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Simon Price (classicist)

Simon Price (classicist)

English classical scholar

Simon Rowland Francis Price (September 27, 1954 – June 14, 2011) was an English classical scholar, specializing in the imperial cult of ancient Rome.

Personal life

He was born in London and was the son of the Anglican bishop Hetley Price.

Education

Price studied at Manchester Grammar School, Queen's College, Oxford (BA and DPhil), University College London (where he was supervised by John North for his Oxford thesis) and Christ's College, Cambridge (junior research fellow), as well as teaching at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford (tutor and research fellow).[1]

Bibliography

  • Simon Price, Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor (1986) ISBN 978-0-521-31268-4 [2]
  • Mary Beard, John North and Simon Price, Religions of Rome (1998); ISBN 0-521-30401-6 (vol. 1), ISBN 0-521-45015-2 (vol. 2)[3]
  • Simon Price, Religions of the Ancient Greeks (1999) ISBN 978-0-521-38867-2 [4]
  • Simon Price and Peter Thonemann, The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine (2011)[5]

Necrology

References

  1. [1]
    "Simon Price obituary". 21 August 2011.
  2. [2]
    Simon Price (1986). Rituals and Power: The Roman Imperial Cult in Asia Minor. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-31268-4.
  3. [3]
    Mary Beard; John North; Simon Price (28 June 1998). Religions of Rome: Volume 2, A Sourcebook. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-316-13919-6.
  4. [4]
    Simon Price (1999). Religions of the Ancient Greek. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-38867-2.
  5. [5]
    Simon Price; Peter Thonemann (17 February 2011). The Birth of Classical Europe: A History from Troy to Augustine. Penguin Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-101-47579-9.


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