William D. Furley: Bücher/Editionen/Books/Editions
Authored and co-authored Books
- Studies in the Use of Fire in Ancient Greek Religion, New
York 1981 (originally: Dissertation Cambridge 1980).
- Andokides and the Herms. A Study of Crisis in Fifth-century
Athenian Religion, BICS Supplement 65, London 1996.
- Greek Hymns. Selected Cult Songs from the Archaic to the
Hellenistic Period, Tübingen 2001. Vol.I The Texts in
Translation pp. 411; vol.II Greek Texts and Commentary
pp. 443. 2 Bde. Bd I: Einleitung, Übersetzungen und
allgemeiner Kommentar, Abbildungen; Bd II: Griechische Texte,
app. crit., Kommentar. In Zusammenarbeit mit
Prof. Dr. Jan Maarten Bremer, Universität Amsterdam.
- Menander, Epitrepontes. Edition, with introduction,
translation and commentary, Bulletin of the Institute of
Classical Studies Supplement 106, London 2009.
- New Fragments of Menander's Epitrepontes, Ed. by William
Furley, University of London Press/Institute of Classical Studies
London, e-book 2021
- Menander, Perikeiromene. Edition, with introduction,
translation and commentary, Bulletin of the Institute of
Classical Studies Supplement 127, London 2015.
- with Victor Gysembergh, Reading the Liver. Papyrological
Texts on Ancient Greek Extispicy Studien und Texte zu Antike
und Christentum, Bd. 94, Tübingen Mohr-Siebeck 2015
- Menander, Misoumenos. Edition, with introduction, translation
and commentary, Bulletin of the Institute of Classical
Studies Supplement 143, University of London Press 2021 (released
15th October).
- Zu erwerben von/may be ordered
from: ICS
London Publications
- And here is the cover.
- Review: M. Christians in Scriptorium Bulletin Codicologique 2023,1, no. 234, pp. 415-6. View here
- 'FireyArc' commented on Reddit:
IMO the best translations are those by William Furley of Epitrepontes, Perikeiromene, and Misoumenos (also with excellent introductions and commentary). Many translations don't capture Menander's humour very well (it's comparatively subtle), but I think Furley gets it much better than most.
- Out now: Myths, Muses and Mortals: The Way of Life in Ancient Greece, Reaktion Books, London, August 2024: A general introduction to aspects of Ancient Greek life and mentality for the interested non-specialist. Can be pre-ordered at Amazon UK
Recent notices:
- "Myths, Muses and Mortals comes as a double delight: free of academic jargon, to be sure, but also underpinned by frequent and ample citations … the volume is an ideal primer for the fledgling Hellenophile." --- The New Criterion November Issue 2024
- Featured in 'Honest Truth', The Sunday Post, December 29 2024 p. 39. Take a look!
- Featured in a radio interview for Talk Radio Europe on 15th Jan.'25
Edited and co-edited Volumes
- Ljuba Merlina Bortolani, William Furley, Svenja Nagel, Joachim Friedrich Quack (eds.), Cultural Plurality in Ancient Magical Texts and
Practices, Tübingen, 2019
- Daniel Falk, Rodney Werline (general eds.) Prayer in the Ancient World: William Furley (ed.), Greek Section, Leiden:Brill (forthcoming)
Buchdeckel können hier eingesehen
werden/ Book covers can be seen here.
william.furley@skph.uni-heidelberg.de
