Taplin, Oliver
TAPLIN, Oliver
TAPLIN, Oliver. British, b. 1943. Genres: Classics. Career: Fellow and Professor in Classics, Magdalen College, Oxford, since 1973. Jr. Fellow, Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington, D.C., 1970-71; Lecturer, University of Bristol, 1972-73; Visiting Professor, UCLA, 1987, 1990. Fellow, British Academy, 1995. Publications: The Stagecraft of Aeschylus, 1977; Greek Tragedy in Action, 1978; (ed.) Collected Essays, by Colin Macleod, 1984; (co-author) An Odyssey Round Odysseus, 1989; Greek Fire, 1990; Homeric Soundings, 1992; Comic Angels and Other Approaches to Greek Drama Through Vase Paintings, 1993. Address: Magdalen College, Oxford OX1 4AU, England.
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