William J. Dominik

BA (Pacific), MA (Texas Tech), PhD (Monash), Tchg Cred (Calif.), Cert IES (Durham)
Professor
Email william.dominik@otago.ac.nz

Professor Dominik arrived at the beginning of 2002 to take up the Headship of Classics, which he held until the end of 2009. Previously he was Professor and Chair of Classics at the University of Natal. He has taught widely in Classics and the Humanities at a number of other universities, namely Texas Tech University, University of Edinburgh, University of Leeds, Federal University of Bahia, University of Cambridge and Monash University for periods ranging from one semester to three years. He has also held Commonwealth Fellowships in the United Kingdom and Australia and Visiting Research Fellowships at the University of Cambridge, University of Edinburgh and the University of Oxford . Prof. Dominik has served as Editor and Manager of Scholia (1992-2011) and as Co-editor of Latin Literature for The Literary Encyclopedia (2005 -). His main areas of research specialisation are Roman politicised literature, especially of the imperial era; Roman rhetoric; the classical tradition/reception; and lexicography.

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Papers Taught 2013

First Semester:

Research and Study Leave

Second Semester:

CLAS232: Love and War in Graeco-Roman Literature (co-taught with Dr. A. Allan)

CLAS238: Fantasies, Phobias and Families in Graeco-Roman Myth (co-taught with Dr. A. Allan)

LATN112: Introductory Latin 2

Publications

Books

Petronii Satyricon Concordantio (ed. with J.E. Holland) (Hildesheim 2013).

Brill's Companion to Statius (ed. with C.E. Newlands and K.G. Gervais) (Leiden 2013)

The Mythic Voice of Statius: Power and Politics in the Thebaid (Leiden 1994).

A Companion to Roman Rhetoric (ed. with J.C. R. Hall.) (Oxford 2010, 2007).

Roman Eloquence: Rhetoric in Society and Literature (ed.) (London 1997).

Flavian Rome: Culture, Image, Text (ed. with A. J. Boyle.) (Leiden 2003).

Writing Politics in Imperial Rome (co-ed.) (Leiden 2009).

Speech and Rhetoric in Statius' Thebaid (Hildesheim 1994).

Roman Verse Satire: Lucilius to Juvenal (with W. T. Wehrle) (Mundelein 2010; Wauconda 1999).

Literature, Art, History: Studies on Classical Antiquity and Tradition (ed. with A. Basson) (Frankfurt 2003).

Words and Ideas (ed.) (Mundelein 2012, 2009, 2008; Wauconda 2006, 2002).

Words and Ideas: Answer Key (Mundelein 2013, 2009; Wauconda 2007).

Concordantia in Anthologiam Latinam Pars 1: A-L (ed. with P. G.Christiansen and J. E. Holland) (Hildesheim 2002).

Concordantia in Anthologiam Latinam Pars 2: M-Z (ed. with P. G.Christiansen and J. E.Holland) (Hildesheim 2002).

Concordantia in Sidonii Apollinaris Epistulas (ed. with P. G.Christiansen and J. E.Holland) (Hildesheim 1997).

Concordantia in Claudianum (ed. with P. G.Christiansen, J. E.Holland and M. O. Webb) (Hildesheim 1988).

In-progress Book

Rewriting the Past: Rome and Romanitas in the Punica of Silius Italicus.

Journals (edited)

Scholia 20 (2011) vi + 222 pp.;Scholia 19 (2010) vi + 194 pp.; Scholia 18 (2009) vi + 194; Scholia 17 (2008) vi + 182; Scholia 16 (2007) vi + 186; Scholia 15 (2006) vi + 194; Scholia 14 (2005) vi + 190 pp.; Scholia 13 (2004) vi + 194 pp.; Scholia 12 (2003) vi + 198 pp.; Scholia 11 (2002) vi + 178 pp.; Scholia 10 (2001) vi + 194 pp.; Scholia 9 (2000) vi + 190 pp.; Scholia 8 (1999) vi + 190 pp.; Scholia 7 (1998) vi + 194 pp.; Scholia 6 (1997) vi + 186 pp.; Scholia 5 (1996) vi + 194 pp.; Scholia 4 (1995) vi + 182 pp.; Scholia 3 (1994) vi + 178 pp.; Scholia 2 (1993) vi + 166 pp.; Scholia 1 (1992) vi + 161 pp.

