S. Douglas Olson

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Classical and Near Eastern Studies

I am interested in Greek literature of all genres and periods, but in particular in Attic Comedy and its reception in the Hellenistic and Roman periods. My current projects include a commentary on the fragments of the comic poet Antiphanes, a full critical edition of the Learned Banqueters (or Deipnosophists) of Athenaeus of Naucratis (much of which is already in press), and a complete new text and translation of Eustathius' Commentary on the Odyssey. I am associated with the Heidelberg Academy/University of Freiburg Kommentierung der Fragmente der griechischen Komödie Project, and have recently completed a three-volume edition of the fragments of the late 5th-century comic poet Eupolis, a volume of fragments of the slightly earlier comic poet Cratinus, and a full critical edition and commentary on Aristophanes' Wasps (with Zachary Biles). I am also the General Editor of the English-language edition of the Basel Homer Commentary.

Educational Background & Specialties

Educational Background

Ph.D.: Bryn Mawr College, 1987.
American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 1985-87.
M.A.: Bryn Mawr College, 1984.
M.T.S.: Harvard Divinity School, 1982.
B.A.: Haverford College, 1980.

Curriculum Vitae

Specialties

Greek comedy
Critical editions and commentaries
Roman reception of Greek texts
Ancient literary scholarship

Research & Professional Activities

Professional Activities

Scientific Board, Heidelberg Academy Comic Fragments Project: 2011-present
Advisory Board, Attic Inscriptions Online: 2018 - present
APA Research Committee: 2011 - 2015
Editorial Board, The Classical Journal : 2010 - 2015
CAMWS Finance Committee: 2010 - 2013
Editor, The Classical Journal: 2005 - 2010
CAMWS Executive Committee: 2005 - 2010
Chairman, Pearson Fellowship Committee, APA: 1999 - 2003
Managing Committee, American School of Classical Studies in Athens: 2000 - present
Director Graduate Studies, Department of Classical and Near Eastern Studies, University of Minnesota:

Publications

Cratinus: fragmenta incerta et dubia. Olson, S. Douglas, Ryan Seaberg, Verlag Antike for the Heidelberg Academy, Co-Author, 2018.
Eupolis frr. 1–146, Aiges—Dêmoi: Translation and Commentary. Olson, S. Douglas, Verlag Antike for the Heidelberg Academy, Author, 2017.
Eupolis frr. 147–325, Heilôtes—Chrysoun genos: Translation and Commentary . Olson, S. Douglas, Verlag Antike for the Heidelberg Academy, Author, 2016.
Aristophanes: Wasps . Olson, S. Douglas, Zachary Biles, Oxford University Press, Author, 2015.
Eupolis frr. 326–497: Translation and Commentary . Olson, S. Douglas, Verlag Antike for the Heidelberg Academy, Author, 2014.
Ancient Comedy and Reception. Studies in Honor of Jeffrey Henderson. Olson, S. Douglas, Walter de Gruyter, Editor, 2014.
Inscriptional Records for the Dramatic Festivals in Athens: IG II2 2318–2325 and Related Texts. Olson, S. Douglas, Benjamin Millis, Brill, Co-Author, 2012.
The Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and Related Texts . Olson, S. Douglas, De Gruyter, Author, 2012.
Polybius VI: The Unattributed Fragments (Loeb Classical Library). Olson, S. Douglas, Frank Walbank and Christian Habicht, Harvard University Press, Co-Author, 2012.
Broken Laughter: Select Fragments of Greek Comedy (Oxford University Press, 2007) Image
Athenaeus: The Learned Banqueters (Loeb Classical Library;8 vols.). Olson, S. Douglas, Harvard University Press, Author, 2006-2013.
Aristophanes: Thesmophoriazusae (with Colin Austin) (Oxford University Press, 2004) cvi + 363 pp. Image
Aristophanes: Acharnians (Oxford, 2002; revised paperback version Oxford, 2004) cii + 379 pp Image
Archestratos of Gela: Greek Culture and Cuisine in the Fourth Century BCE. Olson, S. Douglas, with Alexander Sens, Oxford University Press, Co-Author, 2000. Image
Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century BCE. Olson, S. Douglas, with Alexander Sens, American Classical Studies 44, Atlanta, Co-Author, 1999.
Aristophanes: Peace. Olson, S. Douglas, Oxford University Press, Author, 1998. Image
Blood and Iron: Stories and Storytelling in Homer's Odyssey. Olson, S. Douglas, Mnemosyne Supplement 148, Leiden, Author, 1995.

Awards

Scholar of the College, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Minnesota, 2017 - 2020
Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Bari , May 2017
Core Fellow, Helsinki Collegium, Sept. 2016 - Aug. 2017
Senior Fellow at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, and Marie Curie Fellow of the European Union, December 2015 - August 2016
Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Bari , May 2016
Humboldt Research Grant, 2015
Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Bari, April 2015
Research Fellowship, Heidelberg Academy, 2014
CAMWS Ovatio (life-time service award), 2013
Alexander von Humboldt Research Award, 2011 - 2012
National Humanities Center, Carl and Lily Pforzheimer Foundation Fellowship, 2008 - 2009
Distinguished McKnight University Professorship, 2004
Loeb Classical Library Foundation Grant, 2003 - 2004
National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship, 2003 - 2004
National Endowment for the Humanities Research Fellowship, 2000 - 2001
Helen Corley Petit Professorship, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996 - 1997
University Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1996 - 1999
Junior Fellow, Center for Hellenic Studies, Washington D.C., 1994 - 1995
Outstanding Faculty Member (Certificate of Merit), Illini Dads Association, 1993
LAS College Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Advising, 1993
Alpha Epsilon Delta Outstanding Teacher Award , 1992
Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities, 1986 - 1987
James Rignall Wheeler Fellow, American School of Classical Studies in Athens, 1985 - 1986

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