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Helen Hull Law
Helen Hull Law in 1922
BornFebruary 26, 1890
Brooklyn, New York
DiedNovember 11, 1966
Winter Park, Florida
Alma materVassar College
Occupation(s)Professor of Latin and Greek

Helen Hull Law (February 26, 1890 – November 11, 1966) was a professor of Latin and Greek at Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina from 1914 until 1927 where her "depth and breadth of scholarship would have frightened the freshmen had not her charming shyness made them feel that they must put her at ease."[1] In 1923 she founded and organized the Kappa Nu Sigma honor society on campus. Law later became professor of Greek at Wellesley College and retired in 1954 after 28 years.

Life

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She was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1890 and graduated from Vassar College in 1911.[2]

In 1932, Law published Bibliography of Greek Myth in English Poetry, with a Supplement published in 1941. In 1955, a revised edition was published which combines the two.[3]

Among Law's published articles are "Studies in the Songs of Plautine Comedy" (a 1922 dissertation),[4] which was reviewed by Cornelia C. Coulter (Classical Philology, 1922),[5] "The Name Galatea in the Pygmalion Myth" (The Classical Journal, February 1932)[6] and "Pater's Use of Greek Quotations" (Modern Language Notes, December 1943).[7]

Helen Hull Law died at the age of seventy-six in Winter Park, Florida in November 1966.

Works

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  • Studies in the songs of Plautine comedy Menasha, Wis.: George Banta, University of Chicago 1922. OCLC 16000880
  • Law, H.H. (1955). Bibliography of Greek Myth in English Poetry. Bulletin (American Classical League). Folcroft Press. ISBN 978-0-8482-1545-3.
  • Brotherton, B.E.M.; Law, H.H. (1978). The vocabulary of intrigue in Roman comedy. Latin Poetry Series. Garland Pub. ISBN 9780824029838.
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References

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  1. ^ Johnson, Mary Lynch (1972). A History of Meredith College. Raleigh, NC: Meredith College. p. 124. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ^ White, Mrs Augusta Francelia Payne; Holman, Mary Lovering (1912). The Paynes of Hamilton: A Genealogical and Biographical Record. T. A. Wright. p. 92. Helen Hull Law.
  3. ^ Law, Helen Hull (1955). Bibliography of Greek Myth in English Poetry. Oxford, OH: American Classical League, Service Bureau, Miami University.
  4. ^ Microform at Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Coulter, Cornelia C. "Classical Philology." Classical Philology, vol. 17, no. 4, 1922, pp. 382–384. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/263026.
  6. ^ Law, Helen H. "The Name Galatea in the Pygmalion Myth." The Classical Journal, vol. 27, no. 5, 1932, pp. 337–342. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3290617.
  7. ^ Law, Helen H. "Pater's Use of Greek Quotations." Modern Language Notes, vol. 58, no. 8, 1943, pp. 575–585. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/2910781.
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