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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

This section lists publications and presentations (including those that are forthcoming) by members of the "Late Achilles in the Classroom and Courtroom" (LACC) project team (excluding those of the external advisor) during the duration of the project (2018–2023). Publications and talks directly relevant to the theme of Achilles are highlighted in bold, while many of the others cited touch upon or are tangential to the Late Antique period.

Image: Fragment of mosaic pavement showing Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes on Skyros (central panel). Archaeological Museum of Sparta, accession no. 11576, early 4th century CE. Source

In Progress

Hadjittofi, F. Achilles in Late Antiquity.

Duarte, R. M. "Aquiles nos discursos de escola". 6,000 words.

Under Review

Hadjittofi, F. Nonnus of Panopolis: Paraphrase of the Gospel According to John (Berkeley: University of California Press). Description

Hadjittofi, F. and A. Lefteratou. "The Wild, the Tame, and the Beautiful: Nature in the Poetry of Gregory Nazianzen", in F. Lubian, D. De Gianni, and L. Furbetta (eds.), Nature and Gaze. Essays in Late Latin Christian Poetry (Turnhout: Brepols).

Hadjittofi, F. "Short-Circuiting Heroism: Suicidal Achilles(es) in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica". 8,000 words.

Dominik, W. J. "Achilles as an Ambivalent Hero in Late Antique Latin Poetry". 10,000 words.

Dominik, W. J. "Characterizational 'Swerves' in the Speeches of Achilles in Greek and Latin Literature". 8,000 words.

Achilles_at_Skyros,_Mosaic,_Villa_La_Olmeda,_4th_century_AD.jpg

Image: Detail of Roman mosaic showing Achilles at the court of Skyros after being discovered by Odysseus. La Olmeda, Spain, 4th century CE. Source

In Press

Hadjittofi, F. and H. Sivan. "Sex and Sanctity in the Apocryphal Acts of Andrew: A Christian Bedtrick and Its Biblical Bedrock”, Journal of Early Christian Studies 32 (2024). 13,794 words. Abstract

Hadjittofi, F. "Nonnus’ Indians Between Conversion and Acculturation", in B. Verhelst (ed.), Nonnus of Panopolis in Context IV: Poetry at the Crossroads (Leuven: Peeters). Description

Lóio, A. "Lucan’s Silvae in the Vita Vaccae: A Predecessor of Statius’ Occasional Poems?", Classical Quarterly 72.1 (2023). 11,300 words. Website

Lóio, A. "Pathway", in J.-P. Guez, F. Klein, J. Peigney, and E. Prioux (eds), Dictionnaire des Images du Poétique dans l’Antiquité (Paris: Classiques Garnier 2022). Notice

Dominik, W. J. "A fúria de Aquiles: A tradição e relevância na literatura latina da Antiguidade Tardia", Forma Breve 19 (2023) 173-188.

Dominik, W. J. "Os Estudos Clássicos enquanto campo de pesquisa", in Fábio Fortes and Leni Ribeiro Leite (eds), Estudos Clássicos: Questões epistemológicas, teóricas e analíticas (Juiz de Fora: Editora UFJF 2023). 14,800 words. Prospectus

Dominik, W. J. Review of A. Augoustakis and R. J. Littlewood (eds. and trs.), Silius Italicus: Punica, Book 3 (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2022), Journal of Roman Studies 114 (2024) 900 words.

Dominik, W. Jl. Review of Arampapaslis, K., A. Augoustakis, S. Froedge and C. Schroer (eds), Dynamics of Marginality: Liminal Characters and Marginal Groups in Neronian and Flavian Literature (Berlin: De Gruyter 2023), Bryn Mawr Classical Review (2023) 2,000 words.

Fernandes, V. and F. Hadjittofi, "A figura do herói guerreiro na declamação grega da antiguidade tardia", Forma Breve 19 (2023). 7,000 words.

