Denis Feeney

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Denis C. Feeney

Born New Zealand
Residence United States
Nationality New Zealander
Fields Classics
Institutions Princeton University
Alma mater Oxford University
Known for The Gods in Epic

Denis C. Feeney is Professor of Classics and Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University. He received his B.A. from the University of Auckland, where he graduated in 1976, and a D.Phil. from Oxford University in 1982. He has also been a Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge and New College, Oxford.[1]

Professor Feeney is known for his highly influential book The Gods in Epic on the interaction between Roman literature and religion.[2]

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  • The Gods in Epic
  • Literature and Religion at Rome

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