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Classical Myth
Second Edition
by Barry P. Powell
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Dr. Barry B. Powell holds a named professorship in Classics at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. Dr. Powell earned his B.A. (with highest distinction) at the University of California-Berkeley, an M.A. in Classics from Harvard Graduate School, and his Ph.D. in Classics at Berkeley, where he wrote a dissertation on "Archetypal Patterns of Death and Rebirth in the "Odyssey.""
Dr. Powell has written numerous books, chapters in books, scholarly articles, and magazine articles in his field and has also contributed a vast array of relevant lectures and papers to both professional and educational organizations around the world. Deeply interested in Greek poetry, writing and literacy, mythology, and Egyptology, Dr. Powell is fluent in many languages, including ancient Egyptian, ancient and modern Greek, Latin, German, French, Italian, and Spanish. Dr. Powell is known internationally for his work on the origin of the Greek alphabet.
Dr. Barry B. Powell can be reached via e-mail at bbpowell@facstaff.wisc.edu. |
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