2023

Hadjittofi, F. "The Greek Jeweled Style", in J. Hartman and H. Kaufmann (eds), A Late Antique Poetics? The Jeweled Style Revisited (London: Bloomsbury 2023) 10,900 words. Description

Hadjittofi, F. "Early Byzantine Literature and the Challenges of a 'Late Antique Aesthetic", A Symposium: Literary History in a Medieval Eurasian Environment: Methodological and Interpretive Approaches, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany (10 January 2023). Programme

Hadjittofi, F. "Philosophy and Theology in Nonnus' Paraphrase: The Case Against Neoplatonism", Internacional Conference "Nonnus of Panopolis in Context V", Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (16-20 May 2023). Notice

Lóio, A. (ed.) Editing and Commenting on Statius' Silvae (Leiden: Brill 2023) Description

Dominik, W. J. "Achilles as a Hero in Vandal Poetry", Panel 30: The Vandal Renassiance: Power, Identity, and Traditions in the Latin Literature of Post-Roman Africa (435‒534 CE), Celtic Conference in Classics: Coimbra 2023, University of Coimbra, Portugal (13 July 2023). Programme

Dominik, W. J. "Themes, Emotions, and 'Swerves' in the Speeches of Achilles in Greek and Latin Literature", Workshop on Direct Speech Representation in Greek and Latin Epic, Mount Allison University, Canada (2 June 2023). Programme

Dominik, W. J. "The Classical 'Traception': Reconceptualizing Classics in Africa (With an Analysis of Fugard, Kani, and Ntshona’s The Island)", in Erik Hermans (ed.), The Global Dissemination of Classical Learning. Special issue of the International Journal of the Classical Tradition 30.1 (2023) 29-65. Article

Dominik, W. J. 'Silius Italicus Circa 26–Circa 101 CE’, in C. A. Schwartz (ed.), Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism 234 (Farmington Hills: Gale 2023) 107-297. Chapter

2022

Hadjittofi, F. "Short-Circuiting Heroism: Suicidal Achilles(es) in Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica", Workshop: Epic Heroism in Late Antique Literature, University of Lisbon, Portugal (15 September 2022). Programme

Hadjittofi, F. "The Mythical Achilles in Late Roman Imperial Ideology", IV Lecture Series on Late Antiquity, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus (14 April 2022). Online presentation (in Greek). Seminar

Lóio, A. "The One that Got Away: The Autonomous Circulation of Poem 2.7 and its Impact in Editing Statius’ Silvae" Workshop: Greek and Latin Works of Substantially Different Textual Traditions: Learning from Different Editorial Experiences, University of Lisbon, Portugal (2 June 2022). Description

Lóio, A. "Fiction", "Mécène", "Ovide", "Parménion", "Properce", in D. Meyer and C. Urlacher–Becht (eds), Dictionnaire Analytique de l’Épigramme Littéraire dans l’Antiquité Grecque et Romaine (Turnhout: Brepols 2022) 628-631, 925-927, 1100-1103, 1136-1137, 1269-1271 (respectively). Description

Lóio, A. Review of Krisak, L. (tr.; introd. and notes C. M. McDonough). Virgil, Aeneid (Indianopolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company 2020). Classical Review 72.1 (2022) 361-362. Article

Dominik, W. J. "Aquiles como guerreiro na Antiguidade Latina Tardia", Series of Lectures About Antiquity: Reception of Themes in Late Antiquity and in the Renaissance, Centre for Antiquity, Literature, Performance and Teaching (NALPE), Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (18 November 2022). Notice

Dominik, W. J. "Talis Hominibus Fuit Oratio Qualis Vita: Seneca's Anticipated Response to Quintilian's Criticism of His Style", Seneca 2022 International Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal (17-20 October). Website

Dominik, W. J. "A fúria de Aquiles na literatura latina da Antiguidade Tardia", Congresso internacional "A fúria de Aquiles: As faces da guerra", University of Aveiro, Portugal (30 September 2022). Website

