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Jasper Griffin

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May 29, 1937

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Jasper Griffin (born May 29, 1937), MA (Oxon), FBA, was Public Orator and Professor of Classical Literature in the University of Oxford from 1992 until 2004.

Jasper Griffin read Classical Moderations and Greats at Balliol College, Oxford (1956-1960) and was Jackson Fellow at Harvard University (1960-61). On his return to Oxford he became Dyson Junior Research Fellow at Balliol (1961-63), Tutorial Fellow in Classics (1963-2004), and Senior Fellow (2000-04).

His wife of nearly fifty years, Dr Miriam T. Griffin (née Dressler), is also a noteworthy classicist. They have three daughters: Julia, Miranda and Tamara.

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Average rating: 3.85 · 233 ratings · 20 reviews · 13 distinct works

	The Aeneid by Virgil (Author), Robert Fitzgerald (Translator) 3.71 avg rating — 22,804 ratings — published -19 — 391 editions	My rating:
	Homer on Life and Death 4.29 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1980 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Homer, the Odyssey by Jasper Griffin, J.P. Stern (Editor) 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Homer 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1376 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Virgil 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1377 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Oxford History of the Roman World by John Boardman (Editor), Jasper Griffin (Editor), Oswyn Murray (editor) 3.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Art of Snobbery 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Mirror of Myth: Classical Themes & Variations 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986	My rating:
	Latin Poets and Roman Life 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2008 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Homer Iliad IX by Jasper Griffin, Homer 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	My rating: