Mervin R. Dilts
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Mervin Robert Dilts (26 February 1938) is an American classical scholar, emeritus Professor at the New York University.
Biography
Born in Flemington, New Jersey, Dilts studied at Gettysburg College (BA, 1960) and at the Indiana University at Bloomington (MA, 1961; PhD, 1964), where he was advised by Aubrey Diller.[1] He was assistant professor at Knox College and in 1965 moved to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where he worked with Alexander Turyn and, later, with Miroslav Marcovich. In 1969 he was promoted to associate professor. From 1971 to 1979 he was Financial Trustee of the American Philological Association.[2]
In 1979, Dilts became Professor in Classics at the New York University, where he taught until his retirement. He is currently emeritus Professor at NYU and Murray Fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford,[3] where he patrons the Dilts-Lyell Research Fellowship in Greek Palaeography.[2]
Research activity
Dilts is primarily a textual critic, with special focus on Ancient Greek orators. He defended a dissertation on the manuscript tradition of Aelian's Varia Historia and Heraclides Lembus' Politiae,[4] publishing the latter in 1971[5] and, in 1974, the former in the renowned Bibliotheca Teubneriana.[6] Dilts published four further Teubner editions, being the two-volume scholia on Demosthenes,[7] the scholia on Aeschines,[8] and the critical edition of his speeches[9] — in the latter case, completing a line of research started by his former advisor Diller.[10]
In the 2000s, his four-volume critical edition of Demosthenes' speeches appeared in the Oxford Classical Texts,[11] followed, in 2018, by the speeches of Antiphon and Andocides.[12]
Publications
- Aelianus, Cl. (1974). Dilts, M. R., ed. Varia Historia. Bibliotheca Teubneriana. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner. Search this book on
[13] - Aeschines (1997). Dilts, M. R., ed. Orationes. Bibliotheca Teubneriana. Stuttgart – Leipzig: B. G. Teubner. doi:10.1515/9783110953916. Search this book on [14]
- Antiphon; Andocides (2018). Dilts, M. R.; Murphy, D. J., eds. Orationes. OCT. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780199605477. Search this book on [15]
- Demosthenes (2002). Dilts, M. R., ed. Orationes. OCT. I. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198721680. Search this book on [16]
- Demosthenes (2005). Dilts, M. R., ed. Orationes. OCT. II. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198721697. Search this book on [17]
- Demosthenes (2007). Dilts, M. R., ed. Orationes. OCT. III. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198721703. Search this book on
- Demosthenes (2010). Dilts, M. R., ed. Orationes. OCT. IV. Oxford: Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198721710. Search this book on [18]
- Dilts, M. R. (1964). The Manuscript Tradition of Aelian's Varia Historia and Heraclides' Politiae with a Text of Heraclides. Ann Arbor: University Microfilms Inc. Search this book on — Dissertation.
- Dilts, M. R. (1965a). "Krumbacher on George Pisides". Byzantion. 35 (2): 612. JSTOR 44170161.
- Dilts, M. R. (1965b). "The Manuscript Tradition of Aelian's Varia Historia and Heraclides' Politiae". TPAPA. 96: 57–72. doi:10.2307/283718. JSTOR 283718.
- Dilts, M. R. (1968). "A Fragment of Plutarch's Parallela Minora in Vatic. gr. 141". Scriptorium. 22 (2): 271. doi:10.3406/scrip.1968.3333.
- Dilts, M. R. (1971). "The Manuscripts of Appian's Historia Romana". RHT. 1: 49–71. doi:10.3406/rht.1971.1770.
- Dilts, M. R. (1974). "Demosthenic Scholia in Codex Laurentianus 59, 9". TPAPA. 104: 97–102. doi:10.2307/2936082. JSTOR 2936082.
- Dilts, M. R. (1975). "The Manuscript Tradition of the Scholia Ulpiani on Demosthenis in Timocratem". TPAPA. 105: 35–50. doi:10.2307/283932. JSTOR 283932.
- Dilts, M. R. (1979a). "Notes on Demosthenic MSS. Containing Scholia". Prometheus. 5 (3): 256–66. doi:10.14601/prometheus-19846 (inactive 2026-04-23).