Dominik, W. J. "Achilles as a Heroic Figure in Late Antique Latin Literature", Workshop: Epic Heroism in Late Antique Literature, University of Lisbon, Portugal (15 September 2022). Programme

Dominik, W. J. "The Speeches of Achilles from Homer to Late Antiquity", Workshop on Digital Approaches to Direct Speech Representation in Greek and Latin Epic, University of Rostock, Germany (2 July 2022). Programme

Dominik, W. J. "‘Reading Pliny’s Panegyricus Within the Context of Late Antiquity and the Early Modern Period", in S. Papaioannou, M. Edwards, and A. Serafim (eds), Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Ancient Rhetoric (Leiden/Boston: Brill 2022) 135–169. Chapter

Dominik, W. J. "Flavian Literature", Oxford Bibliographies in Classics (New York: Oxford University Press 2022) 21,000 words (200 annotated citations). Article

Dominik, W. J. "Domitianic Literature and Its Intertexts", review of R. Marks and M. Mogetta (eds.), Domitian’s Rome and the Augustan Legacy (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press 2021), Classical Review 72.2 (2022) 545–548. Article

Dominik, W. J. ‘A fúria de Aquiles na literature do Antiguidade Tardia’, in A. M. Ferreira, A. M. Ramalheira, C. Morais, J. De Mancelos, M. F. Brasete and R. L. Coimbra (eds), Congresso Internacional ‘A fúria de Aquiles: As faces da guerra’—Livro de Resumos (Aveiro, UA Editora, Universidade de Aveiro 2022) 90. Programme

Duarte, R. M. "Aquiles nos discursos de escola", Congresso internacional "A fúria de Aquiles: As faces da guerra", University of Aveiro, Portugal (29 September 2022). Website

Duarte, R. M. "Aquiles nos discursos de escola", in A. M. Ferreira, A. M. Ramalheira, C. Morais, J. De Mancelos, M. F. Brasete and R. L. Coimbra (eds), Congresso Internacional ‘A fúria de Aquiles: As faces da guerra’—Livro de Resumos (Aveiro, UA Editora, Universidade de Aveiro 2022) 83. Programme

Fernandes, V. and F. Hadjittofi, "A figura do herói guerreiro na declamação grega da antiguidade tardia", Congresso internacional "A fúria de Aquiles: As faces da guerra", University of Aveiro, Portugal (29 September 2022). Website

Fernandes, V. and F. Hadjittofi, "A figura do herói guerreiro na declamação grega da antiguidade tardia", in A. M. Ferreira, A. M. Ramalheira, C. Morais, J. De Mancelos, M. F. Brasete and R. L. Coimbra (eds), Congresso Internacional ‘A fúria de Aquiles: As faces da guerra’—Livro de Resumos (Aveiro, UA Editora, Universidade de Aveiro 2022) 87. Programme

dos Anjos, D. J. V. "Theoria Kai Poiesis: Mimesis in Plato", 4th International Congress of Greek Philosophy, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (26 April 2022). Programme

dos Anjos, D. J. V. "The Theoria and Poiesis of Contact with God in Gregory of Nyssa: A Mimetic Mechanism?", International Conference: The Soul’s Encounter with God in Medieval Western and Byzantine Christianity—Theology, Philosophy, Literature, Art, Centre for Medieval Studies, University of Bucharest, Romania (11 November 2022). Programme

2021

Hadjittofi, F. "'All the Famous Deeds of Achilles Are Yours': Homeric Exemplarity in Late Antique Panegyric", Arethusa 54 (2021) 291–320. Article

Hadjittofi, F. "Nonnus’ Europa and Cadmus: Reconfiguring Masculinity in the Dionysiaca", in F. Doroszewski and K. Jazdzewski (eds), Nonnus of Panopolis in Context III: Old Questions and New Perspectives (Leiden: Brill 2021) 263–281. Chapter

Hadjittofi, F. "A Coluna de Justiniano em Constantinopla", Forma de Vida 22 (September 2021). 4,800 words. Article

