updated 20 June 2008

Current position:
Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics, Temple University  

Address:
Office: 327 Anderson Hall, Department of Classics, Temple University, 1114 West Berks St.,
Philadelphia PA 19122, (215) 204-3672

Education:
1988, Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Brown University
1982, B.A., Honors, University of Chicago, Classical Languages and Literatures

Research: 

Publications

In progress, submitted or forthcoming:

• Book forthcoming (2008) : Aeschylus: Eumenides (Duckworth Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy)
• Entries (seven) on Homeric horses, mules and centaurs for The Homer Encyclopedia, edited by Margalit Finkelberg (Blackwell)
• Article, "Sophocles and Medicine," for A Companion to Sophocles, edited by Kirk Ormand (Blackwell)
• Book in preparation: A Companion to Euripides (Blackwell)

 

Also in progress are papers on the use of Homer by Pindar and Sophocles; the religious significance of entrances in Oedipus Tyrannus; athletic imagery in Prometheus Bound; pelôrios Aias; allusion in Euripides' Andromache; memory in Vergil; and a book on the narrative function of horses in Homer and Vergil.

Books:

• Plague and the Athenian Imagination: Drama, History, and the Cult of Asclepius (Cambridge University Press, 2008) (Google Books)
• Introduction and commentary to a volume of Diane Svarlien's translations of Euripides' Medea (Hackett, 2008 ) BMCR review
• Introduction and commentary to a volume of Diane Svarlien's translations of Euripides' Medea, Hippolytus, Alcestis (Hackett, 2007)
• Euripides' Hecuba. Introduction, commentary and translation (Focus Classical Library, 2005). BMCR review
• Approaches to Teaching the Dramas of Euripides (Modern Language Association, 2002). BMCR review

Articles and Essays:

• "The Athenian Asklepieion and the End of the Philoctetes," Transactions of the American Philological Association 137 (2007) 83-112
• "The Marriage of Cassandra and the Oresteia: Text, Image, Performance," Transactions of the American Philological Association 136 (2006) 269-297
• "Was Homer an Oral Poet?"  131-134 in Classical Antiquity and Classical Studies.  History in Dispute, volume 20.  Eds. Paul Allen Miller and Charles Platter.  (Detroit, Thomson Gale, 2005)
• "Homer" in Encarta 2004
•  "Euripides' Hippolytus and the Trials of Manhood," Bucknell Review issue on Rites of Passage in Ancient Greece: Literature, Religion, Society, Spring 43 (1999) 43-67. (Google Books) BMCR review
• "Sine Fine: The Aeneid and Freud's Masterplot," American Journal of Philology 117 (1996) 289-307
• "Dramatic Scapegoating: On the Uses and Abuses of René Girard and Shakespearean Criticism," 426-37 in Tragedy and "The Tragic": Greek Theatre and Beyond, ed. M.S. Silk (Oxford University Press, 1996). (Google Books) BMCR review
• "Sacrifice and Revenge in Euripides' Hecuba," Ramus 22 (1993) 116-34
• "Freud's Reading of Classical Literature and Classical Philology," 23-46 in Reading Freud Reading (NYU Press, 1993), ed. S. Gilman (Google Books)
• "Miasma, Mimesis and Scapegoating in Euripides' Hippolytus," Classical Antiquity 10 (1991) 97-122
• "The Violence of Virginity in the Aeneid," Arethusa 24 (1991) 219-38
• "Ambiguity, Imitation and Ethics in Euripides and Buchner," 195-210 in The Scope of Words: In Honor of Albert S. Cook (New York: Peter Lang, 1991)
• "Propertius on Poetry and Poets: Traditional and the Individual Erotic Talent," Ramus 14 (1985) 46-58

 

Reviews:

