Timothy Nolan Gantz (23 December 1945 – 20 January 2004) was an American classical scholar and the author of Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources.[1]
Timothy Nolan Gantz | |
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Born | December 23, 1945 |
Died | January 20, 2004 | (aged 58)
Academic background | |
Education | Haverford College, B.A., 1967 |
Alma mater | Ph.D., Princeton, 1970 |
Academic work | |
Institutions | University of Georgia |
Gantz received his Bachelor of Arts from Haverford College in 1967, and his Ph.D. in Classics from Princeton University in 1970.[2]
From 1970, Gantz was a long-time professor of Classics at the University of Georgia, where he directed its "Studies Abroad in Rome" program from 1985 to 2003.[3]
In 1993, he published his book Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources, which puts particular emphasis on earlier sources of the Archaic period.[4] The book was received positively,[5] and, according to classicist Robin Hard, "can be recommended unreservedly as a comprehensive guide to the early mythical tradition".[6]
Gantz died in Athens, Georgia, on 20 January 2004, aged 58.[7]