Miriam Carlisle

Miriam Carlisle

Miriam Carlisle

Associate Professor of Classics

Education

  • Ph.D. (Classical Philology) Harvard University
  • A.M. (Classical Philology) Harvard University
  • B.A. (Classics) Newton College (Boston College)

Research

Greek and Latin Epic Poetry, Greek and Latin Lyric Poetry, Roman Life and Literature from the Late Republic through the Neronian Period, Ancient Sanctuaries, Literary Prophetesses, Ancient Games and Public Spectacle, Ancient Greek Coins.

Teaching

  • Introductory Latin Courses: First and Second Year Latin
  • Advanced Latin Seminars: Virgil’s Eclogues and Georgics, Virgil’s Aeneid, Latin Elegiac Poetry, Neronian Literature, Horace and Catullus, Roman Historians, Roman Letters,  Latin Prose Composition
  • General Education Courses offered in English: The World of the Late Republic, The World of Augustus, Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology

Selected Publications

  • Nine Essays on Homer, ed. with O. Levaniouk, Rowman and Littlefield, 1998.