Episode Synopsis "1: s01e01 James Diggle (Classics, Cambridge)"
Hosted by the Centre for Manuscript and Text Cultures at The Queen’s College, University of Oxford. Music by Michele Tasin. An interview with Professor James Diggle–Classics, Queens’ College, Cambridge. Recorded on 07.01.2021. Contents: 0.13: introduction SECTION 1 (general) 1.33: 54 years at Queens’ 2.28: Classics at Cambridge 4.13: Stephen Oakley etc. 5.41: JD’s admission interview (1961) 7.11: advice to Oxbridge applicants 7.47: the first lecture 8.25: scholarly bilingualism SECTION 2 (Cambridge Greek Lexicon) 10.45: the abridged LSJ 14.04: coverage 14.44: methodology 18.51: ἔχω (echō) 21.06: citations 22.45: unspeakable words 24.19: designed to replace the LSJ? 24.51: dead ends 25.49: Corippus (and Frank Goodyear) 27.45: the Housman papers (and A. S. F. Gow) SECTION 3 (old friends and new research) 30.47: Denys Page 31.51: John Holloway 32.29: Euripides & Theophrastus 34.03: goodbyes 34.39: acknowledgements 36.10: Neil Hopkinson (13.03.1957–05.01.2021) ‘We’re gonna all be friends in heaven’ is a citation from ‘Ascension Blues’ (from Heaven Is Whenever, 2010) by The Hold Steady. If you like this podcast subscribe and give us a good rating and/or write a nice review. Thank you! Gabriele Rota