Sather Gate

1913 - 2001

Year Professor Lecture Topic Publication

2000-2001

BRIAN C. STOCK

 

Augustine's Inner Dialogue. The Philosophical Soliloquy in Late Antiquity (Cambridge 2010)

1999-2000

ANNA MORPURGO DAVIES

 "Names and Naming in Ancient Greece: Language, Culture and Continuity"

not published

1998-1999

HENK VERSNEL

"Coping with the Gods; Wayward Readings in Greek Theology"

Coping with the Gods; Wayward Readings in Greek Theology (Brill 2011)

1997-1998

MICHAEL FREDE

 

A Free Will. Origins of the Notion in Ancient Thought, ed. by A. A. Long (Sather 68, 2011)

1996-1997

BRUNILDE S. RIDGWAY

 

Prayers in Stone : Greek Architectural Sculpture ca. 600-100 B.C.E. (Sather 63, 1999)

1995-1996

FROMA I. ZEITLIN

 

not yet published

1994-1995

GIAN BIAGIO CONTE

 

The Hidden Author. An Interpretation of Petronius' Satyricon (Sather 60, 1996)

1993-1994

ANNE PIPPIN BURNETT

 

Revenge in Attic and Late Tragedy (Sather 62, 1998)

1992-1993

ALEXANDER NEHAMAS

 

The Art of Living : Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault (Sather 61, 1998)

1991-1992

GLEN W. BOWERSOCK

 

Fiction as History : Nero to Julian (Sather 58, 1994)

1990-1991

PAUL ZANKER

 

The Mask of Socrates. The Image of the Intellectual in Antiquity (Sather 59, 1995)

1989-1990

ALBERT HENRICHS

 

not yet published

1988-1989

BERNARD WILLIAMS

 

Shame and Necessity (Sather 57, 1993)

1986-1987

THOMAS C. GELZER

 

not published

1985-1986

AVERIL M. CAMERON

 

Christianity and the Rhetoric of Empire : The Development of Christian Discourse (Sather 55, 1991)

1984-1985

ANTHONY M. SNODGRASS

 

An Archaeology of Greece (Sather 53, 1987)

1983-1984

GEOFFREY E.R. LLOYD

 

The Revolutions of Wisdom : Studies in the Claims and Practice of Ancient Greek Science (Sather 52, 1987)

1982-1983

CHRISTIAN HABICHT

 

Pausanias' Guide to Ancient Greece (Sather 50, 1985)

1981-1982

WENDELL CLAUSEN

 

Virgil's Aeneid and the Tradition of Hellenistic Poetry (Sather 51, 1987)

1980-1981

EMILIO GABBA

 

Dionysius and the History of Archaic Rome (Sather 56, 1991)

1979-1980

G.E.L. OWEN

 

not published

1978-1979

JAMES FRANK GILLIAM

 

not published

1977-1978

JOHN HERINGTON

 

Poetry into Drama. Early Tragedy and the Greek Poetic Tradition (Sather 49, 1985)

1976-1977

WALTER BURKERT

 

Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual (Sather 47, 1979)

1975-1976

ERNST BADIAN

 

not published

1974-1975

EMILY VERMEULE

 

Aspects of Death in Early Greek Art and Poetry (Sather 46, 1979)

1973-1974

ALBRECHT DIHLE

 

The Theory of Will in Classical Antiquity (Sather 48, 1982)

1972-1973

GORDON WILLIAMS

 

Change and Decline. Roman Literature in the Early Empire (Sather 45, 1978)

1971-1972

MOSES I. FINLEY

 

The Ancient Economy (Sather 43, 1973)

1970-1971

FRANK WILLIAM WALBANK

 

 Polybius (Sather 42, 1972)

1969-1970

HUGH LLOYD-JONES

 

The Justice of Zeus (Sather 41, 1971)

1968-1969

GEOFFREY S. KIRK

 

Myth: Meaning and Functions (Sather 40, 1970)