• F. Dunn, Present Shock in Late Fifth-Century Greece (University of Michigan Press, 2007), forthcoming in Classical Journal
• P. Wilson (ed.), The Greek Theatre and Festivals. Documentary Studies. Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents. (Oxford University Press, 2007) http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2008/2008-05-24.html
• V. Pedrick and S. M. Oberhelm (eds.) The Soul of Tragedy: A Collection of Essays in Honor of Charles Segal (University of Chicago Press), forthcoming in CLIO: A Journal of Literature, History, and the Philosophy of History.
• R. Dawe (ed.), Sophocles: Oedipus Rex (Cambridge University Press, 2006) Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2007.06.22
• T. Papadopoulou, Heracles and Euripidean Tragedy (Cambridge University Press, 2005) The Classical Bulletin 82.2 (2006) 249-51
•   J. Gregory (ed.), A Companion to Greek Tragedy (Blackwell Companions to he Ancient World, 2005), The Classical Review (2006) 57.1: 14-16
• R. H. Sternberg (ed.), Pity and Power in Ancient Athens. (Cambridge University Press, 2005) The Classical Review (2006) 57.1: 52-54
• S. A. Gurd, Iphigenias at Aulis: Textual Multiplicity, Radical Philology (Cornell University Press, 2005), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2006.02.01
• J. Redfield, The Locrian Maidens (Princeton University Press, 2004), The Classical Bulletin 81.2 (2006) 217-19
• J. Mossman, editor, Oxford Readings in Euripides (Oxford University Press, 2004), New England Classical Journal 31 (2004) 159-61
• H. Roisman, Euripides: Alcestis (University of Oklahoma Press, 2003), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2004.03.27
• J. Morwood, The Plays of Euripides (Bristol Classical Press, 2002), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2003.01.31
• H. Roisman, Nothing is as it seems: The Tragedy of Hippolytus and the Implicit (Rowman and Littlefield), Classical World 93.5 (2000) 544-5
• J. Mossman, Wild Justice: A Study in Euripides' Hecuba (Oxford University Press), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 96.03.04

Invited talks

• 2007: Rutgers University
• 2006: Stanford University, Columbia University, Swarthmore College, AIA Westchester NY Chapter, University of Glasgow, King's College London
• 2005: University of Edinburgh, Cambridge University, Oxford University (Corpus Christi College)
• 2004: Cambridge University
• 2003: University of Pennsylvania, Stockton State College
• 1999: University of Maryland
• 1996: University of Chicago
• 1994: Oxford University (Jesus College), Harvard University
• 1993: King's College London
• 1989: Bryn Mawr College

Conference Papers

• "Odysseus, Maker of Horses," CAMWS Annual Meeting, 2008
• Pelôrios Aias," Classical Association of the United Kindgom Annual Meeting, 2008
• "Staging the Anger of the Furies," Classical Association of the United Kindgom Annual Meeting, 2007
• "Odysseus, Maker of Horses: Hippological Considerations for Homeric Chronologies," Relative Chronology in Greek Epic Poetry, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, June 2006
• "Odysseus, Maker of Horses: Remembering Troy's Fall in the Odyssey," Classical Association of the United Kingdom Annual Meeting, 2006
• "Dating the Women of Trachis." Classical Association of the United Kingdom Annual Meeting, 2005
• "Troy on Film," APA Annual Meeting, 2005 (Co-organizer of panel on Troy)
• "Can you see?" Blindness and Insight in Minority Report and Oedipus the King," APA Annual Meeting, 2004
• "The Athenian Asklepieion and the End of Philoctetes," APA Annual Meeting, 2003; Classical Association of the United Kingdom Centenary Meeting, 2003
• "Sister Sphinx? Mythic Variants, Technology and Structuralism in an American Classroom," APA Annual Meeting, 2001
• "The Marriage of Cassandra," APA Annual Meeting, 1997
• Co-organizer of and respondent to panel on Greek drama and rites of passage, APA Annual Meeting, 1996
• Numerous papers between 1988 and 1996 on tragedy and epic

Referee for Transactions of the American Philological Association, Classical Philology, Classical Antiquity, Illinois Classical Studies, The Stoa, and Classical World; OSU Press, Hackett, Blackwell, Johns Hopkins University Press, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, MLA Press.

