Dirk Obbink
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About the Author
Dirk Obbink is a classicist, papyrologist, and editor whose work brings the material world of ancient texts into conversation with literary history, religion, and cultural practice. His scholarship is known for close attention to fragmentary evidence, textual transmission, and the ways poems and documents illuminate ancient lives. Among his notable works is The Getty Hexameters: Poetry, Magic, and Mystery in Ancient Selinous, a study that explores the intersection of verse, ritual, and mystery in the ancient Greek world. His writing speaks to both specialists and curious readers of antiquity.
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