1967-1968

E.J. KENNEY

 

The Classical Text (Sather 44, 1974)

1966-1967

K.J. DOVER

"Lysias and the Corpus Lysiacum"

Lysias and the Corpus Lysiacum (Sather 39, 1968)

1965-1966

W.BEDELL STANFORD

"The Sound of Greek Poetry"

The Sound of Greek (Sather 38, 1967)

1964-1965

VICTOR PÖSCHL

"Man and Politics in Tacitus"

 not published

1963-1964

STERLING DOW

"Knossos and Mycenae: the Great Powers in the Bronze Age"

lectures not published; published Fifty Years of Sathers (Berkeley 1965)

1963-1964

BRUNO SNELL

"Scenes from Greek Drama"

Scenes from Greek Drama (Sather 34, 1964)

1962-1963

B.M.W. KNOX

"The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy"

The Heroic Temper: Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy (Sather 35, 1964)

1961-1962

A.D. MOMIGLIANO

"The Classical Foundations of Modern Historiography"

The Classical Foundations of Modern Historiography (Sather 54, 1990)

1960-1961

H.D.F. KITTO

"Poiesis, or Literary Structure"

Poiesis: Structure and Thought (Sather 36, 1966)

1959-1960

SIR RONALD SYME

"Sallust"

Sallust (Sather 33, 1964)

1958-1959 

BENJAMIN D. MERITT

"The Athenian Year"

The Athenian Year (Sather 32, 1961)

1957-1958

DENYS L. PAGE

"History and the Homeric Iliad"

History and the Homeric Iliad (Sather 31, 1959)

1956-1957

GEORGES DAUX

"An International Organization in Antiquity: The Delphic Amphictiony"

not published

1955-1956

SIR FRANK ADCOCK

"The Greek and Macedonian Art of War"

The Greek and Macedonian Art of War (Sather 30, 1957)

1954-1955

JOSHUA WHATMOUGH

"Poetic, Scientific, and Other Forms of Discourse"

Poetic, Scientific, and Other Forms of Discourse (Sather 29, 1956)

1953-1954

J.A.O. LARSON

"Representative Government in Greek and Roman History"

Representative Government in Greek and roman History (Sather 28, 1955)

1952-1953

A.J. FESTUGIÈRE

"Personal Religion among the Greeks"

Personal Religion among the Greeks (Sather 26, 1954)

1951-1952

A.W. GOMME

"The Greek Attitude to Poetry and History"

The Greek Attitude to Poetry and History (Sather 27, 1954)

1950-1951

BEN EDWIN PERRY

"The Greek Romances"

The Greek Romances (Sather 37, 1967)

1949-1950

ERIC R. DODDS

"The Greeks and the Irrational"

The Greeks and the Irrational (Sather 25, 1951)

1948-1949

SIR JOHN DAVIDSON BEAZLEY

"The Development of Attic Black-Figure"

The Development of Attic Black-Figure (Sather 24, 1951)

1947-1948

LEVI ARNOLD POST

"From Homer to Menander: Forces in Greek Poetic Fiction"

From Homer to Menander: Forces in Greek Poetic Fiction (Sather 23, 1951)

1946-1947

LILY ROSS TAYLOR

"Party Politics in the Age of Caesar"

Party Politics in the Age of Caesar (Sather 22, 1949)

1945-1946

M.L.W. LAISTNER

"The Greater Roman Historians"

The Greater Roman Historians (Sather 21, 1947)

1944-1945

RHYS CARPENTER

"Folk Tale, Fiction, and Saga in the Homeric Epic"

Folk Tale, Fiction, and Saga in the Homeric Epic (Sather 20, 1946)

1943-1944

GILBERT NORWOOD

"Pindar"

Pindar (Sather 19, 1956)

1942-1943

H.F. FRÄNKEL

"Ovid: a Poet between Two Worlds"

Ovid: a Poet between Two Worlds (Sather 18, 1945)

