Denis Feeney

Denis C. Feeney
Born	1955 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 (born 1955) is Professor of Classics and Giger Professor of Latin at Princeton University. He was born in New Zealand and educated at St Peter's College, Auckland and Auckland Grammar School. He received his B.A. (1974), MA in Latin (1975) and MA in Greek (1976) from the University of Auckland 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]

Books

• The Gods in Epic
• Literature and Religion at Rome

References

1. ^ "Denis Feeney"
2. ^ "Classics at Chicago"

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Name	Feeney, Denis
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Date of birth	1955
Place of birth	New Zealand
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