Timothy Nolan Gantz (23 December 1945 – 20 January 2004) was an American classical scholar and the author of ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources''.

Education and career

Gantz received his

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from

Haverford College Haverford College ( ) is a private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Haverford, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded as a men's college in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Fr ...

in 1967, and his Ph.D. in

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from

Princeton University Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...

in 1970. From 1970, Gantz was a long-time professor of classics at the

University of Georgia The University of Georgia (UGA or Georgia) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university with its main campus in Athens, Georgia, United States. Chartered in 1785, it is the oldest public university in th ...

, where he directed its "Studies Abroad in Rome" program from 1985 to 2003.

''Early Greek Myth''

In 1993, he published his book ''Early Greek Myth: A Guide to Literary and Artistic Sources'', a compendium of

Greek mythology Greek mythology is the body of myths originally told by the Ancient Greece, ancient Greeks, and a genre of ancient Greek folklore, today absorbed alongside Roman mythology into the broader designation of classical mythology. These stories conc ...

and its sources, which puts particular emphasis on earlier sources of the Archaic period. The work's stated purpose was to study Greek myths with particular consideration for the surviving ancient sources we have for them, and for how the authors and artists who produced these sources may have themselves conceived of Greek myth. The book was received positively at the time of its publication, and in subsequent years, William Hansen has described it as an " tstanding narrative survey of the texts and illustrations of early Greek myth and heroic legend", while Robin Hard has stated it "can be recommended unreservedly as a comprehensive guide to the early mythical tradition".

Death

Gantz died in

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, on 20 January 2004, aged 58.

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* . {{DEFAULTSORT:Gantz, Timothy 1946 births 2004 deaths University of Georgia faculty American classical scholars Haverford College alumni Princeton University alumni