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Gregory Nagy

American classical scholar · Hungary · On the map · Academics · Born 1942 · age 84

Gregory Nagy is an American professor of classics at Harvard University, specializing in Homer and archaic Greek poetry. Nagy is known for extending Milman Parry and Albert Lord's theories about the oral composition-in-performance of the Iliad and Odyssey.

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2019Commander of the order of HonourAward2004Honorary Doctor of the University Lille-IIIAward1982Goodwin AwardAward1942Born22 October 1942

Awards

Commander of the order of Honour2019
Honorary Doctor of the University Lille-III2004
Goodwin Award1982
Guggenheim Fellowship

About this person

Country
Hungary
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1942 · age 84