Denis C. Feeney, FBA (born 1955) is Professor of Classics and Giger Professor of Latin at

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. He was born in

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and educated at St Peter's College, Auckland and

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. He received his B.A. (1974), MA in Latin (1975) and MA in Greek (1976) from the

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and a D.Phil. from

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in 1982. He has also been a

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of Magdalene College, Cambridge and New College, Oxford. Professor Feeney is especially known for his highly influential book ''The Gods in Epic'' on the interaction between Roman literature and religion, and his recent book ''Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History'' (University of California Press, 2008). In 2016 he was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

Books

* ''The Gods in Epic: Poets and Critics of the Classical Tradition''. Oxford UP. (1991) * ''Literature and religion at Rome: Cultures, contexts, and beliefs''. Cambridge UP. (1998) * ''Traditions and Contexts in the Poetry of Horace''. Cambridge UP. (2002) * ''Caesar's Calendar: Ancient Time and the Beginnings of History''. California UP. (2008) * ''Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature''. Harvard UP. (2016)

References

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