Chapters, Articles and Booklets

'Power and Politics in Senecan Tragedy', in G. W. M. Harrison (ed.), Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (Leiden 2013) 1,000 words.

'Roman Life and Values in Statius' Silvae and Martial's Epigrams', in A. Zissos (ed.), A Companion to the Flavian Age of Imperial Rome (Oxford 2013) 7,000 words.

'The Similes and Their Thematic Role in the Thebaid', in W. J. Dominik, K. G. Gervais and C. E. Newlands (eds), Brill's Companion to Statius (Leiden 2013) 6,000 words.

'The Development of Roman Rhetoric', in M. MacDonald (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies (New York 2013), 6,000 words.

'Reception of Greek Tragedy in (Sub-Saharan) African Literature', in H. Roisman (ed.), Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy (Oxford 2013). 1116-1121.

'Virgil', in M. T. Gibbons (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Political Thought (Oxford 2013), 1,000 words.

'Declamationes', in R. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. Champion, A. Erskine and S. Huebner (eds), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History (Oxford 2013) 1950-1951.

'As origens e o desenvolvimento da retórica romana,' in J. Amarante e L. Lages (eds), Mosaico Clássico: varoações acerca do mundo antigo (Salvador 2013) 5,700 words.

'Ensinando e pesquisando o mundo clássico´, in P. Prata (ed.), O Latim hoje: Reflexões sobrecultura clássica e ensino (São Paulo 2013). 5,200 words.

'Critiquing the Critics: Jupiter, the Gods and Free Will in Statius' Thebaid', in T. Baier (ed.), Götter und Menschliche Willensfreiheit: Von Lucan bis Silius Italicus (Munich: 2012) 187-198.

‘Introduction: Praise and Blame in Roman Oratory’ (with C. Smith), in C. Smith and R. Covino (eds), Praise and Blame in Roman Oratory (Swansea 2011) 1–15.

‘Medicine’, in W. J. Dominik (ed.), Words & Ideas (Mundelein 2012, 2009, 2008; Wauconda 2006, 2002) 105–143.

‘Word Building Basics’ (with J. L. Hilton and A. P. Bevis), in W. J. Dominik (ed.), Words & Ideas (Mundelein 2012, 2009, 2008; Wauconda 2006, 2002) 1–18.

‘Word Building Tools: Greek Components’ (with J. L. Hilton and A. P. Bevis), in W. J. Dominik (ed.), Words & Ideas (Mundelein 2012, 2009, 2008; Wauconda 2006, 2002) 19–44.

‘Word Building Tools: Latin Components’ (with J. L. Hilton and A. P. Bevis), in W. J. Dominik (ed.), Words & Ideas (Mundelein 2012, 2009, 2008; Wauconda 2006, 2002) 45–73.

‘History’ (with A. Gosling), in W. J. Dominik (ed.), Words & Ideas (Mundelein 2012, 2009, 2008; Wauconda 2006, 2002) 227–249.

‘Philosophy and Psychology’ (with A. Gosling), in W. J. Dominik (ed.), Words & Ideas (Mundelein 2012, 2009, 2008; Wauconda 2006, 2002) 191–226.

‘Mythology’ (ed.), in W. J. Dominik (ed.), Words & Ideas (Mundelein 2012, 2009, 2008; Wauconda 2006, 2002) 77–103.

'"High Culture"' Classics and the Humanities in New Zealand Aotearoa: A Position Paper' (Royal Society of New Zealand and University of Otago Centre for Research on National Identity Presentation), Scholia 20 (2011) 135-144.

‘The Reception of Silius Italicus in Modern Scholarship’, in A. Augoustakis (ed.), Brill’s Companion to Silius Italicus (Leiden 2010) 425–447.

‘South Africa’, in M. Landfester, H. Cancik and H. Schneider (eds), Brill’s New Pauly. Encyclopedia of the Ancient World: The Classical Tradition 5: Rus-Zor (Leiden) 163–168.

