Armand D'Angour

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It is a tour de force of scholarship, and D'Angour sifts through his vast reading with judicious care. Open-minded but not credulous, he accomplishes what was long thought to be impossible: a reliable, consistent account of the man who forged the matrix of Western philosophy [...] D’Angour rehabilitates Aspasia's reputation and ingeniously argues that she originated the concept of Platonic love, one of the first principles of Western philosophy. Moreover, he moots the "attractive and compelling possibility that the advent of Aspasia into the young Socrates' life" may present "an appealing and credible image of Socrates in love". [38]

Reviews also appeared in the Times (by Patrick Kidd), [39] Telegraph (by Nikhil Krishnan), [40] Financial Times (by Peter Stothard), and numerous other journals. [41] In a detailed review published in 2021 in Ancient Philosophy, philosopher David Hoinski accepts D'Angour's contention that the contribution of women such as Aspasia to ancient philosophy has received too little attention by modern scholars.

Tim Whitmarsh, reviewing Socrates in Love in The Guardian , commends D'Angour's application of prosopographical methods to the Athenian male elite, but avoids addressing the arguments made for the Socrates–Aspasia relationship. [42] David Sansone in Bryn Mawr Classical Review comments that the book "presents us with an intriguing alternative to the usual view of the real Socrates” rather than the standard ones that neglect the reality of Socrates having once been young. [43]

Whitmarsh early on observes in his review that "This is a learned, agile and slickly written book, but it is not without its problems"; he concludes that the portrayal of Socrates and Aspasia in it is a "donnish just-so story ... best left to the Victorians." Sasone is even more cutting: "it is necessary to ensure that all the evidence be presented accurately and evaluated with care. It cannot be said that D’Angour has succeeded in doing this.

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References

  1. 1 2 D'Angour, Armand (31 July 2018). "Ancient Greek music: now we finally know what it sounded like". The Conversation. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved on 21 August 2012.
  3. "Eton College." Times [London, England] 24 March 1976: 18. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 20 August 2013.
  4. "University news." Times [London, England] 31 May 1980: 14. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 20 August 2013.
  5. "Reference at www.jesus.ox.ac.uk". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 May 2014. Retrieved on 13 August 2012.
  6. "Failing at All Souls » Armand D'Angour". Armand-dangour.com. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  7. M. Campbell The Great Cellists (London, 2011). ASIN   0571278000. p. 208.
  8. "Concerts » Armand D'Angour". Armand-dangour.com. Retrieved 9 June 2018.
  9. "PDF of PhD diss. from UCL Library, p5" (PDF). Retrieved on 22 August 2013.
  10. d'Angour, A. J. (1998). Abstract of PhD diss. from UCL Library (Doctoral). Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
  11. "Art of Swimming | your relationship with the water".
  12. The Art of Swimming: in a new direction with the Alexander Technique. ASIN   1853981400. (London, 1996).
  13. P. Wilson, BMCR 4.24.2002: "the remains of ‘fair-navelled’ ( εὐομφάλοις) — applied to ‘circular [choruses]’ — that D’Angour so brilliantly and to my mind convincingly conjured from the gloom of this line".
  14. d'Angour, Armand J. (1999). "Archinus, Eucleides and the Reform of the Athenian Alphabet" . Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. 43: 109–130. doi:10.1111/j.2041-5370.1999.tb00481.x.
  15. "Announcement of appointment to Jesus College in Oxford Gazette, 1999". Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.. Retrieved on 13 August 2012.
  16. "Greeks and new novelty ancient greek imagination and experience | Classical studies (general) | Cambridge University Press".
  17. Review of The Greeks and the New, John Hesk, Times Literary Supplement London, 6 July 2012.
  18. "'What's new? Some answers from ancient Greece'".. OECD Observer No 221-222 (Summer 2000).
  19. "Isis Innovation 40 (2003) 4–5" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
  20. "Interview in Greek Reporter, 10 June 2012". 10 June 2012.. Greece.greekreporter.com, Retrieved on 13 August 2012.
  21. "Jesus Fellow launches It's All Greek (and Latin!) To Me podcast". Jesus College, Oxford. Retrieved 17 August 2024.
  22. "Mid-Career Fellowship awards 2013". British Academy. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  23. D'Angour, Armand (23 October 2013). "How did ancient Greek music sound?". BBC News. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  24. "BBC Four - Sappho: Love & Life on Lesbos with Margaret Mountford, Web exclusive: Sappho's 'new' poem sung". 5 May 2015.
  25. "Reference at www.britishmuseum.org".
  26. "Armand D'Angour: 'What do we know about Greek Music?'". YouTube . 30 January 2017. Archived from the original on 6 September 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  27. "Reference at www.armand-dangour.com" (PDF).
  28. "Ancient Greek music: hearing long lost sounds again wins university public engagement award". University of Oxford . Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  29. Text and translation of Armand D'Angour. "Ode to Athens." Times [London, England] 31 July 2004: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 20 August 2013
  30. Philip Howard and Alan Hamilton. "Olympics ring to sound of winning British ode." Times [London, England] 31 July 2004: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 September 2013.
  31. "Olympic Ode lends touch of classics". Archived from the original on 1 August 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2013.. Text of the ode, University of Oxford Website. Retrieved on 13 August 2012.
  32. "BBC News Story about Boris Johnson declaiming Olympic Ode, 23 July 2012". BBC News. 20 July 2012.. Bbc.co.uk Retrieved on 13 August 2012.
  33. "Boris Johnson to recite new poem for the Olympics in Ancient Greek, The Guardian, 23 July 2012". TheGuardian.com . 23 July 2012.. Guardian , Retrieved on 13 August 2012.
  34. "Oxonian's Olympic Ode a success, Cherwell Magazine, 30 July 2012". 29 July 2012.. Cherwell.org, Retrieved on 19 August 2012.
  35. D'Angour, Armand (2010). "Celebratory verses presented to the Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies on the occasion of their centenary by the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies". The Journal of Roman Studies. 100: xii. doi: 10.1017/S0075435810001486 .
  36. Houghton, L. B. T.; Manuwald, Gesine (2012). "Introduction: Musa Britanna". In Houghton, L. B. T.; Manuwald, Gesine (eds.). Neo-Latin Poetry in the British Isles. London: Bristol Classical Press. pp. 1–14. doi: 10.5040/9781472539946.ch-001 . ISBN   978-1-4725-3994-6.
  37. "Greek and Latin are finding a voice at Oxford, In Medias Res, 20 December 2021". 20 December 2021.
  38. Jamie James, ‘Socrates in Love’ Review: A Vigorous, Brilliant Young Man', Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2019.
  39. "Reference at www.thetimes.co.uk". The Times . Archived from the original on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 31 Dec 2020.
  40. Krishnan, Nikhil (4 March 2019). "Why was Socrates's mistress erased by history?". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 Dec 2020.
  41. "Reviews of Socrates in Love » Armand D'Angour". Retrieved 31 Dec 2020.
  42. Whitmarsh, Tim (9 May 2019). "Socrates in Love by Armand D'Angour review – the making of a philosopher". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  43. Sansone, David (2019). "Socrates in Love: The Making of a Philosopher". Bryn Mawr Classical Review. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
Armand D'Angour
Born (1958-11-23) 23 November 1958 (age 66)
Academic background
Thesis The dynamics of innovation: newness and novelty in the Athens of Aristophanes  (1998)
Doctoral advisor Peter Lunt
Richard Janko
Alan Griffiths