Gregory Nagy

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1942 –

83

Who is Gregory Nagy?

Gregory Nagy, is an American professor of Classics at Harvard University, specializing in Homer and archaic Greek poetry. Nagy is known for extending Milman Parry and Albert Lord's theories about the oral composition-in-performance of the Iliad and Odyssey.

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Born
Oct 22, 1942
Budapest
Also known as
  • Надь, Грегори
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Hungary
Education
  • PhD, Harvard University
    Classical philology
    ( - 1966)
Lived in
  • Washington, D.C.
    (2000 - )
  • Boston

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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