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Jacqueline de Romilly (1913–2010)

Author of Alcibiade ou Les Dangers de l'ambition

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Alcibiade ou Les Dangers de l'ambition (1995) — Author — 70 copies
The Great Sophists in Periclean Athens‎ (1988) — Author — 58 copies
A Short History of Greek Literature (1980) — Author — 44 copies
Pourquoi la Grèce? (1992) — Author — 38 copies
Petites lecons sur le grec ancien (2008) — Author — 30 copies
La tragédie grecque (1970) — Author — 27 copies
Le trésor des savoirs oubliés (1998) — Author — 27 copies
Homère (1985) 22 copies
Jeanne (2011) 20 copies
Dans le jardin des mots (2007) — Author — 19 copies
Une certaine idée de la Grèce (2000) — Author — 12 copies
Hector (1996) 11 copies
Time in Greek Tragedy (1968) 11 copies
Les roses de la solitude (2006) — Author — 10 copies
Ouverture à coeur (1990) 10 copies
Les Œufs de Pâques (1993) 8 copies
Laisse flotter les rubans (1999) 7 copies
La Grèce antique contre la violence (2000) — Author — 7 copies
Ce que je crois (2012) 6 copies
Sous des dehors si calmes (2004) 5 copies
Une rencontre (2013) 4 copies
Pour l'amour du grec (2000) 4 copies
Patience mon coeur (1984) 3 copies
Émerveillements (2019) 2 copies
Le Sourire Innombrable (2008) 2 copies
Tucídides (2022) 1 copy

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Canonical name
Romilly, Jacqueline de
Other names
David, Jacqueline (birth name)
Birthdate
1913-03-26
Date of death
2010-12-18
Burial location
Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris, Île-de-France, France
Gender
female
Nationality
France
Greece (honorary citizenship)
Country (for map)
France
Birthplace
Chartres, Eure-et-Loir, France
Place of death
Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, Île-de-France, France
Education
Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
Lycée Molière, Paris, France
Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Paris, France
Occupations
classical scholar
university professor
writer
scholar
memoirist
classical scholar
Relationships
Mazon, Paul (teacher)
Organizations
Académie française (1988)
Collège de France
University of Lille
Awards and honors
Académie française
Short biography
Jacqueline de Romilly was a scholar of ancient Greek language and civilization. In 1988, she became only the second woman elected to the Académie Française. Sixteen years earlier, she had been the first woman appointed to a chair at the Collège de France. In addition to her works on ancient Greece, she wrote a novel, short stories, a travel book and several volumes of memoirs.

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