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am delighted with your work, in particular the creativity and ingenuity you have shown in your artistic recreation of the shield. The benefit of this work to a teacher such as myself is not only as a visual representation of the shield which is as remarkably detailed as Homer's description, but also as an example of the ongoing power of Homer's narrative to inspire thought and art.

I am most impressed with your consistent adherence to the profile head with frontal eye, triangular kneecaps, upturned, pointed feet, and careful costume details such as greaves and helmets, and embroidered borders. The appropriately sparse background features are also quite a nice touch.

I wish you great success with this work. You have obviously put a great deal of work into both your art and your writing. I will be waiting for this work to appear, for use in my classes on Greek art and the Bronze Age Aegean. Thank you again for the privilege of reading your work.


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Elizabeth A. Fisher
Associate Professor of Classics and the Arts

Education:
B.A. William & Mary
M.A. (Etruscan Archeology) Florida State
Ph.D. (Aegean Archeology) University of Minnesota.

Personal:
Dr. Elizabeth Fisher received her B.A. from William and Mary in 1977. In 1980 she got her M.A. in Etruscan Archaeology from Florida State. Her Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in Aegean Archaeology was received in 1988. The same year, she came to Randolph-Macon College.

Dr. Fisher's interests are archaeology and ancient art history, and she also enjoys teaching languages. Since 1997, her archaeology students have excavated her Civil War era backyard. She has recently become a very well trained Brownie and Girl Scout leader.

Name: Fisher, Dr. Elizabeth A.
Title: Associate Professor of Classics and the Arts
Department: Classics
Work Phone: (804)752-7249
email: efisher@rmc.edu

Dr. Fisher's website at Randolph-Macon College: http://www.rmc.edu/directory/academics/classics/fisher.asp