Mabel Lang

Mabel Louise Lang ( born November 12, 1917 in Utica, New York, † July 21, 2010 in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania) was an American Classical philologist, Althistorikerin and classical archaeologist.

Long grew up in Hamilton (New York). She earned a bachelor's degree in 1939 from Cornell University, in 1940 a master's degree at Bryn Mawr College, where she earned her Doctorate degree in 1943. In the same year she started her career in teaching at Bryn Mawr College, where she since 1971 Professor of Ancient Greek (Paul Shorey Professor of Greek) was. Their interests were of Greek history and epigraphy. She stepped retired in 1988.

As a research assistant at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, she participated in excavations on the Acropolis and the Agora. In the 1950s and 60s she was on excavations at Gordion, Turkey, and the Palace of Nestor, Mycenaean Pylos, involved near the modern town of Pylos.

Honors and Awards

Lang has been awarded honorary doctorates from the College of the Holy Cross (1975 ), Colgate University (1978 ) and the Hamilton Collge (1989). She was a member of the American Philosophical Society, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the German Archaeological Institute.

Writings (selection )

• The Athenian Citizen. American School of Classical Studies, Athens, 1960, ISBN 087661604X.
• With Margaret Crosby: Weights, measures and tokens. The Athenian Agora, Vol 10, Athens 1964
• Graffiti and Dipinti. The Athenian Agora, Vol 21, American School of Classical Studies, Athens, 1976, ISBN 0876612214th
• Waterworks in the Athenian Agora. American School of Classical Studies Athens, 1968, ISBN 0876616112 (online).
• Ostraca. The Athenian Agora, Vol 25, American School of Classical Studies, Athens, 1991, ISBN 0,876,612,257th