supplement 371:The Aesthetics of Mimesis 364:Between Ecstasy and Truth 269:Worcester College, Oxford 257:in Liverpool. 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Stephen Halliwell (academic)
FBA
FRSE

Alma mater
Worcester College, Oxford
Classicist
Ancient Greek literature
Ancient Greek philosophy
Homer
Ancient Greek comedy
Aristophanes
Plato
Aristotle
Neoplatonism
Jesus College, Oxford
Westfield College, London
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
University of Birmingham
University of St Andrews
FBA
FRSE
classicist
University of St Andrews
emeritus professor
Wigan
St Francis Xavier's College
Catholic school
Literae humaniores
Classics

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