Dr Arlene Allan, Our People, Classics, University of Otago, New Zealand

Arlene Allan portrait Senior Lecturer

Contact

Office 5N9, Arts Building
Tel +64 3 479 5237
Email arlene.allan@otago.ac.nz

Academic qualifications

PhD, University of Exeter
MA, Queen’s University at Kingston
BA, Trent University

Background and research interests

Arlene teaches Greek Literature (Homer and Drama), Religion and Greek and Latin language. Her research interests include Greek myth, religion and ritual, Greek society, reception studies and the interface between Hellenic religious beliefs and Christianity. She has published a book on Hermes, as well as a co-authored volume on Greek Drama and several articles on specific plays.

Teaching

2023

CLAS 242 Living and Dying in Classical Athens
CLAS 342 Ancient Greek Religion: Myth, Ritual and Belief
CLAS 442 Advanced Studies in Ancient Greek Religion

Has also taught

CLAS 345 Tales of Troy: from Homer to Hollywood
GREK 211 Intermediate Greek
GREK 212 Intermediate Greek Authors
GREK 328 Advanced Greek Authors 1
GREK 329 Advanced Greek Authors 2
GREK 464 A Topic in Greek Literature

Areas of research supervision

Greek myth, religion and/or ritual
Greek literature and/or society
Reception

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Publications

Allan, A. (2023). Revisiting the relationship between the choice of Intaphernes' wife (Hdt 3.119) and Antigone 904-915. Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) 44st Annual Conference. (pp. 19). Retrieved from https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/events/active/uc-events/the-44th-conference-of-the-australasian-society-for-classical-studies.html

Allan, A. (2022, September). The many in the one: Recognising one's own gods in the gospel accounts of the feeding of the 5000. Classics Programme Research Seminar Series, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

Shephard, K., Townsend, S., Allan, A., Luong, H., & Trotman, T. (2022). Student attendance: Before, during and after a pandemic. In E. Heinrich, A. Jolley & L. Rowan (Eds.), Proceedings of the Tertiary Education Research in New Zealand (TERNZ) Conference. (pp. 66-68). HERDSA Aotearoa/New Zealand. [Abstract]

Allan, A. (2022, October). All in all: Finding one's own gods in the person of Christos. Classics and Ancient History Research Seminar, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. [Department Seminar].

Allan, A. L. (2022). If I could turn back time: Further thoughts on Phaedra's delirium in Euripides' Hippolytus (208–231). Classical World, 115(3), 261-277. doi: 10.1353/clw.2022.0009

Allan, A. (2018). Hermes. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 214p.

Authored Book - Research

Storey, I. C., & Allan, A. (2014). A guide to ancient Greek drama (2nd ed.). Chichester, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 331p.

Authored Book - Research

Storey, I., & Allan, A. (2004). A guide to ancient Greek drama. Oxford: Blackwell, 336p.

Authored Book - Research

Allan, A., Anagnostou-Laoutides, E., & Stafford, E. (Eds.). (2020). Herakles inside and outside the church: From the first Apologists to the end of the Quattrocentro. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, 360p. doi: 10.1163/9789004421530

Edited Book - Research

Allan, A. (2020). Conclusion. In A. Allan, E. Anagnostou-Laoutides & E. Stafford (Eds.), Herakles inside and outside the church: From the first Apologists to the end of the Quattrocentro. (pp. 333-339). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004421530_017

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. (2020). Herakles, 'Christ-curious' Greeks and Revelation 5. In A. Allan, E. Anagnostou-Laoutides & E. Stafford (Eds.), Herakles inside and outside the church: From the first Apologists to the end of the Quattrocentro. (pp. 21-44). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004421530_003

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. (2020). Introduction. In A. Allan, E. Anagnostou-Laoutides & E. Stafford (Eds.), Herakles inside and outside the church: From the first Apologists to the end of the Quattrocentro. (pp. 1-17). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004421530_002

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. (2020). The Mighty Hercules cartoon series in conversation with Steve Reeve's Hercules and some societal concerns of the early 1960s. In A. J. L. Blanshard & E. Stafford (Eds.), The modern Hercules: Images of the hero from the nineteenth to the early twenty-first century. (pp. 411-437). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill. doi: 10.1163/9789004440067_020

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2014). Divine phthonos. In H. M. Roisman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Greek tragedy. (pp. 290-291). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2014). Indecision. In H. M. Roisman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Greek tragedy. (pp. 717-718). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2014). Individual good versus common good. In H. M. Roisman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Greek tragedy. (pp. 719-720). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2014). Plausibility. In H. M. Roisman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Greek tragedy. (pp. 981-982). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2014). Self-sacrifice. In H. M. Roisman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Greek tragedy. (pp. 1237-1238). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2014). Suffering, trouble, labor. In H. M. Roisman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Greek tragedy. (pp. 1375-1377). Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell. [Encyclopaedia/Dictionary Entry].

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. (2012). Turning remorse to good effect?: Arginusae, Theramenes and Aristophanes' Frogs. In C. W. Marshall & G. Kovacs (Eds.), No laughing matter: Studies in Athenian comedy. (pp. 101-114). London, UK: Bristol Classical Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2011). The God above all gods: The heavenly throne-room of Revelation 4 and Phidias' Zeus. In J. McWilliam, S. Puttock, T. Stevenson & R. Taraporewalla (Eds.), The statue of Zeus at Olympia: New approaches. (pp. 123-136). Newcastle upon Tyne, UK: Cambridge Scholars.

