Jacqueline De Romilly

BIOGRAPHY

Born in Chartres in 1913, she studied at lycée Molière where she was lauréate of the '' Concours Général de Latin '' and second prize in Greek in 1930 , the first year when girls could compete. She then prepared for the École Normale Supérieure at Lycée Louis-le-Grand . She entered ENS Ulm in the class of 1933 . She then passed the Agrégation of classic letters in 1936, and became Doctor of letters in 1947 .

After having taught for a time in a . In 1995 , she obtained Greek nationality and was nominated ambassador to Greece in 2000.

She has presided over the , of which she remained president of honour.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Jacqueline de Romilly is the author of a number of works and translations, including :

''Thucydide et l'impérialisme athénien, la pensée de l'historien et la genèse de l'œuvre'', her thesis ( 1947 )

translation of ''History of the Peloponnesian war'' by Thucydides (1953– 1968 )

''Histoire et raison chez Thucydide'' ( 1956 )

''Nous autres professeurs'' ( 1969 )

''La loi dans la pensée grecque'' ( 1971 )

''L'enseignement en détresse'' ( 1984 )

''« Patience, mon cœur » : l'essor de la psychologie dans la littérature grecque classique'' ( 1984 )

''La modernité d' Euripide '' ( 1986 )

''La Grèce antique à la découverte de la liberté'' ( 1989 )

''Pourquoi la Grèce ?'' ( 1992 )

'' Alcibiade ou les dangers de l'ambition'' ( 1995 )

''Sous des dehors si calmes'' ( 2002 )

''Une certaine idée de la Grèce'' ( 2003 )

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Jacqueline De Romilly