Hadjittofi, F. Review of D. King, Experiencing Pain in Imperial Greek Culture (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2017), L'Antiquité Classique 90 (2021) 196–198. Article

Hadjittofi, F. "The Neoplatonic Achilles", Workshop on Late Antique Literature and Culture, University of Lisbon, Portugal (5 November 2021). Notice

Hadjittofi, F. “The Greek Jeweled Style”, The Jeweled Style Revisited Conference, University of Erlangen, Germany (25 June 2021). Online presentation. Poster

Lóio, A. Review of S. Papaioannou and A. Marinis (eds.), Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic (Berlin and Boston: De Gruyter 2021"), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2021.12.14. 2,000 words. Article

Dominik, W. J. "Modern Assessments of Quintilian", in M. van der Poel, M. Edwards and J. J. Murphy (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Quintilian (Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press 2021) 464–503. Chapter

Dominik, W. J. Review of A. Augoustakis and N. Bernstein (trr.), Silius Italicus’ Punica: Rome’s War with Hannibal (London: Routledge 2021), Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2021.10.39. 2,000 words. Article

Dominik, W. J. "The Latin Achilles of Late Antiquity", Workshop on Late Antique Literature and Culture, University of Lisbon, Portugal (5 November 2021). Notice

dos Anjos, D. J. V. "The Helmsman and the Charioteer in Neoplatonic Thought", The Reception of Plato from Late Antiquity to the Middle Ages, Macquarie University, Australia / National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (6 June 2021). Online presentation. Programme

2020

Hadjittofi, F. and A. Lefteratou (eds.) The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry: Between Modulations and Transpositions (Berlin: De Gruyter 2020). Description

Hadjittofi, F. "Nonnus’ Paraphrase of the Gospel According to John as Didactic Epic", in F. Hadjittofi and A. Lefteratou (eds), The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry: Between Modulations and Transpositions (Berlin: De Gruyter 2020) 249–264. Chapter

Hadjittofi, F. (with A. Lefteratou). "Generic Debates and Late Antique Christian Poetry", in F. Hadjittofi and A. Lefteratrou (eds), The Genres of Late Antique Christian Poetry: Between Modulations and Transpositions (Berlin: De Gruyter 2020) 3–36. Chapter

Hadjittofi, F. "Symbol and Allegory in Quintus Smyrnaeus’ Posthomerica", Meaning Between the Lines: Allegory and Hermeneutics in Greek Imperial and Late Antique Literature Conference, Dublin, Ireland (7 February 2020). Program

Hadjittofi, F. "The Poet and the Evangelist in Nonnus’ Paraphrase of the Gospel According to John", Cambridge Classical Journal 66 (2020) 70–95. Article

Hadjittofi, F. and H. Sivan. "Staging Rachel: Rabbinic Midrash, Theatrical Mime, and Christian Martyrdom in Late Antiquity", Harvard Theological Review 113 (2020) 299–333. Article

Lóio, A. (ed. with M. C. Pimentel, R. Furtado, and N. S. Rodrigues), Augustan Papers: New Approaches to the Age of Augustus on the Bimillennium of His Death (Hildesheim: Georg Olms 2020). Description

Lóio, A., "Festina Lente, or Quo Pro Merito Meu Augustus Appellatus Sum", in M. C. Pimentel, A. Lóio, R. Furtado, and N. S. Rodrigues (eds), Augustan Papers: New Approaches to the Age of Augustus on the Bimillennium of His Death (Hildesheim: Georg Olms 2020) 9–17. Table of Contents

Dominik, W. J. "The Development of Roman Rhetoric", in M. MacDonald (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies (New York/Oxford: Oxford University Press 2020) 159–172. (paperback). Chapter

Dominik, W. J. "Civil War, Parricide, and the Sword in Silius Italicus’s Punica", in L. D. Ginsberg and D. Krasne (eds.), After 69 CE: Writing Civil War in Flavian Rome (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2020) 271–293. (paperback). Chapter

