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LEVIN, Donald Norman
- Date of Birth: February 01, 1927
- Born City: Rochester
- Born State/Country: NY
- Parents: Harry & Rose Chapman L.
- Date of Death: November 23, 1991
- Married: Barbara Lila Bieber, 12 June 1949.
- Education:
A.B. Cornell, 1949; A.M. 1952; A.M. Harvard, 1954, Ph.D., 1957.
- Dissertation:
“Ethical Implications of the πέρας-ἄπειρον Dichotomy as Seen Particularly in the Works of Aeschylus” (Harvard, 1957; see Harvard University Bulletin (1957) 519-22).
- Professional Experience:
Instr. to asst. prof. Washington U. (St. Louis), 1956-59; asst. prof. Mt. Holyoke, 1959-63; assoc. prof. classics, Rice U., 1963-68; prof. 1968-91.
- Publications:
“Ambiguities of Expression in Catullus 66 and 67,” CP LIV (1959) 109-111; “Horace, Carm. II. 10. Stylistic Observations,” CJ LIV (1959) 169-171; “Concerning Two Odes of Horace, I.4 and IV.7,” CJ LIV (1959) 354-358; “Concerning Propertius I, 2,” CB XXXV (1959) 69-70; “Croesus as Ideal Tragic Hero,” CB XXXVI (1960) 33-34; “Odysseus' Truthful Untruths,” CB XXXVII (1961) 76; “Thought-Progression in Horace, Carmina I.5,” CJ LVI (1961) 356-358; “Quaestiones Erinneanae,” HSPC LXVI (1962) 193-204; “Apolloniana Minora,” TAPA XCIII (1962) 154-163; “Zeus's Orchard without Zeus's Palace,” CP LVIII (1963) 107-109; “An Epithet for Argos in Apollonius,” GRBS IV (1963) 9-17; “μετα- or προς- ?,” CP LIX (1964) 181-184; “Verbal Repetitions in the Lyrics of Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus,” CB XLI (1964) 5-7 & 9-10; “The Alleged Date of Tibullus' Death,” CJ LXII (1967) 311-14; “Horace's Preoccupation with Death,” CJ LXIII (1968) 315-20; “Two Epithets of Aristaeus,” Hermes XCVII (1969) 498-501; “Δίπλαξ πορφυρέη,” RFIC XCVIII (1970) 17-36;“Propertius, Catullus, and Three Kinds of Ambiguous Expression,” TAPA C (1969) 221-35; Apollonius' Argonautica Re-Examined I: The Neglected First and Second Books Mnemosyne Suppl. XIII (Leiden: Brill, 1971) REVIEWS: JHS XCII 1972 203-205 Griffiths; “Apollonius' Heracles,” CJ LXVII (1971) 22-28 | AC XLII 1973 246 Schwartz | Gnomon XLVI 1974 346-353 Vian | CR XXIV 1974 36-38 Giangrande | CP LXX 1975 150-151 Garson |0 Mnemosyne XXXIII 1980 441-442 Bartelink | AAHG XXXIII 1980 190-192 Walter; “Euripides, Hippolytus 88-89. Another Possibility,” CB XLVII (1971) 44-45; “Some Observations Concerning Plato's Lysis,” in Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy, ed. J.P. Anton & G.L. Kustas (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1971) 236-258; “Arrius and His Uncle,” Latomus XXXII (1973) 587-94; “Hellenistic Echoes in Propertius' First Elegy,” GB III (1975) 215-21; “Specimens from Herondas' Zoo,” ZAnt XXVI (1976) 57-62; “An Herondean Diptych,” ZAnt XXVI (1976) 345-55; “The Pivotal Role of Lycaenion in Longus' Pastorals,” RSC XXV (1977) 5-17; “To Whom Did the Ancient Novelists Address Themselves?,” RSC XXV (1977) 18-29; “War and Peace in Early Roman Elegy,” ANRW II.30.1 (1982) 418-538; “Reflections of the Epic Tradition in the Elegies of Tibullus,” ANRW II.30.3 (1983) 2000-2127; “Horace, Carm. 3.1.42 again. A belated, but brief, rejoinder to Mr. Nisbet,” LCM XIII (1988) 16; “Dormitant commentatores Heliodori,” LCM XV (1990) 29; “Aethiopica III-IV: Greek Dunces, Egyptian Sage,” Athenaeum LXXX (1992) 499-506.
- Notes:
After graduating from high school in his native Rochester, New York, Mr. Levin served in the U.S. Navy in 1945-46. While still a graduate student, he taught at Cornell, Reed College, and Harvard. He also taught at Washington University and Mount Holyoke before coming to Rice University. He was the author of Apollonius Argonautica Reexamined: I. The Neglected First & Second Books (1971) and two monographs in ANRW: "War and Peace in Roman Elegy" (II 30.1: 1982) and "Reflections of the Epic Tradition in the Elegies of Tibullus" (II 30.3: 1983). A frequent presenter at APA meetings, he wrote many articles and reviews on Greek and Roman poetry and novel, and had nearly completed a book, Essays on the Aethiopica of Heliodorus, at the time of his death. In addition, Mr. Levin had published original poetry in both English and French. A somewhat shy and retiring scholar, Mr. Levin was the kindest and most supportive of colleagues. His wide and deep learning and gentle presence will be sorely missed.
- Sources:
APA Newsletter (February 1992) 19.
- Author: Kristine G. Wallace