David Konstan

David Konstan (born 1 November 1940) is an American classicist and academic, known for his work on notions of emotion and beauty in the ancient world.[1][2] Currently a Professor of Classics at NYU, he previously spent three decades teaching at Brown University, where he remains John Rowe Workman Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Classics and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature.

Bibliography

One of his books has been reviewed in the Wall Street Journal.[3]

Some of his books are:

  • The Emotions of the Ancient Greeks: Studies in Aristotle and Classical Literature
  • A Life Worthy of the Gods: The Materialist Psychology of Epicurus
  • Before Forgiveness: The Origins of a Moral Idea
  • Friendship in the Classical World
  • Roman Comedy
  • Sexual Symmetry: Love in the Ancient Novel and Related Genres
  • Greek Comedy and Ideology
  • Some aspects of Epicurean psychology
  • Catullus' indictment of Rome: The meaning of Catullus 64
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