My experience in Classics was founded on the cultural and historical lessons I received in my high school Latin class along with the grammar and vocab. I remain deeply interested in mythology and epic – particularly the Trojan Cycle. However, I have more recently moved into studying lyric poetry through the Odes of Horace. I completed my special author project on Horace in the spring and am now preparing to write my dissertation. I will be looking at the ways in which Horace invokes specific Muses, along with other deities, throughout the course of his work and what that can tell us about how he conceives of his work. I will also look at the ways in which he uses the Muses to align himself with his earlier Greek lyric precedents and establish himself as the successor to their tradition.
I am also interested in Latin pedagogy and historical linguistics, and I enjoy putting those interests to use while teaching Latin classes of the introductory sequence each semester.
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