Curriculum Vitae
PETER M. GREEN
Adjunct Professor, Department of Classics
and Editor, Syllecta Classica
Business Address:
404 Jefferson Building
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-335-0327
E-mail: peter-green-1@uiowa.edu
| 1950-1954 | Ph.D. in Classics, Trinity College, University of Cambridge |
| 1947-1950 | B.A. in Classics, Trinity College, University of Cambridge |
| 1954 | M.A. [granted automatically four years after B.A.] |
| 1949-1950 | Prizes for Latin and Greek Verse, and Greek Prose, Composition ; English Essay Prize |
| 1950 | Craven University Scholarship and Studentship |
| 1966-1971 | Lecturer in Greek History and Literature, College Year in Athens |
| 1971-1972 | Visiting Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1972-1982 | Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1982-1997 | James R. Dougherty, Jr. Centennial Professor of Classics, University of Texas at Austin; 1997-, Emeritus |
| 1976 | Visiting Professor of Classics, U.C.L.A. |
| 1986 | Mellon Chair in Humanities, University of Tulane |
| 1997-1998 | Visiting Professor of History, University of Iowa |
| 1998- | Adjunct Professor of Classics, The University of Iowa |
| 1999- | Editor, Syllecta Classica, The University of Iowa |
| 1999 | Visiting Professor of History, College Year in Athens |
| 2004 | King Charles II Distinguished Visiting Professor in Classics and Ancient History, East Carolina University |
| 1983-1984 | N.E.H. Senior Fellowship for Individual Study and Resarch |
| 2001 | Visiting Fellow and Writer-in-Residence, Hellenic Program, Princeton University |
Articles
' War and Morality in Fifth-Century Athens: The Case of Euripides' Trojan Women': Ancient History Bulletin 13.3 (1999) 97-110.
'The Sicilian Expedition: The fate of the Athenians debated: Diod. Sic. 13.19-33', Arion 7.2 (1999) 64-78.
'Pergamon and Sperlonga: A Historian's Reactions', in: From Pergamon to Sperlonga: Sculpture and Context, ed. N.T. de Grummond, B.S. Ridgway (Berkeley 2000) 166-190.
'Delivering the Go(o)ds: Demetrius Poliorcetes and Hellenistic Divine Kingship', in: Gestures: Essays in Ancient History, Literature and Philosophy presented to Alan L. Boegehold. Ed. G.W. Bakewell & J.P. Sickinger (Oxford 2003) 258-277.
'Politics, Philosophy and Propaganda: Hermias of Atarneus and his Friendship with Aristotle', in: Crossroads of History: The Age of Alexander. Ed. W. Heckel & L.A. Tritle (Claremont, CA 2003) 31-48.
'Occupation and coexistence: the impact of Macedon on Athens, 323-307', in The Macedonians in Athens, 339-329 BC, ed. O. Palagia, S. V. Tracy (Oxford 2003) 1-6.
Books
From Ikaria to the Stars: Classical Mythification, Ancient and Modern. University of Texas Press, 2004.
Ovid: the poems of exile. Tristia and the Black Sea Letters. University of California Press, 2005.
The Poems of Catullus: A Bilingual Edition. University of California Press, 2005.
Diodorus Siculus, Books 11-12.37.1: Greek History 480-431 B.C.-The Alternative Version. University of Texas Press, 2006.
The Hellenistic Age: A Short History. Random House, 2007.
"Magic and the principle of apparent causality in Pliny's Natural History", Carleton University, Ottawa, 21 March 2004.
"The Enigma from Agyrion: Coming to terms with Diodorus Siculus", University of Ottawa, 22 March 2004; Duke University, 15 Nov. 2004.
"Alexander the Great: Icon and Enigma": The 23rd Lawrence F. Brewster Lecture in History. East Carolina University, 10 Nov. 2004.
"Possession and Pneuma: The essential nature of the Delphic oracle",
Conference, "Myth after Logos", Ikaria, Greece, 19 June 2005.
"Herodotus and the Greco-Persian Wars", HIST 5005, East Carolina University, Fall Semester, 2004.
"Alexander the Great and his Age", HIST 5005, East Carolina University, Spring Semester, 2006.
September 2007