Mary Whitby is a Byzantine historian at the University of Oxford. She teaches Greek language and literature at Regent's Park College and for the Faculty of Classics.
Whitby received her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. [1] Her doctoral thesis was A Linguistic and Exegetical Commentary on the Rhetorical Prologue and Epilogue Framing Paul the Silentiary's Ekphrasis of S. Sophia.
Whitby is a general editor, with Gillian Clark and Mark Humphries, of the book series, Translated Texts for Historians, published by Liverpool University Press. [2] The series publishes translations of texts from Latin, Greek, Syriac and other eastern languages from the period AD 300–800 into English. She has published extensively on Byzantine Greek literature, especially the poet Nonnus, Eudocia's Homeric Centos, and Church Councils.
Mary Whitby is a Byzantine historian at the University of Oxford. She teaches Greek language and literature at Regent's Park College and for the Faculty of Classics.
Whitby received her PhD from the University of Edinburgh in 1982. [1] Her doctoral thesis was A Linguistic and Exegetical Commentary on the Rhetorical Prologue and Epilogue Framing Paul the Silentiary's Ekphrasis of S. Sophia.
Whitby is a general editor, with Gillian Clark and Mark Humphries, of the book series, Translated Texts for Historians, published by Liverpool University Press. [2] The series publishes translations of texts from Latin, Greek, Syriac and other eastern languages from the period AD 300–800 into English. She has published extensively on Byzantine Greek literature, especially the poet Nonnus, Eudocia's Homeric Centos, and Church Councils.