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Peter H. Burian
Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies
Classical Studies
pburian@duke.edu
Box 90103, Durham, NC 27708-0103
233a Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
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Selected Publications
Euphrosyne
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Beiträge zur Altertumskunde
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2020
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A Companion to Aeschylus
Book
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2014
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Sophocles’ Polyphonic Ajax
Chapter
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2012
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The Play of Orfeo
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The Literary Imagination
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2011
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The Complete Aeschylus: Volume I: The Oresteia
Book
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2010
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The Complete Euripides: Volume V: Alcestis, Cyclops, Helen, Medea
Book
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2010
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The Complete Sophocles: Volume I: The Theban Plays
Book
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2010
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The Complete Euripides: Volume II: Electra, Euripides in Aulis, Euripides in Tauris, Orestes
Book
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2010
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The Complete Euripides: Volume I: Andromache, Hecuba, Rhesos, Trojan Women
Book
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2010
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Athenian Tragedy as Democratic Discourse
Chapter
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2010
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Aeschylus
Chapter
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2010
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Euripides’ Helen
Chapter
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2010
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Euripides
Chapter
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2010
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Gender and the City: Antigone from Hegel to Butler and Back
Chapter
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2010
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The Complete Aeschylus: Volume II, Persians and Other Plays
Book
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2009
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The Complete Euripides: Volume III, Hippolytus and Other Plays
Book
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2009
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The Complete Euripides: Volume IV, Bacchae and Other Plays
Book
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2009
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The Complete Sophocles: Volume II, Electra and Other Plays
Book
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2009
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The Theatrical Cast of Athens
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Journal of Hellenic Studies
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2009
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Inconclusive Conclusion: The Ending(s) of the Oedipus Tyrannus
Chapter
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2009
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City, Farewell!: Genos, Polis and Gender in Aeschylus’s Seven Against Thebes and Euripides’ Phoenician Women
Chapter
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2009
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Introduction, Notes and Glossary
Journal Article
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2008
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Review of M. McDonald and J. M. Walton, eds., The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Theatre
Journal Article
Classical Review
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2008
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Euripides, Helen
Book
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2007
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Review of J. Gregory, ed., A Companion to Greek Tragedy and I. C. Storey and A. Allan, A Guide to Ancient Greek Drama
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Journal of Hellenic Studies
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2007
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Parola di donna? La voce di Lisistrata e la fantasia comica
Chapter
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2007
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Biologia, democrazia e donne nelle Eumenidi di Eschilo
Journal Article
Lexis
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2006
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Review of D. Mendelsohn, Gender and the City in Euripides’ Political Plays
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Classical Review
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2004
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Aeschylus, Oresteia
Book
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2003
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Voce di donna: Le Troiane nella guerra del Peloponneso
Chapter
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2002
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"Sepulchers," a translation of Ugo Foscolo, "Carme dei Sepolcri" with brief introduction and notes
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Literary Imagination
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2002
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Review of John Porter, Eric Csapo, C.W. Marshall, Robert C. Ketterer, eds., Crossing the Stages: The Production, Performance and Reception of Ancient Theater (Syllecta Classica 10)
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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January 2000
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Review of Ralf Krumeich, Nikolaus Pechstein, and Berndt Seidensticker, eds., Das griechische Satyrspiel
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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January 2000
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Theseus, Tragedy and the Athenian Empire
Journal Article
American Journal of Philology
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January 2000
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Aeschylus: "Oresteia", "Persians", "Prometheus Bound", "Seven Against Thebes", and "Suppliants." Gilbert Murray as Literary Translator
Chapter
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2000
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Translation, the Profession, and the Poets
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American Journal of Philology
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2000
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Notes and Commentary" to William Arrowsmith's posthumously published lecture, “Euripides and the Dramaturgy of Crisis
Journal Article
Literary Imagination
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1999
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'You can build a heavy-beamed poem out of this': Derek Walcott's Odyssey
Journal Article
Classical World
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1999
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Myth into Muthos: the Shaping of Tragic Plot
Chapter
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1997
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Tragedy Adapted for Stages and Screens: the Renaissance to the Present
Chapter
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1997
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" 'All that Greek manure under the green bananas': Derek Walcott's Odyssey"
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South Atlantic Quarterly
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1997
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Introduction, Notes and Glossary
Chapter
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1996
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Review of Pietro Pucci, Oedipus and the Fabrication of the Father and Charles Segal, Oedipus Tyrannus: Tragic Heroism and the Limits of Knowledge
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Classical Journal
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January 1995
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On Being a Political Animal in the Academic Zoo
Chapter
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1995
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Review of Giulia Sissa, Greek Virginity
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Journal of the History of Sexuality
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January 1992
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Aeschylus, The Suppliants
Book
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1991
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Aristophanes, Birds
Book
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1991
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Review of Mary Whitlock Blundell, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus
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Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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January 1991
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Review of Gilbert and Sarah Lawall, Euripides’ Hippolytus: A Companion with Translation
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Classical Outlook
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January 1989
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Plato and Aristotle on Poetry, edited with Introduction, University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill
Book
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1987
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Zeus soter tritos and Some Triads in Aeschylus' Oresteia
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American Journal of Philology
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1986
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Directions in Euripidean Criticism: A Collection of Essays Edited with "Selected Bibliography of Euripidean Criticism since World War II"
Book
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1985
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Review of William M. Calder, III. (ed.), Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Selected Correspondence 1869-1931
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Classical World
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January 1985
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Logos and Pathos: The Politics of the Suppliant Women
Chapter
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1985
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Review of C. W. Macleod, ed. Homer, Iliad, Book XXIV
Journal Article
Classical Outlook
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January 1984
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The Greek Tragedy in New Translations:
Book
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1981
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Euripides, The Phoenician Women
Chapter
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1981
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Translations of poems by Giorgio Mannacio
Journal Article
Poetry Now
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1981
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The Epigram on Apollonius of Tyana
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Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies
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1981
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A Climate for Liberal Learning
Journal Article
Duke Alumni Register
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May 1980
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Review of W. S. Merwin and George E. Dimock, Jr., Euripides, Iphigenia at Aulis
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American Journal of Philology
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January 1980
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Translations of poems by Giorgio Mannacio
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Italian Poetry Today
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1979
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The Play before the Prologue: Initial Tableaux on the Greek Stage
Chapter
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1977
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Euripides' Heraclidae: An Interpretation
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Classical Philology
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1977
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"Alcestis Resurrected," review of William Arrowsmith’s translation of Euripides’ Alcestis
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American Poetry Review
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January 1976
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Euripides the Contortionist
Journal Article
Arion
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January 1976
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Euripides, Supplices 649ff.
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Classical Review
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1974
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Suppliant and Saviour: Oedipus at Colonus
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Phoenix
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1974
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Pelasgus and Politics in Aeschylus' Danaid Trilogy
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Wiener Studien
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1974
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Supplication and Hero Cult in Sophocles' Ajax
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Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies
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1972
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