‘Tacitus and Pliny on Oratory’, in W. J. Dominik and J. C. R. Hall (eds), A Companion to Roman Rhetoric (Oxford 2010, 2007) 323–338.

‘Confronting Roman Rhetoric’ (with J. C. R. Hall), in W. J. Dominik and J. C. R. Hall (eds), A Companion to Roman Rhetoric (Oxford 2010, 2007) 3–8.

‘Africa’, in C. Kallendorf (ed.), A Companion to the Classical Tradition (Oxford 2010, 2007) 117–131.

‘Os deuses, os homens e a livre vontade na Tebaida de Estácio’, Revista Letras 82 (2010) 131-144

'Classics as a World Discipline' (University of Ibadan Third Biennial Constantine Leventis Memorial Lecture), Nigeria and the Classics 26 (2010) 1-15.

‘Hercules in Roman Religion’, in M. Gagarin and E. Fantham (eds), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome 3: Earthquakes–Hetaera (Oxford 2010) 404–406.

‘Jugurtha’, in M. Gagarin and E. Fantham (eds), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome 4: Hippocratic Corpus–Mosaics (Oxford 2010) 140–141.

‘Vergil’s Geopolitics’, in W. J. Dominik, J. Garthwaite and P. A. Roche (eds), Writing Politics in Imperial Rome (Leiden 2009) 111–132.

‘Writing Imperial Politics: The Context’ (with J. Garthwiate and P. A. Roche), in W. J. Dominik, J. Garthwaite and P. A. Roche (eds), Writing Politics in Imperial Rome (Leiden 2009) 1–21.

‘Statius’, in J. M. Foley (ed.), A Companion to Ancient Epic (Oxford 2009, 2005) 514–527.

‘Natureza, escuridão e sombras no supertexto de Virgílio’, Phaos 9 (2009) 53-64.

‘Writing Power and Politics in Classically Derived Afrikaans Tragedy’, in J. Hilton and A. Gosling (eds), Alma Parens Originalis? The Receptions of Classical Literature and Thought in Africa, Europe, the United States and Cuba (Frankfurt 2007) 93–115.

‘Rome Then and Now: Linking Together the Saguntum and Cannae Episodes in Silius Italicus’ Punica’, in H.-J. van Dam, R. Nauta and H. Smolenaars (eds), Flavian Poetry (Leiden 2006) 115–127.

‘Africa’, in M. Landfester, H. Cancik and H. Schneider (eds), Brill’s New Pauly. Encyclopedia of the Ancient World: The Classical Tradition 1: A-Del (Leiden 2006) 64–68.

‘Thomas Stephens’, in R. B. Todd (ed.), Dictionary of British Classicists: 1500–1960 (Bristol 2004) 923–924.

‘100–127 C.E.: Roman Juvenal Composes Satires’, in M. W. Chavalas (ed.), Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory–476 C.E. (Pasadena 2004) 805–807.

‘Vergil’s Aeneid: Which Interpretation?’, NZACT Bulletin 31 (2004) 13–16.

‘Süd Afrika’, in V. Riedel (ed.), Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike 15.3: Rezeptions und Wissenschaftsgeschichte Sco–Z (Stuttgart 2003) 342–346.

‘Hannibal at the Gates: Programmatising Rome and Romanitas in Silius Italicus, Punica 1 & 2’, in A. J. Boyle and W. J. Dominik (eds), Flavian Rome: Culture, Image, Text (Leiden 2003) 467–497.

‘Following in Whose Footsteps? The Epilogue to Statius’ Thebaid’, in A. F. Basson and W. J. Dominik (eds), Literature, Art, History: Studies on Classical Antiquity and Tradition. In Honour of W. J. Henderson (Frankfurt 2003) 91–109.

‘Speech in Flavian Epic’, in P. Defosse (ed.), Hommages à Carl Deroux 1: Poésie (Brussels 2002) 183–192.

‘Bringing the Classics and the Humanities into the New Millennium.’ Inaugural Professorial Lecture 2002, No. 11. Dunedin: University of Otago 2002. Pp. 36. ISSN 1173-8987.

‘Statius, Publius Papinius’, in C. Moose (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (Pasadena 2002) 1037.

‘Valerius Flaccus’, in C. Moose (ed.), Encyclopedia of the Ancient World (Pasadena 2002) 1114.

