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David Konstan

American classical philologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Lived 1940 to 2024 · aged 83

(Jay) David Konstan was an American classicist and academic, known for his work on notions of emotion and beauty in the ancient world, as well as others on Latin poetry, Epicurean philosophy, the Greek novel, ancient ideas of friendship, and other topics.

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Awards

Goodwin Award2008
Guggenheim Fellowship1994
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

About this person

A Professor of Classics at NYU, he previously spent three decades teaching at Brown University, where he was John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Classics and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature.

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1940 to 2024 · aged 83