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David Konstan

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American classical philologist

United StatesAcademicsLived 1940 to 2024 · aged 83
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(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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2008Goodwin Award
1994Guggenheim Fellowship
Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities

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(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. 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.

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United States
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Academics
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Academic
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deceased
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Lived 1940 to 2024 · aged 83
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6 languages

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