‘Martial’, in W. W. Briggs (ed.), Dictionary of Literary Biography 211: Ancient Roman Writers (Detroit: Bruccoli Clark Layman 1999) 173–182; also published in W. W. Briggs (ed.), Concise Dictionary of World Literary Biography 1: Ancient Greek and Roman Writers (Detroit 2000) 197–206.

‘Afrika’, in V. Ridel (ed.), Der Neue Pauly. Enzyklopädie der Antike 13: Rezeptions- und Wissenschaftsgeschichte A–Fo (Stuttgart 1999) 22–26.

‘The Style is the Man: Seneca, Tacitus and Quintilian’s Canon’, in W. J. Dominik (ed.), Roman Eloquence: Rhetoric in Society and Literature (London 1997) 50–68.

‘Introduction: The Roman Suada’ (with G. Calboli), in W. J. Dominik (ed.), Roman Eloquence: Rhetoric in Society and Literature (London 1997) 3–12.

‘Ratio et Dei: Psychology and the Supernatural in the Lemnian Episode’, in C. Deroux (ed.), Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History 8 (Brussels 1997) 29–50.

‘Statius’ Thebaid in the Twentieth Century’, in R. Faber and B. Seidensticker (eds), Worte, Bilder, Töne: Studien zur Antike und Antikerezeption (Würzburg 1996) 129–142.

‘A Short Narrative Reading of Statius’ Thebaid’, in F. Delarue, S. Georgacopoulou, P. Laurens and A.-M. Taisne (eds), Epicedion Hommage à P. Papinius Statius 96–1996. (Poitiers 1996) 55–69.

‘Reading Vergil’s Aeneid: The Gates of Sleep (6.893–98)’, Maia 48.2 (1996) 129–138.

‘Classics in West and Central Africa’, Prospects (Spring 1996) 3–4.

‘Meeting the Educational Crisis of the Post-Apartheid Era: The Classics Foundation Course at the University of Natal’, The Classical Outlook 72.4 (1995) 122–125.

‘Fama or Fata? A Note on Statius, Theb. 10.835’, Liverpool Classical Monthly 19.5/6 (1994) 82–84; also published in Studii Clasice 28–30 (1992–1994) 125–128.

‘From Greece to Rome: Ennius’ Annals’, in A. J. Boyle (ed.), Roman Epic (London 1993) 37–58.

‘Change or Decline? Literature in the Early Principate’, Acta Classica 36 (1993) 105–112.

‘Classics Making Gains in Sub-Saharan Africa’, The American Classical League Newsletter (Fall 1993) 4–7.

‘Roman Poetry and Rhetoric: A Reminder of the Affinity Between the Two Arts’, Akroterion 37.2 (1992) 61–67.

‘A Generic-Ontological Reading of Adrastus’ Sminthiac Prayer (Statius, Thebaid 1.696–720)’, Scholia 1 (1992) 66–78.

‘Rhetorical and Declamatory Influences on Ovid’, Epistula Zimbabweana 26 (1992) 20–29.

‘Quo Vadimus? Classics at the Crossroads’, Theoria 80 (1992) 164–170.

‘Monarchal Power and Imperial Politics in Statius’ Thebaid’, in A. J. Boyle (ed.), The Imperial Muse. Ramus Essays on Roman Literature of the Empire: Flavian Epicist to Claudian (Bentleigh 1990) 74–97; also published in Ramus 18 (1989) 74–97.

‘The Case for Latin’, Iris (1978) 8.

Reviews

R. J. Littlewood, A Commentary on Silius Italicus' Punica 7 (Oxford 2011), Latomus 71 (2012) 2,000 words.

M. Lambert, The Classics and South African Identities (London 2011), International Journal of the Classical Tradition 18 (2012-2013) 2,500 words.

H. Anderson, The Manuscripts of Statius. Revised Edition, Volume II: Reception-The Vitae and Accessus (Arlington 2009), The Classical Review 62.1 (2012) 175-177.

J. J. L. Smolenaars, H.-J. van Dam and R. R. Nuata (eds), The Poetry of Statius (Leiden 2008), The Classical Review 60.2 (2010) 465-467.

