Boegehold, Alan L(indley)

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BOEGEHOLD, Alan L(indley)

BOEGEHOLD, Alan L(indley). American, b. 1927. Genres: Classics. Career: University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign, instructor, then assistant professor of classics, 1957-60; Brown University, Providence, RI, assistant professor, then professor, 1960-2001, emeritus professor of classics, 2001-, department head, 1966-71, director of Ancient Studies Program, 1985-91, and director of summer sessions at American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Harvard University, visiting lecturer, 1967; American School of Classical Studies at Athens, visiting professor, 1968-69, research fellow, 1974-75, research fellow at Agora Excavations, 1980-81, senior associate member, 1983-84, 1990-91; Yale University, visiting professor, 1971; University of California, Berkeley, visiting professor, 1978; Amherst College, distinguished visiting professor of classics, 2001-; guest lecturer at colleges and universities. Publications: (revisor) C.A. Robinson Jr., Ancient History, 2nd ed., 1967; In Simple Clothes: Translations of 11 Poems, 1993; When a Gesture Was Expected: A Selection of Examples from Archaic and Classical Greek Literature, 1999. EDITOR & CONTRIBUTOR: Studies Presented to Sterling Dow, 1984; (with A.C. Scafuro) Athenian Identity and Civic Ideology, 1993; Lawcourts at Athens, 1995; Contributor to books. Contributor of articles, translations, and reviews to archaeology and classical studies journals. Address: Department of Classics, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, U.S.A.