Meyer Reinhold

Meyer Reinhold (September 1, 1909 – 1 July 2002) was an American classical scholar and also a specialist in Jewish studies. Reinhold went to City College where he obtained his bachelor's degree in 1929, All three were to fall victim to McCarthyism in the 1950s, and have their scholarly careers interrupted.

His biography of Agrippa was published that same year, and became the standard work on the subject. on September 29, 1939. he was forced to resign in what was to become the first of 4 'retirements' in 1955, In 1995, he moved to Nashville where his daughter was an academic and was given a post as visiting professor at Vanderbilt University. He received a nomination for a Presidential Medal in the Humanities in 1998. In addition to works of classical scholarship, Reinhold published works on Jewish history, notably Diaspora: The Jews Among The Greeks And Romans, (1983) and with Louis Feldman co-edited Jewish Life and Thought Among Greeks And Romans; Primary Readings,(1996).

Meyer Reinhold died in July 2002.

Works Roman Civilization: Selected Readings, Vol. 2, The Empire (co-editor Naphtali Lewis) Columbia University Press; 3rd edition (1990), Roman Civilization: The Republic and the Augustan Age, Selected Readings, Volume 1, 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 Cassius Dio's Roman History Volume 6: Books 49-52 (36-29 B.C.) (American Philological Association Philological Monographs) (1988), Scholars Press, Classica Americana : the Greek and Roman heritage in the United States (1984), Wayne State University Press, Classick Pages: Classical Reading of Eighteenth-century Americans (1975) Barron's Simplified 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) 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 Vergil: Eclogues, Georgics, Aeneid