Debra Hamel

Debra Hamel ( born 1964 in New Haven ) is an American Althistorikerin.

Debra Hamel studied from 1985 to 1989 at the Johns Hopkins University and graduated with a BA in Classics with Departmental and General Honors ( Bachelor in Classical Studies with awards ) from. This is followed by a study at Yale University joined. Here purchased Hamel 1993 Master of Arts in Classical Philology. Three years later, she earned her doctorate with a dissertation on Athenian strategoi: The Extent and Exercise of Authority in the Military Sphere, 501/0-322/1. Between 1998 and 2001, Hamel was repeatedly visiting professor at Wesleyan University.

Debra Hamel deals mainly with Greek law and Greek military history, Greek literature and Roman history. It is particularly known for her 2003 published book The Case Neaira. The true story of a courtesan in ancient Greece, which was well received in the professional world.

Hamel lives with her ​​husband and two daughters in North Haven.

Writings

• Athenian general. Military Authority in the Classical Period. , Brill, Leiden, inter alia, 1998 ( Mnemosyne Supplementum 182) ISBN 90-04-10900-5
• The case Neaira. The true story of a courtesan in ancient Greece. Primus, Darmstadt 2004 ISBN 3-89678-255- X Engl Orig: Trying Neaira. The True Story of a Courtesan 's Scandalous Life in Ancient Greece. Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2003.
• The Mutilation of the Herms. Unpacking at Ancient Mystery. CreateSpace, 2012, ISBN 978-1475051933
• Reading Herodotus. A Guided Tour through the Wild Boars, Dancing Suitors, and Crazy Tyrants of The History. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2012, ISBN 978-1421406565