Claude Mossé

Claude Mossé
Born 1924 (age 9091)
Paris, France
Nationality French
Fields History of Ancient Greece

Claude Mossé (born 1924) is a French historian specialising in the history of Ancient Greece.

Biography

Mossé was born the daughter of a wine merchant in Paris. She is the sister of Eliane Mossé , researcher in macroeconomics, and Arlette Mosse , clinical nutritionist. In the winter of 1941, during World War II and aged 16, she first read a text on liberty and democracy by Demosthenes; since then, she has dedicated her life to Greek history, never having married or having any children.[1]

Her favourite historical subject is 4th century BCE Athens. Mossé belongs to the same school of historical thought with Jean-Pierre Vernant and Pierre Vidal-Naquet.[2] She is professor emeritus at the University of Paris VIII.[3] Her works have been translated into many languages including English, German, Spanish, Italian and modern Greek.

Selected works

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