Edwin D. Floyd
PhD, Princeton University, 1965
Edwin Floyd is Professor of Classics. He joined the University of Pittsburgh faculty in 1966, having taught previously at the College of William and Mary. His areas of specialization are Greek poetry, Greek and Indo-European linguistics, and Sanskrit. All three of these areas are combined in his work on Indo-European poetic formulas in Sanskrit (Rig-Veda and Mahabharata) and in Greek. In the case of inherited formulas in Greek, there is of course a certain focus on Homer, but his work in this area also ranges from archaic lyric poetry through the Late Antique and Byzantine periods. Homer, Sappho, Parmenides, Pindar, Bacchylides, Sophocles, Nonnos, and Cometas are among the authors on whom he has published, along with Linear B, Greek phonology and morphology, and the importance of the pitch accent in Greek poetry.- Contact Information
- Office: 1520 Cathedral of Learning
- Phone: (412) 624-4483
- E-mail: edfloyd@pitt.edu
- Website: http://www.pitt.edu/~edfloyd
- Office Hours, spring 2008
- Monday 2:15 - 3:30 pm
Wednesday 2:25 - 3:30 pm
and by appointment
spring Term 2008 Courses
| Course Listing | Name | Days | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classics 1130/Relgst 1144 | Classical Myth and Literature | MWF | 1:00-1:50pm | WWPH 1501 |
| Greek 2220 | Greek Seminar: Philosophers Presocratics | Th | 2:30-5:00pm | CL 1518 |
| Class 1740 | Sanskrit 4 | TBA | CL 1518 |