Pedagogy

• Courses in translation: Classical Mythology, On-line Mythology, Greek Drama, Classical Epic, Ancient Greek Civilization, Intellectual Heritage 51 and 91 (Honors)
• Courses in Greek and Latin: all levels of both languages; director of Greek language pedagogy
• Thesis advising: Third reader for PhD of Kathryn Light, Religion Department (2005-) Third reader for PhD of Bong Choi, Religion Department (1999-2002); Second reader for M.A. qualifying paper of Andrew Weiss, English department (1998)
• Independent study on Euripides with Andrew Weiss English grad student. Registered in English department (1997)

 

Appointments

• 2005 Spring: Visiting Scholar in the Faculty of Classics; Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
• 2000-: Temple University, Chair of Greek, Hebrew and Roman Classics
• 1996-: Temple University, Associate Professor of Classics
• 1993-96: Temple University, Assistant Professor of Classics
• 1993-94: Center for Hellenic Studies, Junior Fellow
• 1988-93: Temple University, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
• 1990 Fall: Haverford College, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics

Honors and Awards

• 2006: Eleanor Hofkin Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Liberal Arts, Temple University
• 2006: Loeb Classical Library Foundation Grant
• 2006: Temple University Summer Research Fellowship
• 2005 Spring: Visiting Fellowship, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge
• 2005 Spring: Temple University Research Leave Award
• 2003: Violet Ketels Award for Excellence in Teaching and Extraordinary Service to Intellectual Heritage
• 2003: Schoolzone (United Kingdom) 5 star award for educational materials on the world wide web
• 2001: Temple University Summer Research Fellowship
• 1998 Fall: Weblink award for excellence in educational web sites
• 1997 Fall: StudyWeb award for excellence in educational web sites
• 1997 Spring: Temple University Research Leave Award
• 1995-96: Lily Foundation Teaching Fellow
• 1995: Temple University Summer Research Fellowship
• 1993-94: Fellowship, Center for Hellenic Studies
• 1992: NEH Summer Institute on Athenian Democracy, UC Santa Cruz
• 1991: NEH Summer Seminar, Freud and the Culture of His Time, Freud Museum London

Professional Service:

• 2007: Presider for session on Greek tragedy at APA Annual Meeting, San Diego
• 2005-7: APA Task Force on Electronic Publication
• 2003: Expert on camera for Women in Greek Drama, Films for the Humanities
• 1998-: Web Editor, American Philological Association (www.apaclassics.org). Responsible for content, organization and technical aspects
• 1998-: Board of Directors for The Stoa: An Electronic Consortium for Publication in the Humanities (www.stoa.org)
• 1998-: APA Outreach Committee
• 1998-: APA Committee for Non-Print Publications
• 1998-2001: APA Committee on Computer Activities
• 1995-1998, APA Placement Committee
• 1992-95: APA Committee on the Classical Tradition
• 1992: APA Annual Meeting, Presidential Forum, "Prospects for Younger Classicists: What Can the APA do to Help?"

 University and Community Service:

• 2003-6: University Bookstore Committee
• 2001-3: Committee on Instruction
• 2001-4: Intellectual Heritage Policy Committee
• 2000: Ad Hoc CLA Committee on Teaching Evaluations
• 2000-: Chair of GHR Classics
• 1996-8: Arts Core Subcommittee
• 1996-8: CAS Technology Committee
• 1996-7 Second Language Study Committee
• 1996-2001: Organizer of Temple residency of the Aquila Theatre Company of London (Homer's Iliad in 1996, Aristophanes' Birds in 1997, Birds and Julius Caesar in 1998, Homer's Odyssey and Shakespeare's A Comedy of Errors in 1999; The Wrath of Achilles in 2001). Responsible for all aspects of residency, including educational program for area high schools.
• 1995-96: Dean's Task Force on MLC