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Calvert Watkins

Scholar of Indo-European languages and ancient poetry (1933–2013), who worked at Harvard and then UCLA.

Harvard Yard in winter, 7 January 2010. Calvert Watkins worked at Harvard until his retirement in 2003; the photograph shows the campus after that date
Harvard Yard in winter, 7 January 2010. Calvert Watkins worked at Harvard until his retirement in 2003; the photograph shows the campus after that dateLuciof / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SALicense · Image source

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Calvert Watkins (1933–2013) was a historical linguist who compared Indo-European languages and their poetic traditions. He worked at Harvard until his retirement in 2003, then continued his research at UCLA. [1]

His 1992 study of IlluyankaIlluyankaThe serpent opposed by the storm god in two Hittite narratives preserved in CTH 321.Glossary · Click to read the explanation and TyphoeusTyphon / TyphoeusZeus's serpent-headed opponent, whose battle differs between Hesiod and later Greek accounts.Glossary · Click to read the explanation contributes to discussion of serpent-fighting imagery moving from AnatoliaAnatoliaAnatolia is the region occupying the Asian part of present-day TurkeyGlossary · Click to read the explanation to Greece. [2]

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  1. Harvard Gazette — Calvert Ward Watkins (2015) Memorial biography and academic career. Return to the text ↑
  2. Calvert Watkins, Le dragon hittite Illuyankas et le géant Typhôeus (1992) p. 319: proposed relationship and its uncertainty. Return to the text ↑

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