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Email john.barsby@otago.ac.nz

Academic Qualifications

LittD, University of Otago
Cert Ed, University of Bristol
MPhil, University of Cambridge

Background and Research Interests

Professor John Barsby, who is a graduate of Cambridge University, retired from the Chair of Classics in January 2002. He has taught widely in Greek and Latin language and literature; on the research side he has written articles on Catullus and Propertius as well as books on Ovid, Plautus, and Terence. He has recently completed a new Loeb edition of Terence and edited a collection of essays on Greek and Roman drama. He is currently writing a history of the Otago Classics Department. He was awarded the ONZM for services to Classics in New Zealand in 2002.

Publications

Barsby, J. (2013). Terence in translation. In A. Augoustakis & A. Traill (Eds.), A companion to Terence. (pp. 446-465). Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781118301975.ch24 Chapter in Book - Research

Barsby, J. (2010). Native Roman rhetoric: Plautus and Terence. In W. Dominik & J. Hall (Eds.), A companion to Roman rhetoric. (pp. 38-53). Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter in Book - Other

Barsby, J. (2007). Native Roman rhetoric: Plautus and Terence. In W. Dominik & J. Hall (Eds.), A companion to Roman rhetoric. (pp. 38-53). Malden, MA: Blackwell. Chapter in Book - Research

Barsby, J. A. (2006). Terence (184 BCE-159 BCE). In The literary encyclopedia. The Literary Dictionary Company. Retrieved from http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=4350 Chapter in Book - Research

Barsby, J. (2006). Terence: The Brothers 26-77. In A Loeb classical library reader. (pp. 126-131). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Chapter in Book - Other

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