- Dilts, M. R. (1979b). "Manuscripts of Scholia Ulpiani on Demosthenes, Orations 1, 3 and 4". GRBS. 20 (1): 55–67.
- Dilts, M. R., ed. (1983). Scholia Demosthenica. Bibliotheca Teubneriana. I. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner. Search this book on
- Dilts, M. R., ed. (1986). Scholia Demosthenica. Bibliotheca Teubneriana. II. Leipzig: B. G. Teubner. doi:10.1515/9783110949803. Search this book on [19]
- Dilts, M. R., ed. (1992). Scholia in Aeschinem. Bibliotheca Teubneriana. Stuttgart – Leipzig: B. G. Teubner. doi:10.1515/9783110953909. Search this book on [20]
- Dilts, M. R. (1994). "Hiatus in the Orations of Aeschines". AJP. 115 (3): 367–73. JSTOR 295364.
- Dilts, M. R.; Kennedy, G. A., eds. (1997). Two Greek Rhetorical Treatises from the Roman Empire. Mnemosyne, Suppl. 168. Leiden: E. J. Brill. ISBN 9789004107281. Search this book on
- Dilts, M. R.; Sosower, M. L.; Manfredi, A., eds. (1998). Librorum Graecorum Bibliothecae Vaticanae index a Nicolao De Maioranis compositus et Fausto Saboeo collatus anno 1533. Studi e Testi, 384. Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. ISBN 8821006840. Search this book on
- Heraclides Lembus (1971). Dilts, M. R., ed. Excerpta Politiarum. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Monographs, 5. Durham (NC): Duke University. Search this book on [21]
References
- ↑ Sosower 2020.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Klebba 2002.
- ↑ Lincoln College Oxford. "Murray Fellows". lincoln.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
- ↑ Dilts 1964; Dilts 1965.
- ↑ Heraclides Lembus 1971.
- ↑ Aelian 1974.
- ↑ Dilts 1983, 1986.
- ↑ Dilts 1992.
- ↑ Aeschines 1997.
- ↑ Diller 1979.
- ↑ Demosthenes 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010.
- ↑ Antiphon & Andocides 2018.
- ↑ Review of Varia Historia: Jacques Schwartz (1975), L'Antiquité Classique, JSTOR 41650856
- ↑ Reviews of Aeschinis Orationes: Daniel Donnet (1998), L'Antiquité Classique, JSTOR 41659754; Michael Weißenberger (2001), Gnomon, JSTOR 40493308
- ↑ Review of Antiphon and Andocides Orationes: Pavel Nývlt (2020), Listy filologické, JSTOR 27141400
- ↑ Review of Orationes, Vol. I: Paul Schubert (2003), Museum Helveticum, JSTOR 24825054
- ↑ Reviews of Orationes, Vol. II: Paul Schubert (2006), Museum Helveticum, JSTOR 44079627; Michael J. Edwards (2007), The Classical Review, JSTOR 4497542; Cecilia Saerens (2008), L'Antiquité Classique, JSTOR 41812990
- ↑ Review of Orationes, Vol. IV: Paul Schubert (2011), Museum Helveticum, JSTOR 44081007
- ↑ Review of Scholia Demosthenica, Vol. I: Georges Nachtergael (1988), L'Antiquité Classique, JSTOR 41658073
- ↑ Reviews of Scholia in Aeschinem: André Wartelle (1995), Revue des Études Grecques, JSTOR 44259797; Douglas M. MacDowell (1993), The Classical Review, JSTOR 713508; Michael Hillgruber (1996), Gnomon, JSTOR 27692290
- ↑ Reviews of Excerpta Politiarum: Konrad H. Kinzl (1973), The Classical World, JSTOR 4347931; Fernanda Decleva Caizzi (1973), Rivista Critica di Storia della Filosofia, JSTOR 44021672
Bibliography
- Diller, A. (1979). "The Manuscript Tradition of Aeschines' Orations". ICS. 4: 34–64. JSTOR 23061133.
- Klebba, C. E., ed. (2002). "Dilts, Mervin R.". Directory of American Scholars. III (10th ed.). Farmington Hills (MI): Gale Group. p. 64. ISBN 0-7876-5010-2. ISSN 0070-5101. Search this book on
- Sosower, M. L. (2020). "Aubrey Diller". dbcs.rutgers.edu. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
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