Greek and Roman Studies Department
Straightening the World: Agrimensores and the Language of Roman Imperial Order
Straightening the World: Agrimensores and the Language of Roman Imperial Order
Sustainable Agriculture in Ancient Rome
Sustainable agriculture discourse describes agricultural practices and techniques used to maintain land fertility. At its broadest definition, sustainable agriculture aims to make land hospitable to cultivated crops for an indefinite amount of time. The discourse itself has only arisen in...
Taking the poet's part: Sulpicia's elegy
Teaching classics in the 21st century: an exploration of high school classics departments in three case studies
The "Cure" is the Affliction: Pregnancy and Childbirth as Healing and Harming in Ancient Greek Gynecology
The Art of Brotherhood: Hittite Visual Power and Mycenaean Artistic Hybridity in the Late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
The Bronze Emperor
<em>The Bronze Emperor </em>is a historical fiction novella tracing the Equestrian Statue of Marcus Aurelius from its creation in the Roman Empire to 2012. Each chapter moves the story forward and time, focusing on an event or a moment in...
The Fires of September: The Lay of Mohamed and the Tragedy of the Two Towers
The Hidden Effects of Trauma in Narrative: Uncovering Odysseus' Story-truth
The Impact of Writing: Interpreting Plato's Critiques of Poetry and Writing in the Context of the Spread of Literacy
The journey's not over: a veteran's homecoming in The Odyssey and Ulee's Gold
The Maenadic Myth: The Cult of Dionysos in Ancient Greece
The Man in the Mirror: Self-awareness and Self-Criticism in the Satires of Persius
Persius is often ignored in favor of Horace and Juvenal, largely because he is misunderstood. Most critics consider him little more than an "angry young man," but Persius' anger is only the means to an end. His <em>Satires</em> are in...