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{{Short description|Italian-American archaeologist and Etruscologist}}
'''Larissa Bonfante''' (born March 27, 1931, in [[Naples, Italy]]; died August 23, 2019, in New York City, New York)<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20190829234435/https://josephlucchesefuneralhome.com/obituaries/larissa-bonfante/</ref> is an Italian-American classicist, Professor of [[Classics]] ''emerita'' at [[New York University]] and an authority on Etruscan [[Etruscan language|language]] and [[Etruscan civilization|culture]].▼
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| death_place = [[New York, New York]]
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▲'''Larissa Bonfante''' (
==Biography==
==Endowed lectureship==
The [[Archaeological Institute of America]] created an endowment fund to raise monies to support a lecture in Bonfante's honor as part of its lecture program.<ref>[https://www.archaeological.org/larrisa-bonfante-lecture-endowment/ November 11, 2019, Larissa Bonfante Lecture Endowment]. AIA News.</ref> The inaugural named lecture was delivered by Dr. [[Jean MacIntosh Turfa]] on March 21, 2021, for the [[Staten Island]] (NY) society of the AIA.<ref>[https://siarchaeology.org/sunday-march-21-2021-dr-jean-macintosh-turfa-the-university-of-pennsylvania-museum-etruscan-women-from-cradle-to-grave-the-legacy-of-larissa-bonfante/ Sunday, March 21, 2021: Dr. Jean MacIntosh Turfa – The University of Pennsylvania Museum: Etruscan Women from Cradle to Grave: The Legacy of Larissa Bonfante]. Archaeology Society of Staten Island</ref>
==Selected publications==
* 1970. "Roman Triumphs and Etruscan Kings: The Changing Face of the Triumph." ''Journal of Roman Studies'' [https://www.jstor.org/stable/299413 60:49-66].
* 1975. ''Etruscan dress''. Baltimore
* 1979. ''The Plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim.'' translator, with Alexandra Bonfante-Warren.
* 1981. ''Out of Etruria : Etruscan influence north and south''. Oxford: BAR. {{ISBN|9780860541219}}
* (with [[Giuliano Bonfante]]) ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/896371030 The Etruscan language: an introduction]'', 1983
* 1986. ed. ''Etruscan life and afterlife: a handbook of Etruscan studies''. Wayne State University Press.<ref name="TorelliTurfa1986">{{cite book|author1=Mario Torelli|author2=Jean Macintosh Turfa|author3=Nancy Thomson De Grummond|author4=Briguet, Marie-francoise|title=Etruscan Life and Afterlife: A Handbook of Etruscan Studies|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4QaXZky58FIC|year=1986|publisher=Wayne State University Press|isbn=0-8143-1813-4}}</ref>
* 1989. "Nudity as a Costume in Classical Art." ''American Journal of Archaeology'' [https://www.jstor.org/stable/505328 93.4:543-70].
* 1990. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/612851776 Reading The Past Etruscan]''. Berkeley: University of California Press.
* 1997 ''[[Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum]]'' USA / 3, New York, the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press.
* 2001. ''Italy and Cyprus in antiquity, 1500-450 BC : proceedings of an international symposium held at the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University, November 16–18, 2000''. Nicosia: Costakis and Leto Severis Foundation.
* 2006. (with [[Judith Swaddling]]) ''Etruscan myths''. University of Texas Press.
* 2006. (with Blair Fowlkes). ''Classical antiquities at New York University''. Rome: "L'Erma" di Bretschneider.<ref name="BonfanteFowlkes2006">{{cite book|author1=Larissa Bonfante|author2=Blair Fowlkes|title=Classical Antiquities at New York University|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w1bQxwEACAAJ|year=2006|publisher="L'Erma" di Bretschneider|isbn=978-88-8265-366-8}}</ref>
* 2011. ''The barbarians of ancient Europe: realities and interactions''. Cambridge University Press.<ref name="Bonfante2011">{{cite book|author=Larissa Bonfante|title=The Barbarians of Ancient Europe: Realities and Interactions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fS4XmwEEsRkC|date=29 April 2011|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-19404-4}}</ref>
* 2013. ''The Plays of Hrotswitha of Gandersheim''. Bilingual Edition.
* 2016. ''[https://www.press.umich.edu/7270894/collection_of_antiquities_of_the_american_academy_in_rome The Collection of Antiquities of the American Academy in Rome]''. University of Michigan Press. {{ISBN|978-0-472-11989-9}}
==Necrology==
* "Larissa Bonfante morta a New York: l'archeologa era tra le maggiori specialiste di Etruschi" ''Il Messaggero'' (31 August 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/cultura/larissa_bonfante_morta_archeologa_etruschi-4706089.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190901155711/https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/cultura/larissa_bonfante_morta_archeologa_etruschi-4706089.html|archive-date = 2019-09-01|title = Larissa Bonfante morta a New York: l'Archeologa era tra le maggiori specialiste di Etruschi|date = 31 August 2019}}</ref>
* "Addio all'archeologa napoletana Larissa Bonfante: fu insigne etruscologa" ''Il Mattino.it'' (31 August 2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cultura/morta_archeologa_napoletana_larissa_bonfante-4706016.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190902140345/https://www.ilmattino.it/napoli/cultura/morta_archeologa_napoletana_larissa_bonfante-4706016.html|archive-date = 2019-09-02|title = Addio all'archeologa napoletana Larissa Bonfante: Fu insigne etruscologa|date = 31 August 2019}}</ref>
* ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20190906164024/https://www.archaeological.org/in-memoriam-larissa-bonfante/ In memoriam]'' statement published by the Archaeological Institute of America, authored by [[Jean MacIntosh Turfa]] (6 September 2019).
* "In Memoriam: Larissa Bonfante (1931–2019)" in ''[https://doi.org/10.1515/etst-2019-2002 Etruscan and Italic Studies]'' 22:1-2 (12 Nov 2019) authored by [[Nancy Thomson de Grummond|Nancy de Grummond]].
* Commemoration in ''Etruscan News'' [https://as.nyu.edu/content/dam/nyu-as/ancient/documents/2Etruscan%20News%20Volume%2022%20.pdf v. 22] (Winter 2020) published by [[New York University]].
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