J. J. L. Smolenaars, H.-J. van Dam and R. R. Nauta (eds), The Poetry of Statius (Leiden 2008), The Classical Review 60.2 (2010) 465–467.

D. Van Mal-Maeder, La fiction des declamations (Leiden 2007), Gnomon 82 (2010) 164–165.

D. Hooley, Roman Satire (Oxford 2006), The Classical Review 59.1 (2009) 132–134.

F. Bücher, Verargumentierte Geschichte: Exempla Romana im politischen Diskurs der späten römischen Republik (Stuttgart 2006), Latomus 68 (2009) 821–824.

S. Papaioannou, Epic Succession and Dissension (Berlin 2005), Latomus 66 (2007) 1024–1026.

L. Pernot (tr. W. E. Higgins), Rhetoric in Antiquity (Washington, D.C. 2005), Rhetorica 25.2 (2007) 205–209.

C. Newlands, Statius’ Silvae and the Poetics of Empire (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2002), The Classical Review 56.2 (2006) 359–360.

‘Essays on Lucan.’ P. Esposito and E. M. Ariemma (edd.), Lucano e la tradizione dell’epica latina. Atti del Convegno Internazionale di Studi, Fisciano-Salerno, 19–20 Ottobre 2001 (Naples 2004), The Classical Review 56.1 (2006) 121–123.

B. R. Nagle, The Silvae of Statius Translated with Notes and Introduction (Bloomington 2004), The Classical Review 56.1 (2006) 247–248.

D. Effe, Epische Objektivität und Subjektives Erzählen: ‘Auktoriale’ Narrativik von Homer bis zum römischen Epos der Flavierzeit (Tréve 2004), Latomus 65 (2006) 1053–1055.

D. R. Shackleton Bailey (ed. and tr.), Statius, Thebaid 1-7 and Statius, Thebaid 8-12, Achilleid (Cambridge, Mass. 2001), New England Classical Journal 32 (2004) 79-81.

A. M. Keith, Engendering Rome: Women in Latin Epic (Cambridge 2000), Latomus 63 (2004) 466–468.

D. Spencer, The Roman Alexander: Reading a Cultural Myth (Exeter 2002), The Historian 66.3 (2004) 634–635.

‘The Death of Oratory?’ R. Mayer (ed.), Tacitus: Dialogus de Oratoribus (Cambridge 2001), Scholia 12 (2003) 140–144.

‘Statius’ Sources and Structures.’ F. Delarue, Stace, Poète Épique: Originalité et Cohérence (Louvain: Editions Peeters 2000), The Classical Review 52.1 (2002) 70–72.

‘Statius’ Theology.’ C. Criado, La teología de la Tebaida Estaciana: El anti-virgilianismo de un clasicista (Zürich 2000), The Classical Review 52.1 (2002) 72–73.

G. E. Kennedy, Comparative Rhetoric: An Historical and Cross-Cultural Approach (New York 1997), Classical Philology 96.1 (2001) 92–98.

‘Flavian Epic.’ D. McGuire, Acts of Silence: Civil War, Tyranny and Suicide in the Flavian Epics (Hildesheim 1997), 50.1 (2000) 60–61.

G. Dahan and R. Rosier-Catach (eds), La Rhetorique d’Aristote: Traditions et commentaires de l’antiquité au xviie siecle (Paris 1998), The Classical Review 50.1 (2000) 283–284.

A. Haward, Art and the Romans (London 1999), Scholia 9 (2000) 148-151; also published in Scholia Reviews 9 (2000) no. 12 (http://www.und.ac.za/reviews).

R. Heinze, Vergil’s Epic Technique (London 1992), Scholia 9 (2000) 161-162; also published in Scholia Reviews 9 (2000) no. 10 (http://www.und.ac.za/reviews).

A. Barrett, Agrippina: Sex, Power and Politics in the Early Empire (New Haven 1996), The Classical World 92.3 (1999) 297.

W. M. Bloomer, Latinity and Literary Society at Rome (Philadelphia 1997), Echos de Monde Classique/Classical Views 18.3 (1999) 442–445.

M. Helzle, Der Stil ist der Mensch: Redner und Reden im römischen Epos (Stuttgart 1996), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 9.4 (1998) 332–336.

