Michael C. J. Putnam
Michael C. J. Putnam | |
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| Born | Michael Courtney Jenkins Putnam September 20, 1933 |
| Died | August 19, 2025 (aged 91) |
| Awards | Arete Award |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Classical studies |
| Sub-discipline | Latin poetry |
| School or tradition | Harvard School |
| Institutions | Brown University |
Michael Courtney Jenkins Putnam (September 20, 1933 – August 19, 2025) was an American classicist specializing in Latin literature, who also studied literature written in other languages. Putnam was particularly influential in his publications concerning Virgil's Aeneid, and considered a founding member of the Harvard School, which interpreted the poem as containing messages of dissent against the emperor Augustus and his imperialistic ideology.