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Roy C. (Roy Caston) Flickinger
1876–1942
Best remembered for a landmark study of ancient performance, this American classicist spent decades teaching Greek and Latin and helping shape the field through scholarship and editorial work.
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The Greek theater and its drama
by Roy C. (Roy Caston) Flickinger
About the author
Born in Seneca, Illinois, on December 17, 1876, Roy Caston Flickinger studied at Northwestern University, earning his BA in 1899 and MA in 1901, before completing a PhD at the University of Chicago in 1904. He went on to build a long academic career as a professor of Greek and Latin, and archival and university sources connect him especially with Northwestern University and later the University of Iowa.
Flickinger is best known for The Greek Theater and Its Drama, a substantial study that remained his signature work and has continued to circulate in library and public-domain editions. Rutgers' database of classical scholars also notes that he wrote more than 40 articles and reviews, served for many years on the staff of The Classical Journal, and earned an international reputation in classical studies.
He died on July 6, 1942. His surviving papers, preserved at the University of Iowa, point to a life deeply involved not only in research and teaching but also in the everyday work of academic institutions and the wider community of classicists.