E. Fantham, Roman Literary Culture (Baltimore 1996), The Classical World 92.1 (1998) 68.

F. Schlonski, Studien zum Erzahlerstandort bei Lucan (Trier 1995) / A. W. Schmitt, Die direkten Reden der Massen in Lucans Pharsalia (Frankfurt 1995), Journal of Roman Studies 88 (1998) 196–197.

J. W. Geyssen, Imperial Panegyric in Statius: A Literary Commentary on Silvae 1.1 (Frankfurt 1996), Latomus 57 (1998) 657–658.

M. Beard and J. Henderson, Classics: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 1995), The Classical Outlook 74.2 (1997) 84.

S. Bartsch, ‘Performance Politics and Language in Imperial Literature.’ Actors in the Audience: Theatricality and Doublespeak from Nero to Hadrian (Cambridge, Mass. 1994), Scholia 5 (1996) 131–135; also published in Scholia Reviews (1996) no. 12 (http://www.und.ac.za/reviews).

‘Thebaid VII.’ J. J. L. Smolenaars (ed.), Statius: Thebaid VII: A Commentary (Leiden 1994), The Classical Review 46.1 (1996) 34–35.

J. Penwill, Two Essays on Virgil: Intertextual Essays in Aeneid 6 and Georgics 4 (Bendigo 1995), The Classical Outlook 73.1 (1996) 44.

C. Gruzelier (ed.), Claudian: De Raptu Proserpinae (Cambridge 1993), Prudentia 27.1 (1995) 76–78.

P. Toohey, Reading Epic: An Introduction to the Ancient Narratives (London 1992), Hermathena 159 (1995) 99–101.

P. Hardie, The Epic Successors of Virgil: A Study in the Dynamics of a Tradition (Cambridge 1993), Hermathena 159 (1995) 101–103.

J. W. Joyce (tr. and introd.), Lucan: Pharsalia (Ithaca 1993), The Classical Review 45.2 (1995) 227–228.

G. Rosati (tr. and introd.), Stazio: Achilleide (Milan 1994), The Classical Review 45.2 (1995) 228–229.

A. D. Melville (tr.; introd. and notes D. W. T. Vessey), Statius: Thebaid (Oxford 1992), The Classical Outlook 71.3 (Spring 1994) 115.

S. Farron, Vergil’s Aeneid: A Poem of Grief and Love (Leiden: E. J. Brill 1993), Scholia 3 (1994) 138–139. Published electronically in Scholia Reviews 3 (1994) no. 1 (http://www.und.ac.za/reviews).

G. O. Hutchinson, Latin Literature from Seneca to Juvenal (Oxford 1993), Scholia 3 (1994) 140–141; also published in Scholia Reviews 3 (1994) no. 12 (http://www.und.ac.za/reviews).

A. D. Melville (tr.; introd. and notes D. W. T. Vessey), Statius: Thebaid (Oxford 1992), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 4.3 (1993) 187–192.

J. B. Hainsworth, The Idea of Epic (Berkeley: University of California Press 1991), Prudentia 25.1 (1993) 69–74.

D. C. Feeney, The Gods in Epic: Poets and Critics of the Classical Tradition (Oxford 1991), Prudentia 25.2 (1993) 78–81.

M. Dewar (ed.), Statius: Thebaid IX (Oxford 1991), Scholia 2 (1993) 129–130.

N. H. Ramage and A. Ramage, The Cambridge Illustrated History of Roman Art (Cambridge 1991), Scholia 1 (1992) 125–126; also published in Scholia Reviews 1 (1992) no. 2 (http://www.classics.und.ac.za/reviews).

‘Oxford Latin Course: A Review Article.’ M. G. Balme and J. Morwood, Oxford Latin Course: Parts I, II, III (Oxford 1988), Iris 2.2 (1989) 29–34.

Other

81 other publications (introductions, prefaces, appendices, editorial notes, translations, memorial articles, indices, abstracts, directories, conference proceedings and reports, conference programme, prospectuses, electronic reviews and electronic course syllabi).

University of Otago, Division of Humanities Research Cluster

Prof. Dominik is a member of the Classical Culture and Society Research Cluster.