Professor Simon Hornblower FBA

Classics and Ancient History Greek Language and Literature History of Greece and the Greek World Southern Europe Greece

Elected 2004

Fellow type: UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected: 2004
Sections: Classical Antiquity
Website: https://www.asc.ox.ac.uk/person/professor-simon-hornblower

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of Classics and Ancient History

All Souls College, Oxford Quondam Fellow

Past appointments

University College London Professor of Classics and Grote Professor of Ancient History

2006 - 2010

University College London Senior Lecturer; Professor of Classics and Ancient History

1997 - 2006

Oriel College, Oxford Tutorial Fellow

1978 - 1997

University of Oxford Lecturer in Ancient History

1978 - 1997

All Souls College University of Oxford Prize Fellow

1971 - 1977

Publications

Thucydidean Themes

Published in 2011

Lykophron Alexandra:Greek text, translation, commentary, and introduction

Published in 2015

Herodotus Book V

Published in 2013

Mausolus

Published in 1982

Commentary on Thucydides (3 vols)

Published in 1991, 1996, 2008

Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry

Published in 2004

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Christopher Pelling FBA

Greek and Latin historiography and biography, especially the literary criticism of prose texts, in particular Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, and Tacitus

Professor Denis Knoepfler FBA

Ancient History of the Mediterranean world: Greek inscriptions and coinages focused on central Greece; Greek onomastics; archaeological excavations at Eretria-Amarynthos.

Professor Alan Bowman FBA

Classics and Ancient History

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Professor Simon Hornblower FBA

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of Classics and Ancient History

All Souls College, Oxford Quondam Fellow

Past appointments

University College London Professor of Classics and Grote Professor of Ancient History

2006 - 2010

University College London Senior Lecturer; Professor of Classics and Ancient History

1997 - 2006

Oriel College, Oxford Tutorial Fellow

1978 - 1997

University of Oxford Lecturer in Ancient History

1978 - 1997

All Souls College University of Oxford Prize Fellow

1971 - 1977

Publications

Thucydidean Themes

Published in 2011

Lykophron Alexandra:Greek text, translation, commentary, and introduction

Published in 2015

Herodotus Book V

Published in 2013

Mausolus

Published in 1982

Commentary on Thucydides (3 vols)

Published in 1991, 1996, 2008

Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry

Published in 2004

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Christopher Pelling FBA

Professor Denis Knoepfler FBA

Professor Alan Bowman FBA

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Professor Simon Hornblower FBA

Current post

University of Oxford Professor of Classics and Ancient History

All Souls College, Oxford Quondam Fellow

Past appointments

University College London Professor of Classics and Grote Professor of Ancient History

2006 - 2010

University College London Senior Lecturer; Professor of Classics and Ancient History

1997 - 2006

Oriel College, Oxford Tutorial Fellow

1978 - 1997

University of Oxford Lecturer in Ancient History

1978 - 1997

All Souls College University of Oxford Prize Fellow

1971 - 1977

Publications

Thucydidean Themes

Published in 2011

Lykophron Alexandra:Greek text, translation, commentary, and introduction

Published in 2015

Herodotus Book V

Published in 2013

Mausolus

Published in 1982

Commentary on Thucydides (3 vols)

Published in 1991, 1996, 2008

Thucydides and Pindar: Historical Narrative and the World of Epinikian Poetry

Published in 2004

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Christopher Pelling FBA

Professor Denis Knoepfler FBA

Professor Alan Bowman FBA

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