Meyer Reinhold
Meyer Reinhold (September 1, 1909 – 1 July 2002) was an American classical scholar and also a specialist in
Life
Meyer Reinhold was born on September 1, 1909, in
His biography of Agrippa was published that same year, and became the standard work on the subject.[1] Following his attendance at Columbia, he spent two years at the American Academy in Rome as a fellow, during which time he travelled widely in Italy and Greece.[3]
He began as a teacher at
At his scholarly prime (46), and one of the foremost young American historians of the history of Rome,
Meyer Reinhold died in July 2002.
Works
- Roman Civilization: Selected Readings, Vol. 2, The Empire (co-editor ISBN 0231071337
- Roman Civilization: The Republic and the Augustan Age, Selected Readings, Volume 1, ISBN 0231070543
- Essentials of Greek and Roman Classics: A Guide to the Humanities
- Classics Greek & Roman
- Past And Present: The Continuity of Classical Myth
- Classical Drama, Greek and Roman
- The Golden Age of Augustus (Aspects of Antiquity)
- Studies in Classical History and Society (American Classical Studies)
- From Republic To Principate: An Historical Commentary On ISBN 1555402461
- Classica Americana : the Greek and Roman heritage in the United States (1984), ISBN 0814317448
- Classick Pages: Classical Reading of Eighteenth-century Americans (1975)
- Barron'sSimplified Approach to Plato & Aristotle
- Essentials of the Greek and Roman Classics
- History of purple as a status symbol in antiquity (Collection Latomus)
- The Quest for Classical Drama Greek and Roman
- The Quest for "Useful Knowledge" in Eighteenth-Century America
- A simplified approach to Plato & Aristotle
- Marcus Agrippa : a biography, Geneva, New York: The W. F. Humphreys Press, 1932 (Reprinted 1965,1981)[3]
- Barron's Simplified Approach to the Odyssey of Homer
- Barron's simplified approach to ten Greek tragedies
- Golden Age Augustus (Aspects of Antiquity)
- Barron's simplified approach to
Citations
- ^ American Philological Association Newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 4 August 2002.
- ^ New York TimesJuly 5, 2002.
- ^ a b c d e f g Wolfgang Haas, 'In Memoriam Meyer Reinhold,' International Journal of the Classical Tradition, July 2002, pp.3-7, p.3.
- ^ Roger S. Bagnall, "Naphtali Lewis (1911-2005)", The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, Vol. 43, 2006 pp.5-8.
- ^ Daniel P. Tompkins, "The World of Moses Finkelstein:The Year 1939 in M.I.Finley's Development as an Historian" in Michael Meckler (ed.) Classical Antiquity and the Politics of America: From George Washington to George W. Bush, Baylor University Press, 2006 pp.95-126, p.121.
- ^ a b Daniel P.Tompkins, "Moses Finkelstein and the American Scene: The Political Formation of Moses Finley, 1932-1955", Columbia University Press/ BRILL 2013 pp.5-29 p.24.
- ^ a b 'Forward' to Meyer Reinhold,Studies in Classical History and Society, Issue 45 of American Classical Studies, Oxford University Press, 2002 p.xx.
References
- Roger S. Bagnall, "Naphtali Lewis (1911-2005)", The Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, Vol. 43, 2006 pp. 5–8.
- ""Forward" to Meyer Reinhold, Studies in Classical History and Society, Issue 45 of American Classical Studies, Oxford University Press, 2002
- Ari L. Goldman, "Meyer Reinhold, 92, Scholar Who Popularized the Classics". The New York Times. July 5, 2002.
- Wolfgang Haas, "In Memoriam Meyer Reinhold" International Journal of the Classical Tradition. July 2002, pp. 3–7.
- 'Obituary,'American Philological Association Newsletter, Vol. 25, No. 4 August 2002
- Daniel P. Tompkins, "The World of Moses Finkelstein:The Year 1939 in M.I.Finley's Development as an Historian" in Michael Meckler (ed.) Classical Antiquity and the Politics of America: From George Washington to George W. Bush, Baylor University Press, 2006 pp. 95–126
- Daniel P.Tompkins, "Moses Finkelstein and the American Scene: The Political Formation of Moses Finley, 1932-1955", Columbia University Press/ BRILL 2013 pp. 5–29.
External links
- Meyer Reinhold at the Database of Classical Scholars, author: Mark Toher