Timothy Gantz

Biographic Data

ID703205
NAMETimothy Gantz
GIVEN NAMESTimothy
FAMILY NAMEGantz
SIGNATUREGANTZ T
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1974
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1996
H-INDEX2

  • Early Greek Myth

    Timothy GantzBOOKEarly Greek myth1996Cited by: 2

  • Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology

    Sion M Honea, Carlos Parada et al.ARTICLEPhoenix1995

  • Early Greek myth

    Timothy GantzREVIEWChoice Reviews Online1994

    A compendium of narrative variants useful for anyone wanting seriously to analyze a Greek myth.--Times Literary Supplement Nothing short of remarkable... This book will certainly become a staple of all classical libraries for years to come.--Bryn Mawr Classical Review Early Greek Myth is a much-needed handbook for scholars and others interested in the literary and artistic sources of archaic Greek myths--and the only one of its kind available in …

  • Ancient Greek Studies and Folkloristics

    John Miles Foley, Timothy Gantz et al.ARTICLEJournal of American Folklore1994

  • Divine Guilt in Aischylos

    Open AccessTimothy GantzARTICLEThe Classical Quarterly1981References: 6

    Any attempt to grapple with the issue of divine behaviour towards men in Aischylos or any other Greek thinker must begin with the question of expectations: what do the gods expect from men, and what, if anything, may men expect in return from the gods? A. W. H. Adkins has I think demonstrated clearly that in Homer at least the defining barrier between mortal and immortal is one of degree, not kind; the gods are gods not because of moral excellenc…

  • Love and Death in the "Suppliants" of Aischylos

    Timothy GantzARTICLEPhoenix1978Cited by: 3

    DESPITE ITS LACK OF PHYSICAL ACTION, Aischylos' Suppliants contains a wealth of dramatic movement in its language and imagery, especially at those points where the playwright expands the statements of his characters to include implications beyond what the characters themselves perceive.' Robert Murray has already described much of this movement in his study of the use of the myth of Io:2 the Danaids' appeal to Zeus to save them from the lust of t…

  • Pindar's First Pythian

    Open AccessTimothy Gantz, Timothy Nolan GantzARTICLERamus1974References: 3

    ‘If you speak at the right length, winding together the strands of many themes into one, the reproach of men will be less' (ll. 81-82). And in truth Pindar's First Pythian is filled with complex and conflicting elements twisted into a tightly knit pattern of myth, metaphor, advice, and historical allusion. The listener moves from celestial harmony to the volcano of Aitna, from the sack of Troy to the founding of a new city. He witnesses the battl…