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Helmut Loeffler, Ph.D.

Office: M-441

Office Phone: 718-281-5054

Email: HLoeffler@qcc.cuny.edu

 

Dr. Helmut Loeffler

Dr. Helmut Loeffler is Professor of History.

He received his doctorate (Dr.phil) in Classics (Klassische Philologie) from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich in 2007.

Research and teaching interests include ancient Greek history; history of classical scholarship;classical mythology and its reception; Greek tragedy.

Courses Taught

Dr. Loeffler currently teaches HIST 110 (Introduction to Ancient Civilizations); HIST 218 (Ancient Greek History); and HIST 250 (Greek and Roman Mythology).

Publications

Books:

Introductory Guide to Ancient Greek Civilization (CUNY Academic Works, 2022).

Introductory Guide to Ancient Civilizations (with Arturo H. Enamorado III) (CUNY Academic Works, 2015).

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Bibliography 1867-2010 (co-edited with William M. Calder III, Michael Armstrong, Wolfgang Buchwald) (Hildesheim / Munich / Zurich 2012).

Fehlentscheidungen bei Herodot (Tuebingen 2008). Review: Julia Kindt, JHS 129 (2009), 155-56.

Articles in books, journals, etc.:

  • "Lessons in Leadership: Herodotus 1.125-126," Roda Da Fortuna, No. 9 (2) 2020, 12-24.
  • "Herodotus and Bob Woodward: A comparison," Popular Culture Review 25 (2) 2014, 68-73.
  • "Notes of Wilamowitz' course on Pindar. Berlin 1900/01. A First Edition," ICS 31-32 (2006-2007, published 2009) 145-205.
  • "Decision Making in Herodotus' Histories," in: In Pursuit of Wissenschaft. Festschrift fuer William M. Calder III zum 75. Geburtstag, ed. Stephan Heilen, Robert Kirstein, R. Scott Smith, Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Rogier L. van der Wal and Matthias Vorwerk, Hildesheim/Zuerich/New York 2008, 265-298. Reviews: Massimo Magnani, BMCR 2010.01.13 (2010).
  • "Bibliographisches Addendum: Euripides 2001-2005," in: Forschungsbericht zu Euripides (I)1970- 2000, ed. Martin Hose, Lustrum 47 (2006).

Reviews:

  • Susanne Froehlich, Handlungsmotive bei Herodot (Stuttgart, 2013), in Gnomon 87 (2015), 678-683.
  • Tim Rood, American Anabasis: Xenophon and the Idea of America from the Mexican War to Iraq (London/New York, 2010), in Gnomon 84 (2012), 502-505.

Encyclopedia Entries:

"Blame," in Christopher Baron (ed.), The Herodotus Encyclopedia, 3 vols., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.

"Decision Making," in Christopher Baron (ed.), The Herodotus Encyclopedia, 3 vols., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.

"Bias of Priene," in Christopher Baron (ed.), The Herodotus Encyclopedia, 3 vols., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.

"Lycidas," in Christopher Baron (ed.), The Herodotus Encyclopedia, 3 vols., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.

"Maeandrius," in Christopher Baron (ed.), The Herodotus Encyclopedia, 3 vols., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2021.

Herodot book
bibliography book
IntroAncientHist book

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