Miriam Griffin

Miriam Tamara Griffin (rođena Dressler;^[1] New York, 6 June 1935 – Oxford, 16 May 2018) bila je američko-britanska klasičarka i profesorka povijesti starog vijeka na Somerville College, Sveučilište u Oxfordu od 1967. do 2002. godine^[2] Bavila se rimskom poviješću i antičkom mišlju, a napisala je i knjige o caru Neronu i njegovom učitelju Seneki,^[3] potičući da se filozofski spisi starih Rimljana procjenjuju u njihovom povijesnom kontekstu.^[4]

Život i karijera uredi

Miriam Griffin je studirala na Sveučilištu Columbia, Sveučilištu Harvard i Sveučilištu u Oxfordu. Bila je predavač na Trinity Collegeu i na Somerville Collegeu. Bila je supruga klasičnog filologa Jaspera Griffina, s kojim je bila u braku više od pedeset godina i imala je tri kćeri (Juliju, Mirandu i Tamaru).

Njezini glavni istraživački interesi bili su pozna Rimska Republika i rano carsko doba, kao i intelektualna povijest Rimljana. Sudjelovala je u izradi 10. toma Kembričke antičke povijesti (Cambridge Ancient History), uključujući članke o Flavijevcima. Zajedno s Jonathanom Barnesom uredila je dva sveska Philosophia togata o rimskoj filozofiji, društvenoj ulozi rimskih filozofa i recepciji grčke filozofije u Rimu.

Griffin je objavljivala članke u akademskim časopisima za oba područja, a izradila je i 61 referentnu odrednicu za Oxfordski klasični leksikon (Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd rev. izd., 2005.). Pisala je kritike i članke za London Review of Books i The New York Review of Books.^[5]^[6]

Seneca: a philosopher in politics. Clarendon Press, 1976. ISBN 0198143656.
Nero: the end of a dynasty. Batsford, 1984. ISBN 0713444649. This details the events of Nero's reign and then analyses the reasons for his downfall.^[7]
Seneca on society. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780199245482.

Philosophia Togata I. Essays on Philosophy and Roman Society. Edited by Miriam Griffin and Jonathan Barnes. Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 9780198150855.
Philosophia Togata II. Plato and Aristotle at Rome. Edited by Jonathan Barnes and Miriam Griffin. Oxford University Press, 2000. ISBN 9780198152224.
A Companion to Julius Caesar. Edited by Miriam Griffin. Wiley, 2009. ISBN 9781405149235.
Health and Sickness in Ancient Rome; Greek and Roman Poetry and Historiography. Edited by Francis Cairns and Miriam Griffin. Francis Cairns, 2010. ISBN 9780905205533.
Studies in Stoicism. P. A. Brunt. Edited by Miriam Griffin, Alison Samuels, and with the assistance of Michael Crawford. Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780199695850.

On Benefits. Lucius Annaeus Seneca. Translated by Miriam Griffin and Brad Inwood. University of Chicago Press, 2011. ISBN 978-0-226-74840-5.^[8]

Cicero: On Duties. Edited by M. T. Griffin and E. M. Atkins. Cambridge University Press, 1991. ISBN 9780521343381.
"Cicero on Life and Death." Translated by John Davie. Edited with an introduction and Notes by Miriam T. Griffin. World's Classics. Oxford University Press, 2017. ISBN 9780199644148.

'De Brevitate Vitae', The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 52, Parts 1 and 2 (1962), pp. 104–113
'Seneca on Cato's Politics: Epistle 14. 12-13', The Classical Quarterly, New Series, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Nov., 1968), pp. 373–375
'The 'Leges Iudiciariae' of the Pre-Sullan Era', The Classical Quarterly , Vol. 23, No. 1 (May, 1973), pp. 108–126
Nero. The End of a Dynasty. Batsford, London 1984; Routledge, London 2001 (Nachdr.), ISBN 0-415-21464-5.
S Jonathanom Barnesom (Eds.): Philosophia togata. Essays on philosophy and Roman society. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1989.
Seneca: A Philosopher in Politics. Oxford 1992, ISBN 978-0-198-1477-49.
S Jonathanom Barnesom (Eds.): Philosophia togata. Band II: Plato and Aristotle at Rome. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1999.
A Companion to Julius Caesar. (Ed.) New York 2009, ISBN 978-1-405-14923-5 (Auszüge na Google Books

↑ Mehta 1993: str. 313
↑ „Miriam Griffin (née Dressler) 6.6.1935-16.5.2018”.
↑ Griffin, Miriam T., ur. (2018-06-14). Politics and Philosophy at Rome: Collected Papers. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780198793120.
↑ Edwards, Catharine (2018-06-19). „Miriam Griffin obituary” (en). The Guardian. Pristupljeno 2018-06-22.
↑ Griffin, Miriam (13 February 1992), „Ancestors”, London Review of Books 14 (3): 17–18
↑ Griffin, Jasper; Griffin, Miriam (9 October 1997), „Show Us You Care, Ma'am”, The New York Review of Books
↑ Seager, Robin (1986). „Nero”. The Classical Review 36 (1): 98–100. DOI:10.1017/S0009840X00105190.
↑ Bychkov, Oleg V. (15 September 2011). „Seneca, On Benefits, Miriam Griffin and Brad Inwood (trs.), University of Chicago Press, 2011”. Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews. Pristupljeno 6 March 2017.

Clark, Gillian; Rajak, Tessa (2002). Philosophy and Power in the Graeco-Roman World: Essays in honour of Miriam Griffin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198299907.
Mehta, Ved (1993). Up at Oxford. London: J. Murray. ISBN 0719552877.