Elaine Fantham (née Crosthwaite, 25 May 1933 – 11 July 2016) was a British-Canadian classicist whose expertise lay particularly in Latin literature, especially comedy, epic poetry and rhetoric, and in the social history of Roman women.[1][2] Much of her work was concerned with the intersection of literature and Greek and Roman history.[1] She spoke fluent Italian, German and French and presented lectures and conference papers around the world—including in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Argentina, and Australia.[3]
Her commentaries on Senecan tragedy, Lucan, and Ovid's Fasti in particular led to renewed interest in these subjects.[2] Likewise her articles on aspects of the representation and realities of women at Rome remain a foundation for academic work in these areas.[2] She was also classics commentator on NPR's Weekend Edition.[4][1]
Fantham was Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University from 1986 to 1999.[5]
^ abcFantham, Jennifer. "Elaine Fantham: Scholar of Ancient Greece and Rome". elainefantham.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
^"In Memoriam: R. Elaine Fantham (1933-2016) | Department of ClassicsDepartment of Classics". classics.utoronto.ca. Archived from the original on 20 September 2018. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
^"Tribute to R. Elaine Fantham". classicalstudies.org. 13 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^"Prof. Elaine Fantham | The Classical Association of Canada / La Société canadienne des études classiques". cac-scec.ca. Retrieved 20 September 2018.[permanent dead link]
ElaineFantham (née Crosthwaite, 25 May 1933 – 11 July 2016) was a British-Canadian classicist whose expertise lay particularly in Latin literature, especially...
ElaineFantham, "Liberty and the Roman People", Transactions of the American Philological Association 135 (2005), p. 227, especially note 52. Elaine Fantham...
p. 49, ISBN 0-7141-8057-2 Charter S 1539 at the Electronic Sawyer ElaineFantham, Helene Peet Foley, Natalie Boymel Kampen, Sarah B. Pomeroy, H. A. Shapiro...
(1995). Goddesses, Whores, Wives, & Slaves. London: Pimlico. p. 55. ElaineFantham; Helene P. Foley; Natalie Kampen; Sarah B. Pomeroy; H. Alan Shapiro...
ISBN 978-0226748412 Seneca, Lucius Annaeus. Hardship and Happiness. trans. ElaineFantham, Harry M. Hine, James Ker, and Gareth D. Williams. Chicago, IL. University...
Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Vol. 1, ed. Michael Gagarin and ElaineFantham (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010), 246. Richter, 49. Richter,...
ISBN 0-19-814730-9. Ovid tells the tale in the Metamorphoses X 106ff. ElaineFantham, Ovid's Metamorphoses (Oxford University Press, 2004), p. 162. Ronald...
fiction. The ludi cursoribus are mentioned in the Fasti Praenestini; see ElaineFantham, Ovid: Fasti Book IV (Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 263. Mary...
2 February 2022. ElaineFantham, PhD, Giger Professor of Latin Emerita, Department of Classics, Princeton University. Fantham, Elaine. "Latin literature...
Matrons: Women in Roman Religion (University of Texas Press, 2007), p. 88. ElaineFantham, commentary on Ovid Fasti Book IV (Cambridge University Press, 1998)...
Frances Muecke, 2016 Selected Letters, Volume 1, Petrarch, trans. ElaineFantham, 2017 Volume 2 available in 2017 Humanism and the Latin Classics, Aldus...
67, pointing out that this is the only certain provision of the law. ElaineFantham, "Stuprum: Public Attitudes and Penalties for Sexual Offences in Republican...
Penguin, 1986 (reprint of 1972), ISBN 0140218661 Gagarin, Michael, ElaineFantham (contributor), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Volume...
1996). ISBN 9780934977005 Selected Letters, vol. 1 & 2, translated by ElaineFantham (Harvard University Press, 2017). ISBN 9780674058347, ISBN 978-0674971622...
124. Brill Archive. Epigr.Anat. 11:104,5 Inscriptions for Physicians ElaineFantham, Helene Peet Foley, Natalie Boymel Kampen, Sarah B. Pomeroy & H. Alan...
pp. 35–36. Edwards, pp. 34–36. Edwards, pp. 55–56. Edwards, p. 62 ElaineFantham, "Stuprum: Public Attitudes and Penalties for Sexual Offences in Republican...
Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 168. ISBN 978-1-4411-4341-9. Michael Gagarin, ElaineFantham; The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome, Volume 1 (2010)...
Seneca: Dialogues and Essays. Oxford World Classics. ISBN 9780199552405 ElaineFantham, Harry M. Hine, James Ker, Gareth D. Williams (2014). Seneca: Hardship...
indicative of an "Egyptianization" of the royal family. As pointed out by ElaineFantham, "Although Cleopatra was heir to some ancient Egyptian traditions, she...
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt II.16 (1986), p. 2222. ElaineFantham, Ovid: Fasti, Book IV (Cambridge University Press, 1998), p. 271. Douglas...
Pompeii. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001. Gagarin, Michael, and ElaineFantham. "Gardens." The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome. Vol...
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