Professor Michael Silk FBA

Ancient Greek poetry and drama; the classical tradition, especially in English poetry and German thought; Nietzsche; poetics and poetic language; theories of literature
Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2009
Subjects
Classics

Current post

King's College London Emeritus Professor of Classical and Comparative Literature

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Simon Goldhill FBA

The study of ancient Greek literature and culture, and its reception, especially in the nineteenth century

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Sir Geoffrey Lloyd FBA

Ancient Greek and Chinese philosophy and science

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Professor Peter Thonemann FBA

Peter Thonemann has published widely on the history and archaeology of Asia Minor in antiquity and he has a particular interest in epigraphic documents from central and western Anatolia.

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