Denys Page
Denys Page | |
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Born | Reading, Berkshire, England | 11 May 1908
Died | 6 July 1978 Tarset, Northumberland, England | (aged 70)
Spouse |
Katharine Elizabeth Dohan
(m. 1938) |
Awards |
Sir Denys Lionel Page
Coming from a middle-class family in
Having published an edition of the poets
Early life and education
Denys Lionel Page was born on 11 May 1908 in
In 1926, he won a scholarship to study
Career
Lecturer at Christ Church, Oxford (1931–1939)
In 1931, Page was appointed a lecturer at Christ Church and became a Student (a full member of the college's governing body) the following year.[3] It was during this period that he began working on the plays of the Greek poet Euripides, which culminated in the publication of a critical edition and commentary of Euripides' Medea (1938).[4] Following in the footsteps of fellow Oxford classicist Edgar Lobel, he also worked on the poems of the archaic Greek lyric poets.[1]
Page assumed an active role in college affairs. In 1936, he strongly opposed the candidacy of the Irish scholar E. R. Dodds for the Regius Chair of Greek which was hosted at Christ Church. Dodds was elected to the position in spite of Page's reservations.[5] In 1937 he was appointed to the office of junior censor at the college – the Censor Naturalis Philosophiae, responsible for undergraduate discipline. However, he resigned the position a year later to marry Katharine Elizabeth Dohan, daughter of the American archaeologist Edith Hall Dohan. They had four daughters, one of whom is the Assyriologist Stephanie Dalley.[6]
Wartime service at Bletchley Park (1939–1945)
In 1939, Page was recruited to the
Cambridge (1950–1973)
After
Similarly to his time at Oxford, Page actively participated in the running of the university. Having been elected to the council of Trinity College soon after his arrival,
His tenure at Cambridge saw the publication of a number of books on Greek poetry. In 1955, Lobel and Page published a
Retirement and death
Although Page had not reached the age of 67, the customary retirement age for his position, he stepped down from his university and college duties in 1973 after his wife's health deteriorated. The couple led a quiet life in Northumberland where he continued his research, drawing on the library of the University of Newcastle. In 1978, he was diagnosed with lung cancer and died on 6 July of the same year. He was survived by his wife Katharine.[16]
Legacy
Page's reputation as a scholar rested chiefly on his work as an editor of Greek poetic texts. He has been described by Lloyd-Jones as the most accomplished scholar amongst his contemporaries in this field, rivalled only by Edgar Lobel.
An accomplished textual critic, Page was not among the leading
Honours
Page was elected a
Selected publications
- Euripides, Medea. Oxford. 1938. ASIN B003Q0BYVU.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Corinna. London. 1953. ISBN 978-0-902984-03-5.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Poetarum Lesbiorum fragmenta. edited with Edgar Lobel. Oxford. 1955. ISBN 978-0-19-814137-2.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link - Page, Denys Lionel; Sappho; Alcaeus (1955). Sappho and Alcaeus; introduction to the study of ancient Lesbian poetry. Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-814323-9.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - The Homeric Odyssey. Oxford. 1955. ASIN B0006AUC02.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Aeschylus, Agamemnon. edited with J. D. Denniston. Oxford. 1957. ISBN 978-0-19-814102-0.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link - Page, Denys Lionel (1959). History and the Homeric Iliad. Berkeley. ISBN 978-0-520-00983-7.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Poetae Melici Graeci. Oxford. 1963. ISBN 978-0-19-814333-8.)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Aeschylus (1972). Aeschyli Septem Quae Supersunt Tragoedias. Oxford. ISBN 978-0-19-814570-7.)
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References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Lloyd-Jones 2004.
- ^ a b Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 759.
- ^ a b Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 760.
- ^ Phillips 1939.
- ^ Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 761.
- ^ a b c Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 762.
- ^ "Bletchley Park Roll of Honour – Denys Lionel Page". Bletchley Park. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 763.
- ^ Jocelyn 1997, p. 335–7.
- ^ Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 764.
- ^ Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 767–8.
- ^ "CUCC Presidents". Cambridge University Cricket Club. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Davison 1957.
- ^ a b Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 767.
- ^ Winnington-Ingram 1959.
- ^ a b c Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 768.
- ^ Rutherford, Ian. "Greek Poetry: Elegiac and Lyric". Oxford Bibliographies. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ^ Kirkwood 1964, p. 329.
- ^ Winnington-Ingram 1959, p. 23–5.
- ^ Phillips 1939, p. 174.
- ^ Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 768–9.
- ^ Davison 1956, p. 209–211.
- ^ Lloyd-Jones 1981, p. 765.
- ^ Montanari 2003.
Works cited
- Davison, J. A. (1956). "Quot Professores, tot Odysseae?". The Classical Review. 6 (3/4): 207–11. S2CID 246874307.
- Davison, J. A. (1957). "Sappho and Alcaeus – Edgar Lobel and Denys Page: Poetarum Lesbiorum Fragmenta" (PDF). The Classical Review. 7: 19–23. S2CID 152733992. (subscription required)
- Jocelyn, H. D. (1997). "Charles Oscar Brink 1907–1994" (PDF). Proceedings of the British Academy. 94: 319–54.
- Kirkwood, G. M. (1964). "Poetae Melici Graeci by D. L. Page". Phoenix. 18: 329–32. JSTOR 1086367.
- ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8.) (subscription required)
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link - Lloyd-Jones, Hugh (1981). "Denys Lionel Page". Proceedings of the British Academy. 65: 759–69.
- Montanari, Franco, ed. (2003). "Denys Lionel Page". Catalogus Philologorum Classicorum. Genoa.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Phillips, E. D. (1939). "Euripides Medea". Journal of Hellenic Studies. 59: 173–4. S2CID 163322312. (subscription required)
- S2CID 162749678. (subscription required)