Handley, Eric Walter

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HANDLEY, Eric Walter

HANDLEY, Eric Walter. British, b. 1926. Genres: Classics. Career: Lecturer, 1946-61, Reader, 1961-67, and Professor of Greek, 1967-84, University College, London; Director of the Institute of Classical Studies, London, 1967-84; Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge University, 1984-94; Professor of Ancient Literature, Royal Academy of Arts, 1990-. Foreign Secretary, British Academy, 1979-88. Publications: (with J. Rea) The Telephus of Euripides, 1957; The Dyskolos of Menander, 1965; (with A. Hurst) Relire Menandre, 1990; (with J.-M. Bremer) Aristophane, 1993; (with others) The Oxyrhynchus Papyri, vol. 59, 1992, vol. 64, 1997; (with R. Green) Images of the Greek Theatre, 1995. Address: Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ, England.

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