About
Education
PhD Classics New York University 1974
MA Classics New York University 1970
BA Classics New York University 1966
Teaching Experience
Hunter College, CUNY 1970-present
Department of Classical and Oriental Studies
1990-present: Professor and Chair
1980-1990: Associate Professor and Chair
1974-1980: Assistant Professor
1970-1974: Lecturer
Graduate Center, CUNY 1990-present
Department of Classics
New York University 1978-1993
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
1984-1993: Adjunct Professor
1978-1984: Adjunct Associate Professor
Non-Academic Experience
Coward-McCann Publishers (Assistant to Editor-in-Chief) 1969
Federation of Jewish Philanthropies (Associate Editor) 1967-1969
Meredith Publishing Company (publicity assistant) 1966-1967
Birth:
1944
Readers
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Quotes
When they found a word that had no Arabic equivalent, they transliterated it and placed the Arabic definite article, al- in front. Hence, alchemy is a hybrid word; the article is Arabic, but the base of the word is Greek.
The Emperor Augustus erected the “Golden Milestone” in the Roman Forum, and all distances within the empire were measured from this point, and it was from here that all the major roads within the empire diverged. Thus we have the expression, “all roads lead to Rome.”