Richard L. Hunter

Richard Lawrence Hunter, FBA (born 30 October 1953[1]) is an Australian classical scholar. From 2001 to 2021, he was the 37th Regius Professor of Greek at the University of Cambridge.

Richard L. Hunter

Born
Richard Lawrence Hunter

(1953-10-30) 30 October 1953
CitizenshipAustralia
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
University of Cambridge
ThesisA commentary on Euboulos (1979)
Doctoral advisorC. F. L. Austin
Academic work
DisciplineClassical studies
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Early life and education

Hunter was born was born on 30 October 1953.[2] He grew up in Australia, and was educated at Cranbrook School, an independent school in Sydney.[2] He studied at the University of Sydney, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons) degree in 1974.[2][3] He then moved to England, where he studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at the University of Cambridge; he was a member of Pembroke College, Cambridge.[2] His doctoral thesis was titled "A commentary on Euboulos", and his PhD was awarded in 1979.[4]

Academic career

After completing his PhD, Hunter became a lecturer at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge. In 2001 he was appointed as the Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge[5] in succession to P. E. Easterling and became a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.[6] He retired as Regius Professor in October 2021,[2] giving his valedictory lecture on 27 September 2021.[7]

Hunter is a member of the Academy of Athens,[1] an Honorary Fellow of the University of Sydney[3] and has an honorary degree from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[3] He serves on the advisory board of the periodical Materiali e discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici.[8] Since 2013 he is president of the council of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[9]

In 2013 Richard Hunter was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.[10]

Publications

  • Eubulus: The Fragments (Cambridge, 1983)
  • A Study of Daphnis & Chloe (Cambridge, 1983)
  • The New Comedy of Greece and Rome (Cambridge, 1985)
  • Apollonius of Rhodes: Argonautica Book III (Cambridge, 1989)
  • The 'Argonautica' of Apollonius: literary studies (Cambridge, 1993)
  • Theocritus and the Archaeology of Greek Poetry (Cambridge, 1996)
  • Studies in Heliodorus (Cambridge, 1998)
  • Theocritus. A Selection (Cambridge, 1999)
  • Theocritus: Encomium of Ptolemy Philadelphus (Berkeley, 2003)
  • Plato's Symposium (Oxford, 2004)
  • Tradition and Innovation in Hellenistic Poetry (with M. Fantuzzi) (Cambridge, 2004)
  • The Hesiodic Catalogue of Women: Constructions and Reconstructions (Cambridge, 2005)
  • The Shadow of Callimachus (Cambridge, 2006)
  • On Coming After: Studies in Post-Classical Greek Literature and its Reception (Berlin, 2008)
  • Wandering Poets in Ancient Greek Culture (with I. Rutherford) (Cambridge, 2009)
  • Critical Moments in Classical Literature (Cambridge, 2009)
  • Plutarch, How to study poetry (with D. Russell) (Cambridge, 2011)
  • Plato and the Traditions of Ancient Literature: the silent stream (Cambridge, 2012)
  • Hesiodic Voices. Studies in the Ancient Reception of Hesiod's Works and Days (Cambridge 2014)
  • Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome (ed.; with Casper C. de Jonge) (Cambridge 2018)

References

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