Leonard Muellner
Degrees
Harvard University, Ph.D.University of Michigan, M.A.
Harvard University, B.A.
Expertise
Greek and Latin language and literature, with special interest in Greek epic, lyric, and tragic poetry, the historical study of Ancient Greek language, and the comparative study of mythology and religion.Profile
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Muellner's research and teaching is based on a synthesis of the disciplines of classical philology, Indo-European historical linguistics, and anthropological approaches to the study of Ancient Greek cultural phenomena.
Courses Taught
| GRK | 110b | Greek Epic |
Awards and Honors
Lerman-Neubauer Prize for Teaching and Mentoring (2008)
American Council of Learned Societies Grant (1976 - 1977)
Scholarship
Muellner, Leonard C. The Meaning of Homeric EYXOMAI Through its Formulas. Second edition ed. Washington, D.C.: Center for Hellenic Studies, 2016.
Papadopoulou, I. and Muellner, Leonard C, ed. Poetry as Initiation: The Center for Hellenic Studies Symposium on the Derveni Papyrus. first ed. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies, 2014.
Bers, V., Elmer, D., Frame, D., and Muellner, L., ed. Donum Natalicium Digitaliter Confectum Gregorio Nagy Septuagenario A Discipulis Collegis Familiaribus Oblatum = A Virtual Birthday Gift presented to Gregory Nagy on turning seventy by his students, colleagues, and friends. First ed. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies, 2013.
Mary Ebbott and Leonard Muellner. "Multitextual Reading in Manuscripts of the Iliad and the Future of the Homer Multitext." Des manuscrits antiques à l’ère digitale: pratiques de lecture, échanges intellectuels et communication scientifique/From Ancient Manuscripts to the Digital Era: Reading Practices, Intellectual Networks and Scientific Communication. Ed. C. Clivaz, J. Meizoz, F. Vallotton, and J. Verhyden with Benjamin Bertho. Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2012. 115-135.
Muellner, Leonard C. "Grieving Achilles." Homeric Contexts: Neoanalysis and the Interpretation of Oral Poetry. vol. Supplementary Volume 12 Ed. A. Rengakos, F. Montanari, and C. Tsagalis. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2012. 187-210.
Muellner, Leonard C. "Homeric Anger Revisited." Classics@ 9, Defense Mechanisms (2012).
Muellner, Leonard C.. "A Poetic Etymology of Pietas in the Aeneid." Donum Natalicium Digitaliter Confectum Gregorio Nagy Septuagenario a Discipulis Collegis Familiaribus Oblatum. Ed. Bers, V., and D. Elmer, D. Frame, and L. Muellner. Washington, DC: Center for Hellenic Studies, 2012. online (typescript: 26 pages).
Muellner, Leonard C. "Discovery Procedures and Principles for Homeric Research." Classics@ 1. 3 (2007): <http://www.chs.harvard.edu/publications.sec/online_print_books.ssp/classics_issue_3/muellner_tei.xml_1>.
Muellner,Leonard C. The Anger of Achilles: Menis in Greek Epic. Cornell University Press, 2004.
Muellner,Leonard C. The Meaning of Homeric Eukhomai through its Formulas. Inssbrucker Beiträge zur Sprachwissenschaft, 1976.