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Ahl studied classics at Cambridge University, where he received bachelor"s and master"s degrees, and at the University of Texas, where he received his doctorate.
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Frederick Ahl
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He is known for his work in Greek and Roman epic and drama, and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome, as well as for translations of tragedy and Latin epic. He taught at the Texas Military Institute, Trinity University, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Utah before joining the Cornell faculty in 1971. He was awarded the Clark Award for Distinguished Teaching by Cornell in 1977 and a fellowship by the National Endowment for the Humanities in 1989-1990 and was a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow in 1996.
During 1996-1999 and 2000-2001 he taught Literature (Attic Tragedy) and Classical Languages as visiting professor at College Year in Athens, a study abroad program in Athens, Greece.
He has served as director of Cornell Abroad in Greece. Ahl is active in theater in Ithaca, including Cornell Savoyards" Gilbert and Sullivan productions.
