Cairns, Douglas L.
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Name (Latin)
Cairns, Douglas L.
Date of birth
1961-01-10
Associated country
Great Britain
Scotland
New Zealand
Other associated place
Edinburgh (Scotland)
Dunedin (N.Z.)
Field of activity
Greek literature Greece--Civilization--To 146 B.C.
Associate group
University of Edinburgh University of Otago
Occupation
Classicists College teachers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Sources of Information
- His Aidōs, c1993:CIP t.p. (Douglas L. Cairns) pub. info. (Dr.; lect. in classics, Univ. of Otago, N.Z.)
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Wikipedia description:
Douglas Laidlaw Cairns (born 1961) is a British classicist, Professor of Classics at the University of Edinburgh, former Chair of the Classical Association, and the current Chair of the Edinburgh University Press. He specialises in the study of Greek society, ethics, literature, emotional life, and the ways in which these are reflected in Greek epic, tragedy, and lyric poetry.
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