Paul Millett
Encyclopedia
Paul Millett is a British
senior lecturer in Classics
at the University of Cambridge
and a fellow of Downing College, Cambridge
. At Downing, Millett is the Director of Studies for Classics and serves as Admissions Tutor for arts subjects.
He studied at Cambridge University, with Moses I. Finley
as his adviser.
Millett's research primarily focuses on ancient economics and the human interelationships that subsequently take place in ancient Greece
.
United Kingdom
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senior lecturer in Classics
Classics
Classics is the branch of the Humanities comprising the languages, literature, philosophy, history, art, archaeology and other culture of the ancient Mediterranean world ; especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome during Classical Antiquity Classics (sometimes encompassing Classical Studies or...
at the University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
and a fellow of Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College, Cambridge
Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1800 and currently has around 650 students.- History :...
. At Downing, Millett is the Director of Studies for Classics and serves as Admissions Tutor for arts subjects.
He studied at Cambridge University, with Moses I. Finley
Moses I. Finley
Sir Moses I. Finley CBE, FBA was an American and English classical scholar. His most notable work is The Ancient Economy , where he argued that status and civic ideology governed the economy in antiquity rather than rational economic motivations.-Early life and career:He was born in 1912 in New...
as his adviser.
Millett's research primarily focuses on ancient economics and the human interelationships that subsequently take place in ancient Greece
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece is a civilization belonging to a period of Greek history that lasted from the Archaic period of the 8th to 6th centuries BC to the end of antiquity. Immediately following this period was the beginning of the Early Middle Ages and the Byzantine era. Included in Ancient Greece is the...
.
Publications
- Aristotle and Athenian slavery, (2007) Greece and Rome.
- The Trial of Socrates Revisited, European Review of History 12 (2005) 23-62.
- The Economy in Ancient Greece (ed. R. Osborne), Vol.I of The Shorter Oxford History of Europe 23-51 (2000) Oxford.
- Lending and Borrowing in Ancient Athens (1991) Cambridge.
- Nomos: Essays in Athenian Law, Politics and Society, contains: ‘Law, society and Athens’ (with S. Todd) 1-18; ‘Sale, credit and exchange in Athenian law and society’ 167-94 (1990) Cambridge.
- Kosmos: Studies in Interpersonal Relations in Ancient Greece, containing chapter ‘Encounters in the Agora’ 203-28 (1988) Cambridge.