Gregory Nagy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Gregory Nagy

American classical scholar

Date of Birth: 22-Oct-1942

Place of Birth: Budapest, Hungary

Profession: classical scholar, classical philologist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Gregory Nagy (Hungarian: Nagy Gergely, pronounced ['n?? 'g?rg?j]; born Budapest, October 22, 1942) is an American professor of Classics at Harvard University, specializing in Homer and archaic Greek poetry.
Nagy is known for extending Milman Parry and Albert Lord's theories about the oral composition-in-performance of the Iliad and Odyssey.