Agnes Kirsopp Lake Michels
Agnes Freda Isabel Kirsopp Lake Michels (July 31, 1909 – November 30, 1993, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina)[1] known as "Nan" to her friends, was a leading twentieth century scholar of Roman religion and daily life and a daughter of the Biblical scholar Kirsopp Lake (1872–1946).
Michels earned her bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Latin from Bryn Mawr College, where she was also a member of the faculty from 1934 until 1975.[2] After her retirement she frequently taught courses at Duke University as well as at the University of North Carolina.
She spent time in Rome as a Fellow of the American Academy in the company of Lily Ross Taylor in 1933. Michels was president of the American Philological Association for 1971–72.[3] During her career, Roman religion was the focus of her research. It led to her landmark book, still consulted by scholars as a work of authority, The Calendar of the Roman Republic (Princeton, 1967).[4]
A series of lectures offered at Bryn Mawr College celebrates Michels and her work.[5]
Michels was married to physicist Walter Christian Michels (1906-1975).[6] She is buried in Radnor, Pennsylvania.
Publications
- 1935. Campana Supellex, the pottery deposit at Minturnae. Ph.D. thesis, Bryn Mawr College.[7]
- 1935. "The archaeological evidence for the 'Tuscan temple'". Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome 12:89-149.
- 1937. "The supplicatio and Graecus Ritus." In Quantulacumque; studies presented to Kirsopp Lake by pupils, colleagues and friends, 243–251.
- 1949. "The 'Calendar of Numa' and the Pre-Julian Calendar." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 80:320–346. doi:10.2307/283524.
- 1953. "The Topography and Interpretation of the Lupercalia." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 84:35–59. doi:10.2307/283397.
- 1955. "Death and Two Poets." Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association 86:160-179.
- 1967. The Calendar of the Roman Republic. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.
- 1997. "The Many Faces of Aeneas." Classical Journal 92.4:399-416.
Necrology
- Obituary by Russell T. Scott in Bryn Mawr Classical Review[1] Template:Webarchive
Sources
- Biography and bibliography written by Jerzy Linderski, "Agnes Kirsopp Michels and the Religio." Classical Journal 92.4 (1997) 323-345.
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