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Malcolm Davies

b. 1951

British classicist

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About Malcolm Davies

Born 1951. Malcolm Davies is a British hellenist, classical philologist, university teacher, translator and editor.

Malcolm Davies is a British classicist and textual critic of Ancient Greek literature, and is emeritus Research Fellow in Classics at St John's College, Oxford. He specialises in the Greek epic cycle, Greek lyric poetry and Greek tragedy, and has edited texts from various ancient Greek poets.

Selected published works

2021 - Lesser and Anonymous Fragments of Greek Lyric Poetry: A Commentary (Oxford) 2019 - The Cypria (Harvard) 2015 - The Theban Epics (Harvard) 2014 - Stesichorus: The Poems (Cambridge, with Patrick Finglass) 1991 - Poetarum Melicorum Fragmenta, Volume I (Oxford) 1991 - Sophocles: Trachiniae (Oxford) 1989 - The Greek Epic Cycle (Bloomsbury) 1988 - Epicorum Graecorum Fragmenta (Göttingen)

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Important facts

Born
1951
Birth century
Occupation
Hellenist, classical philologist, university teacher, translator, editor
Nationality
Education
St. John's College, Oxford, University of Oxford
Employers
University of Oxford
Also known as
M. Davies

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Malcolm Davies?

British classicist

When was Malcolm Davies born?

Malcolm Davies was born in 1951.

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Malcolm Davies is a hellenist, classical philologist, university teacher, translator and editor.

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Malcolm Davies is British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Malcolm Davies

· Wikidata: Q56424824

· DBpedia: Malcolm Davies (classicist)

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