Andrew Lear Ph.D.,
UCLA, Department of Classics

Andrew Lear received his Ph.D. from the UCLA Department of Classics. His dissertation, "Noble Eros: the idealization of pederasty from the Greek Dark Ages to the Athens of Socrates," considered the evidence, both textual and visual, for the ancient Greek custom of pederasty from a new, diachronic perspective. As a fellow, he will work on an expanded version of this project and a monograph on the representation of pederasty in Athenian vase-painting, which he is co-writing with Prof. Eva Cantarella of the University of Milan. He also translates extensively from Greek, Latin, and Italian and edits the literary journal Persephone. He will teach Literature and Humanities.

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