Vivienne Jean Gray is a New Zealand academic, and is emeritus professor of classics and ancient history at the University of Auckland, specialising in historians Herodotus and Xenophon.
10 Facts About Vivienne Gray
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Vivienne Gray was educated at Onehunga High School, graduating in 1964.
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Vivienne Gray then joined the faculty of the University of Auckland, rising to full professor.
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Vivienne Gray was the university's Public Orator, giving the eulogies for honorary doctorates for Maurice Gee, Helen Clark, and Anand Satyanand, among others.
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Vivienne Gray was the invited guest speaker at the founding meeting of the Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies.
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Vivienne Gray spoke about the lives of New Zealand scholars Agathe Thornton and Daphne Hereward.
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Vivienne Gray retired in 2011 and was appointed professor emeritus at the University of Auckland.
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Vivienne Gray is a specialist on the Greek philosopher and historian Xenophon, and has received international recognition of her work.
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Vivienne Gray has published five books on Xenophon, including a work on his Hellenica in 1989, explaining the form and function of the Hellenica, and arguing that it must first be understood as a literary work before it can be understood as an historical one.
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Vivienne Gray followed this with a monograph on Xenophon's treatment of Socrates in 1998.