Revenge

Rob goes to work each day at the Blegen Library. The library is just across the street from our place in Loring Hall and it is one of the finest research libraries in the world for the study of Greek Archeology, history and culture. As one of two libraries at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, the Blegen library focuses on all aspects of Greece and the Greeks from the earliest prehistory through late antiquity. The Library currently has more than ninety thousand volumes and nearly 700 periodicals. Wow! Most classicists and archeologists feel right at home amongst so many books. It is also a non-circulating library, so at the end of the day all of the books and materials stay in the library. Currently, Rob is working on his dissertation, a lexical study of the Greek word *timoria* (revenge) in the law court speeches of classical Athens (508-323 BCE). Rob's research interests are in the legal and social history of this period, and he hopes that his research will provide a better understanding of Athenian attitudes towards revenge broadly as well as the ways in which the speakers reconciled their vengeful desires to get even with positive, democratic values.