2019

Hadjittofi, F. "Achilles in the Late Ancient Classroom", Von Athen nach Konstantinopel II: Spätantike griechische und byzantinische Literatur im Kontext Vortrags- und Diskussionsforums, University of Vienna, Austria (11 January 2019). Poster "Classica" Seminar, Centre for Classical Studies, Faculty of Letters, University of Lisbon, Portugal (17 December 2018). Notice

Hadjittofi, F. "The Best (and the Last) of the Achaeans: Plutarch’s Philopoemen as Achilles", Panel 18: Based on a True Story? Fictionalizing Imperial and Late Antique Biographies, Celtic Conference in Classics, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 29 June 2019. Abstract

Hadjittofi, F. "'All the Great Deeds of Achilles are Yours': Myth and the Speculum Principis in Greek Panegyric", Lisbon Classics Seminar, University of Lisbon, Portugal (9 September 2019). Notice

Hadjittofi, F. "'All the Famous Deeds of Achilles Are Yours': The Iliad as Exemplum in Late Greek Panegyric", Origins and Original Moments in Late Antique Literature Workshop, Ghent, Belgium (16 December 2019). Abstract

Hadjittofi, F. "Town and Gown in the Orations of Choricius’, in J. Stenger (ed.), Learning Cities in Late Antiquity: The Local Dimension of Education (London: Routledge 2019) 145–163. Chapter

Hadjittofi, F. "‘Sleeping Europa from Plato Comicus to Moschus and Horace", Classical Quarterly 69 (2019) 264–277. Article

Hadjittofi, F. "Revisiting Plato, Defending Poikilia: Asterius of Amaseia’s Ekphrasis of the Eye", XVIII International Conference on Patristic Studies, University of Oxford, England (21 August 2019). Abstract

Hadjittofi, F. and W. J. Dominik. "Late Achilles in the Court and Classroom (LACC)", Poster featured in a poster exhibition that formed part of the "Research FLUL: State of the Art, 2019" conference held in the Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon, Portugal (1 October 2019). Poster

Hadjittofi, F. and W. J. Dominik. "O projecto Aquiles tardio na escola e na corte", Lisbon Classics Seminar, University of Lisbon, Portugal (9 September 2019). Notice

Lóio, A. "Through the Past to the Future of Naples", in A. Augoustakis and R. Joy Littlewood (eds.), Campania in the Flavian Poetic Imagination (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2019) 149–166. Chapter

Lóio, A. Review of Francis, Cairns, Hellenistic Epigram. Contexts of Exploration Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2016), Euphrosyne 47 (2019) 514–515. Article

Lóio, A. Review of Federico Bessone and Marco Fucecchi (eds), The Literary Genres in the Flavian Age: Canons, Transformations, Receptions (Berlin: De Gruyter 2017), Euphrosyne 47 (2019) 519–520. Article

A. Lóio, "The East In My Living–Room: Geography, Archaeology, and the Poetics of Stones in Statius’ Silvae", Domitian and the East Conference, Anargyrios and Korgialenios School, Spetses, Greece (1 July 2019). Program

Dominik, W. J. "Silius Italicus on the Battle of Cannae: A Commentary on Punica 10", review of R. J. Littlewood (ed.), A Commentary on Silius Italicus’ Punica 10 (Oxford: Oxford University Press 2017), Exemplaria Classica: Journal of Classical Philology 23 (2019) 231–242. Article

Dominik, W. J. "Classicism in South Africa", review of G. Parker (ed.), South Africa, Greece, Rome: Classical Confrontations (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2017, Acta Classica 62 (2019) 251–269. ISSN 0065-1141. Article

Dominik, W. J. "A concepção da história na Roma Imperial", Workshop in Philosophy and Literature, Programme in Theory of Literature, University of Lisbon, Portugal (10 December 2019). Notice

Dominik, W. J. "Reading Backwards: Approaching Pliny’s Panegyricus Through the Lens of Late Antiquity and the Renaissance", Lisbon Classics Seminar, University of Lisbon, Portugal (9 September 2019). Notice

