Most, Glenn W.

Glenn Warren Most (born June 12, 1952) is an American classical philologist and comparatist. Born in Miami, he has pursued his academic career in the United States, Germany, and Italy. Most studied classics at Harvard University, earning a B.A. Summa Cum Laude in Classics (Latin) in 1972. He continued his studies at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, and later at Yale University, where he obtained an M. Phil. in 1978 and a Ph.D. in 1980 with a thesis on poetic truth in the Romantic period. Concurrently, he studied classics at the University of Tübingen, earning a D.Phil. with a thesis on Pindar. His career includes professorships at Princeton University, the University of Siena, the University of Michigan, the University of Innsbruck, the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, and the University of Chicago. He was awarded the prestigious Leibniz-Preis in 1994 for his contributions to classical studies. Since 2001, he has been a professor at the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Most's research interests are broad, encompassing ancient Greek and Latin literature, philosophy, the history and methodology of classical studies, modern literary theory, and reception history. He has also explored topics such as the New Testament and the figure of Doubting Thomas. He is known for his work on Pre-Socratic philosophy, including the publication of original texts and translations.