Cecelia Eaton Luschnig
Cecelia Anne Eaton Luschnig was an American classics scholar, translator, and writer. She was a professor at the University of Idaho.
Early life and education
Cecelia Anne Eaton was born in New York City, the daughter of James C. "Jimmy" Eaton and Olive Findlay Eaton. She had two brothers. Her father was a club owner in Syosset. She graduated from Hunter College High School and the City College of New York. She completed doctoral studies at the University of Cincinnati, with a dissertation titled "The Logos-Ergon Conflict: A Study of Euripidean Tragedy".Career
Luschnig was a classics professor at the University of Idaho. She was a noted expert on Euripides. She received the American Philological Association Award for Excellence in Teaching. She was president of the Classical Association of the Pacific Northwest, and edited the association's newsletter. She was active in the classics honor society Eta Sigma Phi, and advised the society's University of Idaho chapter from 1975 to 2003.Publications
Books
ETYMA: An Introduction to Vocabulary Building from Latin & Greek Etymidion: A Students' Workbook Tragic Aporia: A Study of Euripides’ Iphigenia at Aulis Time Holds the Mirror: A Study of Knowledge in Euripides’ Hippolytus The Gorgon’s Severed Head: Studies in Alcestis, Electra, and Phoenissae Euripides’ Alcestis: A Commentary The Worlds of Roman Women: A Latin Reader Latin Letters; Reading Roman Correspondence An Introduction to Ancient Greek: A Literary Approach Granddaughter of the Sun: A Study of Euripides’ Medea Euripides’ Electra: A Commentary Electra, Phoenician Women, Bacchae, & Iphigenia at Aulis The Orestes Plays- ''Three Other Theban Plays: Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes; Euripides' Suppliants; Euripides' Phoenician Women''
Articles
- "Euripides' Trojan Women: All Is Vanity"
- "Euripides' Hecabe: The Time Is out of Joint"
- "Time and Memory in Euripides' Iphigenia at Aulis"
- "The Value of Ignorance in the Hippolytus"
- "Interiors: Imaginary Spaces in Alcestis and Medea"