Dominik, W. J. "Quintilian and Wikipedia", Fifteenth Congress of the Spanish Society for Classical Studies, University of Valladolid, Spain (17 July 2019). Certificate Lisbon Classics Seminar, University of Lisbon, Portugal (11 March 2019). Notice

Duarte, R. M. "'How Many?' (Пολλά) and 'How Great?' (Мεγάλα) As an Enhancement Topic in Rhetoric", Rhetoric in Society 7: Rhetoric as Equipment for Living, Ghent, Belgium (12 September 2019). Notice "Classica" Seminar, Centre for Classical Studies, University of Lisbon, Portugal (3 December 2019). Notice

2018

Hadjittofi, F. "ποικιλόνωτος ἀνήρ: Clothing Metaphors and Nonnus’ Ambiguous Christology in the Paraphrase of the Gospel According to John", Vigiliae Christianae 72 (2018) 165–183. Article

Hadjittofi, F. "Midas, the Golden Age Trope, and Hellenistic Kingship in Ovid’s Metamorphoses", American Journal of Philology 139 (2018) 277–309. Article

Hadjittofi, F. "Aspects of Nonnus of Panopolis", review of H. Bannert and N. Kröll (eds), Nonnus of Panopolis in Context II: Poetry, Religion, and Society. Proceedings of the International Conference on Nonnus of Panopolis, 26th-29th September 2013, University of Vienna, Austria (Leiden 2018), Classical Review 69 (2018) 90–92. Article

Hadjittofi, F. "Nonnus' Indians Between Conversion and Acculturation", Panel 1: The Road to the East, Nonnus of Panopolis in Context IV: Poetry at the Crossroads Conference, Ghent University, Belgium (19 April 2018). Program

Lóio, A. "Who’s That Girl? A Matter of Gender in Statius’ Silvae 4.8", Invigilata Lucernis 40 (2018): 73–82. Article

Lóio, A. "No Place for Dead Wood: Approaching Lucan’s Silvae", Classics and Ancient History Research Seminar, Newcastle University, England (10 October 2018). Program

Lóio, A. and G. Silva (eds). IN FLORE NOVO (Verg. G. 4.142-3) III: Encontro Internacional de Jovens Investigadores em Estudos Clássicos, eClassica 4 (2018). Journal

Lóio, A. (with A. Carvalho, D. Azinheira, and E. Pereira), "A propósito dos 125 anos do Museu Nacional de Arqueologia", Encontros com o Património (M. V. Boas), TSF Rádio Notícias (26 May 2018). Recording

Dominik, W. J. "Civil War, Parricide, and the Sword in Silius Italicus’s Punica", in L. D. Ginsberg and D. Krasne (eds), After 69 CE: Writing Civil War in Flavian Rome (Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter 2018) 271–293. (hardback). Chapter

Dominik, W. J. (ed.) Words & Ideas. Mundelein: Bolchazy-Carducci 2018 (revised reprint). Book

Dominik, W. J. "Desempenhando o papel de Virgílio na Exposição dos conteúdos de Virgílio de Fulgêncio: Uma interpretação dos Portôes de Sono na Eneida 6.893–898", Series of Lectures About Antiquity, Centre for Antiquity, Literature, Performance and Teaching (NALPE), Federal University of Bahia, Brazil (16 April 2018). Poster

Dominik, W. J. "The Development of the Classical Tradition in Africa: Theoretical Considerations and Interpretive Consequences", Session: Global Classical Traditions, One Hundred and Forty-ninth Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies (founded as the American Philological Association), Boston, Massachusetts, USA (7 January 2018). Abstract

Image: A picture from the Ambrosian Iliad (Ilias Picta) showing Achilles sacrificing to Zeus for the safe return of Patroclus (cf. Homer, Iliad 16.220–252). Folio XXXXVII, Cod. F. 205 Inf., Biblioteca Ambrosiana, Milan, 5th century CE. Source