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2010). Mars. In M. Gagarin (Ed.), Oxford encyclopedia of ancient Greece and Rome (Vol. 4). (pp. 358-360). Oxford University Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. (2007). Masters of manipulation: Euripides' (and Medea's) use of oaths in Medea. In A. H. Sommerstein & J. Fletcher (Eds.), Horkos: The oath in Greek society. (pp. 113-124). Exeter, UK: Bristol Phoenix Press.

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. (2005). Situational aesthetics: The deification of Kairos, son of Hermes. In E. Stafford & J. Herrin (Eds.), Personification in the Greek world: From antiquity to Byzantium. (pp. 123-134). London, UK: Ashgate.

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2003). Cattle-stealing satyrs in Sophocles' Inachos. In A. H. Sommerstein (Ed.), Shards from Kolonos: Studies in Sophoclean fragments. (pp. 309-328). Bari: Levante Editori.

Chapter in Book - Research

Storey, I., Boyne, M., & Allan, A. (2002). On reading Euripides′s Hippolytos. In R. Mitchell-Boyask (Ed.), Approaches to teaching the dramas of Euripides. (pp. 178-187). New York, NY, USA: Modern Language Association of America.

Chapter in Book - Research

Allan, A. L. (2022). If I could turn back time: Further thoughts on Phaedra's delirium in Euripides' Hippolytus (208–231). Classical World, 115(3), 261-277. doi: 10.1353/clw.2022.0009

Journal - Research Article

Allan, A. L., & Potter, J. A. (2014). Loxias and Phoebus in tragedy: Convention and violation. American Journal of Philology, 135(1), 1-27. doi: 10.1353/ajp.2014.0002

Journal - Research Article

Mackay, M., & Allan, A. L. (2014). Filicide in Euripides' Medea: A biopoetic approach. Helios, 41(1), 59-86. doi: 10.1353/hel.2014.0002

Journal - Research Article

Allan, A. (2013). 'Thanks, but no thanks': Oikêia kaka and Theramenes' failed dokimasia. Ancient History Bulletin, 27, 23-28.

Journal - Research Article

Allan, A. L. (2012). A reconsideration of the MSS attribution at Sophokles' Philoktetes 671-3. Mnemosyne, 65(2), 286-294. doi: 10.1163/156852511x548162

Journal - Research Article

Allan, A. L. (2011). Generational degeneration: The case of Telemachus. Scholia [2010], 19, 14-30.

Journal - Research Article

Allan, A. L. (2011). “Am I not the one...?” (Sophokles' Phil. 114): Neoptolemos and the allure of kleos. Classical Journal, 107(1), 1-26.

Journal - Research Article

Allan, A. (2020). [Review of the book Tracking Hermes, pursuing Mercury]. Arys, 18, 430-434. doi: 10.20318/arys.2020.5563

Journal - Research Other

Allan, A. L. (2020). [Review of the book The Politics of Sacrifice in Early Greek Myth and Poetry]. Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 1, 13. Retrieved from http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2020/2020-01-13.html

Journal - Research Other

Allan, A. L. (2015). Lycugus and tragedy [Review of the book Lycurgan Athens and the making of classical tragedy]. Classical Review, 65(2), 385-387. doi: 10.1017/S0009840X15001225

Journal - Research Other

Allan, A. L. (2013). [Review of the book Performing oaths in classical Greek drama]. Journal of Hellenic Studies, 133, 176-177. doi: 10.1017/S0075426913000256

Journal - Research Other

Allan, A. (2004). From agônistês to agônios: Hermes, chaos and conflict in competitive games and festivals. In S. Bell & G. Davies (Eds.), Games and Festivals in Classical Antiquity. (pp. 45-54). Oxford: Archaeopress. [Full Paper]

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Allan, A. (2022). The Apatouria and Athena in Euripides' Ion. Proceedings of the 43rd Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) Annual Conference and Meeting. Retrieved from https://whova.com/web/ascs_202202

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Allan, A. (2018). Rethinking Hermes' "Sacrifice" (HHer 4.115-37). Proceedings of the 39th Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) Annual Meeting. (pp. 15-16). Retrieved from https://hapi.uq.edu.au

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Allan, A. (2017). 'If I could turn back time': Further thoughts on Phaedra's delirium in Euripides' Hippolytus (208-227). Proceedings of the 38th Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http;//www.ascs2017.wixsite.com/ascs2017/conference-details

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Allan, A. (2017). 'Theory of mind' and the gods in Sophocles' Antigone. Proceedings of the Greek Drama V Conference. Retrieved from https://gdv2017.wordpress.com/allan/

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Allan, A. (2013). The political side of Hermes. Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) 34th Conference. (pp. 1). Retrieved from http://www.cvent.com/events/alexander-the-great-and-his-successors-exhibition-conference-and-ascs-34

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Allan, A. (2012). Theramenes' failed Dokimasia: A suggestion. Proceedings of the 33rd Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) Annual Meeting. Retrieved from http://www.ascs.org.au/news/ascs_proceedings.html

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Allan, A. (2011). Reconsidering pepnumenos in its Homeric context. Proceedings of the Australasian Society for Classical Studies 32nd Annual Conference (ASCS32). (pp. 2). Retrieved from http://www.ascs32.com/download/abstracts.pdf

Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract

Allan, A. L. (2019, February). An ‘unholy’ alliance? Apollo and the Eumenides in Sophokles’ Oidipous Kolonos. Verbal presentation at the 40th Australasian Society for Classical Studies (ASCS) Annual Conference, Armidale, Australia.