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Larissa Bonfante is Professor of Classics
Classics

Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean World; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity ....
 at New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
 and an international authority on Etruscan language
Etruscan language

The Etruscan language was spoken and written by the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria and in parts of Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna , in Italy....
 and culture
Etruscan civilization

Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy and Corsica whom the ancient Romans called Etrusci or Tusci....
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Larissa Bonfante is Professor of Classics
Classics

Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean World; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity ....
 at New York University
New York University

New York University is a private university, nonsectarian, research university in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan....
 and an international authority on Etruscan language
Etruscan language

The Etruscan language was spoken and written by the Etruscan civilization in the ancient region of Etruria and in parts of Lombardy, Veneto, and Emilia-Romagna , in Italy....
 and culture
Etruscan civilization

Etruscan civilization is the modern English name given to the culture and way of life of a people of ancient Italy and Corsica whom the ancient Romans called Etrusci or Tusci....
.

  • B.A. 1954 (fine arts and classics) Barnard College
    Barnard College

    Barnard College is a Women's colleges in the United States Liberal arts colleges in the United States founded in 1889. Barnard is affiliated with Columbia University, but Barnard maintains an independent campus in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City, and separate faculty, administrati...
  • M.A. 1957 (classics), University of Cincinnati
    University of Cincinnati

    The University of Cincinnati is a coeducational public university research university in Cincinnati, Ohio, Ohio, part of the University System of Ohio....
  • Ph.D. 1966 (art history and archaeology), Columbia University
    Columbia University

    Columbia University in the City of New York , is a private university in the United States and a member of the Ivy League. Columbia's main campus lies in the Morningside Heights, Manhattan neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, in New York City....


Selected publications

  • 2006 Etruscan myths (with Judith Swaddling)
  • 1997 Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum
    Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum

    Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum is an international project with the goal to publish all existing Etruscan civilization bronze mirrors. The first volumes were published in 1981 and since then over 25 fascicles have been produced....
     USA 3
  • 1986 Etruscan life and afterlife: a handbook of Etruscan studies
  • 1983 The Etruscan language: an introduction (with Giuliano Bonfante
    Giuliano Bonfante

    Giuliano Bonfante was an Italy linguistics scholar and expert on the language of the Etruscans and other Italic peoples. He was professor of linguistics at the University of Turin....
    )
  • 1975 Etruscan dress


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  • , New York University