1941-1942

J.D. Beazley appointed, but could not come

no lectures; C.W. Blegen and H. Chernis delievered three lectures each

no publication

1940-1941

A.W. PERSSON

"The Religion of Greece in Prehistoric Times"

The Religion of Greece in Prehistoric Times (Sather 17, 1942)

1939-1940

H.J. ROSE

"The Eclogues of Virgil"

The Eclogues of Virgil (Sather 16, 1942)

1938-1939

HENRI GRÉGOIRE

"Constantine the Great and the Triumph of Christianity"

not published

1937-1938

BENJAMIN OLIVER FOSTER (died before serving)

no lectures; O. Broneer and H.T. Wade-Gery delivered three lectures each

no publication

1936-1937

SAMUEL E. BASSETT

"The Poetry of Homer"

The Poetry of Homer (Sather 15, 1938)

1935-1936

J. WIGHT DUFF

"Roman Satire: Its Outlook on Social Life"

Roman Satire: Its Outlook on Social Life (Sather 12, 1936)

1934-1935

WERNER JAEGER

"Demosthenes: the Origin and Growth of his Policy"

Demosthenes: the Origin and Growth of his Policy (Sather 13, 1938)

1933-1934

WILLIAM A. OLDFATHER

"The Decline of Culture within the Roman Empire"

not published

1932-1933

ROBERT J. BONNER

"Aspects of Athenian Democracy"

Aspects of Athenian Democracy (Sather 11, 1933)

1931-1932

CYRIL BAILEY

"Phases in the Religion of Ancient Rome"

Phases in the Religion of Ancient Rome (Sather 10, 1932)

1930-1931

MARTIN P. NILSSON

"The Mycenean Origins of Greek Mythology"

The Mycenean Origins of Greek Mythology (Sather 8, 1932)

1929-1930

TENNEY FRANK

"Life and Literature of the Roman Republic"

Life and Literature of the Roman Republic (Sather 7, 1930)

1928-1929

PAUL SHOREY

"Platonism Ancient and Modern"

Platonism Ancient and Modern (Sather 14, 1938)

1927-1928

ARTHUR L. WHEELER

"Catullus and the Traditions of Ancient Poetry"

Catullus and the Traditions of Ancient Poetry (Sather 9, 1934)

1926-1927

JOHN LINTON MYRES

"Who Were the Greeks?"

Who Were the Greeks? (Sather 6, 1930)

1925-1926

JOHN BURNET

"Platonism"

Platonism (Sather 5, 1928)

1924-1925

DUANE R. STUART

"Epochs of Greek and Roman Biography"

Epochs of Greek and Roman Biography (Sather 4, 1928)

1923-1924

T.R. GLOVER

"Herodotus"

Herodotus (Sather 3, 1924)

1922-1923

HERBERT WEIR SMYTH

"Aeschylean Tragedy"

Aeschylean Tragedy (Sather 2, 1924)

1921-1922

GEORGE L. HENDRICKSON

"Roman Satire"

not published

1920-1921

JOHN A. SCOTT

"The Unity of Homer"

The Unity of Homer (Sather 1, 1921)

1919-1920

EDWARD K. RAND

"The History of Classical Culture during the Middle Ages"; "The History of Pastoral Literature"

before regular publication began

1918-1919

PAUL SHOREY

no formal series

before regular publication began

1917-1918

WILLIAM KELLY PRENTICE

no formal series

before regular publication began

1917-1918

FRANCIS GREENLEAF ALLINSON

"The Greeks in Literature and Life"

before regular publication began

1916-1917

GORDON J. LAING

"Ancient Etruria"

before regular publication began

1916-1917

PAUL SHOREY

"The Broader Aspects of Platonism in European Literature

before regular publication began

1915-1916

no incumbent (WW I)

   

1914-1915

HENRY W. PRESCOTT

"The Classical Epic"

before regular publication began

1913-1914

JOHN LINTON MYRES

 

before regular publication began