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Larissa Bonfante (1931–2019)

Author of Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies

17+ Works 280 Members 2 Reviews 1 Favorited

About the Author

Larissa Bonfante is a professor of classics at New York University.

Includes the names: Larissa Bonfant, Dr Larissa Bonfante, larissabonfantewarre, Larissa Bonfante Warren, LARISSA BONFANTE (EDITOR)

Works by Larissa Bonfante

Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies (1986) — Editor — 86 copies

Etruscan (1990) 65 copies

The World of Roman Costume (2001) — Editor — 54 copies

Etruscan Myths (2004) 37 copies

Etruscan Dress (1975) 15 copies

The Barbarians of Ancient Europe: Realities and Interactions (2011) — Editor — 7 copies

Język etruski (1998) 3 copies

Bibliogrpphy of the Works of Margarete Bieber 2 copies

Antichità dall'Umbria a New York (1991) 2 copies

Vestire all'etrusca (2023) 2 copies

Etruscan Language (1983) 1 copy

Out of Etruria : Etruscan influence north and south (1981) 1 copy

Mitos etruscos (El pasado legendario) (2009) 1 copy

Massimo Pallottino, 1909-1995 1 copy

Images and Translations: The Etruscans Abroad (Thomas Spencer Jerome Lectures) (2023) 1 copy

Iconografia delle madri. Etruria e Italia antica. (estratto) 1 copy

Civilizaţia etruscilor 1 copy

Associated Works

Women in the Classical World: Image and Text (1994) — Contributor — 266 copies

The World's Writing Systems (1996) — Contributor — 201 copies

The Plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim (1966) — Translator, some editions — 51 copies

Women in the ancient world : the Arethusa papers (1984) — Contributor — 32 copies

Masks of Dionysus (1993) — Contributor — 32 copies

Sexuality in Ancient Art: Near East, Egypt, Greece, and Italy (1996) — Contributor — 26 copies

Reflections of Women in Antiquity (1876) — Contributor — 23 copies

The Etruscan World (2013) — Contributor — 17 copies

Women in Antiquity: Real Women across the Ancient World (Rewriting Antiquity) (2016) — Contributor — 16 copies

Naked Truths : Women, Sexuality & Gender in Classical Art & Archaeology (2000) — Contributor — 13 copies

Koine: Mediterranean Studies in Honor of R. Ross Holloway (2009) — Contributor — 7 copies

Votives, Places and Rituals in Etruscan Religion: Studies in Honor of Jean Macintosh Turfa (2008) — Contributor — 5 copies

Children in Antiquity: Perspectives and Experiences of Childhood in the Ancient Mediterranean (Rewriting Antiquity) (2020) — Contributor — 3 copies

Arethusa (vol 6 no 1): Women in Antiquity — Contributor — 3 copies

Terra Marique: Studies in Art History and Marine Archaeology in Honor of Anna Marguerite McCann (2005) — Contributor — 2 copies

Sculpture and Coins: Margarete Bieber as Scholar and Collector (2019) — Contributor — 2 copies

New Perspectives on Etruria and Early Rome (2009) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Canonical name: Bonfante, Larissa
Birthdate: 1931-03-27
Date of death: 2019-08-23
Gender: female
Nationality: Italy (birth)
USA (naturalized)
Country (for map): United States of America
Birthplace: Naples, Italy
Place of death: New York, New York, USA
Education: Radcliffe College
Barnard College
University of Cincinnati
Columbia University
Occupations: archaeologist
historian
Organizations: New York University
Awards and honors: Archaeological Institute of America, Gold Medal (2007)
Norton Lecturership (2007/2008)
American Philosophical Society (2009)

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Reviews

Etruscan Myths (Legendary Past Series) by Larissa Bonfante

This is joint with Swaddling according to my copy, and British Museum but the series is right, it is a legend. The origin of The Greek Myth, which I might get round to doing. This is the sex and myth closely related and always with us,

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Statistics

Works: 17
Also by: 17
Members: 280
Popularity: #83,034
Rating: 4.0

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 24
Languages: 5
Favorited: 1

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Archaeological institute of America In Memoriam: Larissa Bonfante

Persée, Contributions relatives à l'auteur (French)

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