Martin West

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Martin West was a prominent British classical scholar and philologist renowned for his influential work on ancient Greek literature, especially Homeric poetry and textual criticism.

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instanceOf classical scholar ⓘ
human ⓘ
philologist ⓘ
awardReceived Balzan Prize ⓘ
Kenyon Medal ⓘ
Order of Merit ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1937-09-23 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2015-07-13 ⓘ
educatedAt Balliol College, Oxford ⓘ
St Paul’s School, London ⓘ
employer All Souls College, Oxford ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
fieldOfWork Homeric studies ⓘ
ancient Greek literature ⓘ
classics ⓘ
comparative Indo-European poetics ⓘ
philology ⓘ
textual criticism ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
knownFor contributions to Indo-European poetics ⓘ
critical editions of Greek poets ⓘ
work on Hesiod ⓘ
work on Homeric poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Ancient Greek ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf All Souls College, Oxford ⓘ
British Academy ⓘ
name Martin Litchfield West ⓘ
linked to: Martin L. West

Martin West ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork Aeschyli Tragoediae (Teubner edition) ⓘ
Greek Metre ⓘ
linked to: Greek lyric poetry

Homerus: Ilias (Teubner edition) ⓘ
Iliad: A Commentary, Volume I ⓘ
Indo-European Poetry and Myth ⓘ
Studies in Greek Elegy and Iambus ⓘ
Textual Criticism and Editorial Technique ⓘ
The East Face of Helicon ⓘ
The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women ⓘ
The Orphic Poems ⓘ
linked to: Orphic Hymns
occupation author ⓘ
translator ⓘ
university teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
placeOfDeath Oxford ⓘ
positionHeld Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford ⓘ
Professor of Greek at the University of Oxford ⓘ

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Homeric question → studiedBy → Martin West ⓘ
Martin Litchfield West → name → Martin West ⓘ
subject linked to: Martin West