Degrees:
1981 Ph.D. in Ancient History from University College London
1973 M.A. in Classics from McMaster University, Ont.
1969 B.A. Hons. (1st Class) in Classics from Manchaster University
Present Appointment:
Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics at Colgate University (1991)
Chair of the Department of the Classics
Previous Appointments:
1995 (Nov.-Dec) Benjamin Meaker Visiting Distinguished Professor in Bristol University, U.K.
1990 (Jan.-June) Visitor at the Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, N.J.
1989-91 Associate Professor in the Classics at Colgate University
1986-89 Visiting Assistant Professor for Hellenic Studies, Washington, D.C.
1985-86 Fulbright Scholar
1986 (Summer) Visiting Assistant Professor at Maryland University
1984-85 Regular guest-lecturer at the British Museum
1984-85 Lecturer in Ancient History at University College London and Westfield College London
1984-85 Executive Secretary of the Joint Association of Classical Teachers, London
1983-84 Lecturer for the British School in Archaeology in Athens
1981-84 Lecturer in Classics at Keele University
1980-81 Lecturer in Classics at Reading University
1978-80 Postgraduate at University College London
1976-78 English and Drama Teacher at Whitefield School, London
1975-76 English and Drama Teacher at Oakham School, Leics.
1974 English teacher at Whitefield School, London
1972-3 Teaching Assistant and M.A. student at McMaster University
1970-72 Teacher in Classics and English at Hendon Preparatory School, London
1969-70 Research student at St. John's College, Cambridge
Awards
1982 George Grote Ancient History Prize (national award)
1979-81 Major State Studentship (U.K.)
1969-70 Major State Studentship (U.K.)
Grants
1995 Senior Faculty Leave from Colgate University
1988 Discretionary grant from the Colgate Research Council
1987 Major research grant from Colgate University
1985 Personal grant from the British Academy
1984 Research grant from University of Keele
1983 Personal grant from the British Academy
Books
The Daily Life of the Greeks. Greenwood Press. Forthcoming in 1998.
The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World. 222 p. Duckwork and Cornell UP 1995
Religion and the Greeks. Bristol Classical Press 1994. 109 pp.
Introducing New Gods: a Study in the Politics of Athenian Religion Third printing 1993. Paperback editions by Duckworth in 1990 and Cornell in 1992.
The Greek Way of Life: from Conception to Old Age 376 pp. Cornell U.P. and Duckworth (U.K.).
The Piraeus: from the Fifth to the First Centuries B.C. 280 pp. Duckworth (U.K.) and Cornell UP 1987. Paperback edition by Duckworth in 1993.
The Greek Way of Death 192 pp. Duckworth 9U.K.) and Cornell 1985. Paperback eidition by Cornell in 1988.
Articles:
Entries in 'Marathons', Transatlantic Balloon Competition's in American Historical Encyclopedia (forthcoming).
Entries on 'Age', 'Children', 'Death, attitudes to (Greek)', 'Deformity', 'Munichia', 'Phaleron', 'Piraeus' in Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed.
'Strategies of religious intimidation and coercion in Classical Athens', pp. 91-99 in Acta of the Uppsala Symposium (Boreas 24).
'The mockery of the deformed and disabled in Graeco-Roman culture', pp. 71-84 in Annales Universitatis Turkuensis vol. 28 (1994)
'Istoria tou Peiraia: Archaioteta', s.v. Peiraias', pp. 300-302 in Papyros-Larousse-Britannica.
'Juvenile Delinquency in the Greco-Roman World,' pp. 12-19 in History Today vol. 41 (October 1991)
'Priests and Power in Classical Athens', pp. 73-91 in Pagan Priests (ed. By M. Beard and J. North) Duckworth and Cornell 1990.
'The Well-Ordered Corpse: an investigation into the Motivation behind Greek Funerary Legislation', pp. 1-15 in Bulletin of the Institute for Classical Studies 36 (1989)
The Greek Way of Death: a Reply to Margaret Alexious', pp. 413-5 in Modern Greek Studies Review 4 (1988)
'Festivals and spectacles in ancient Greece', pp. 1143-52 in vol 2 of Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean (ed. By M. Grant and R. Kitzinger). Scribners 1988.
'Greek gereatrics', pp. 12-18 in History Today, March 1986.
'Mother and child in ancient Greece', pp. 40-46 in History Today, March 1986
'Religious authority in archaic and classical Athens', pp. 75-123 in Annual of the British School at Athens 79 (1984).
'Greek burial customs', pp. 91-11 in Omnibus 6, Autumn 1983.
'Death without Dishonour: Suicide in classical antiquity', pp. 33-37 in History Today, August 1983.
'Greek Drinking Parties', pp. 18-21 in History Today, June 1982.
'Geras thanonton: an investigation into the claims of the Homeric dead', pp. 69-80 in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 29 (1982)
'A first catalogue of Attic Peribolos-tombs', pp. 125-76 in Annual of the British School at Athens 76 (1982)
'The causation of death in the Illiad: a theological and biological investigation', pp. 43-60 in Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies 28 (1981)
Review Article
Calame, Thesee et I'imaginaire Athenien, forthcoming in Arion.
Reviews
V.J. Hunter, Policing Athens, p. 1540 in American Historical Review Dec. 1995.
Dasen, V. Dwarfs in Ancient Egypt and Greece p. 223 in Journal of Hellenic Studies 115 (1995)
I. Morris, Death-Ritual and Social Stucture in Classical Antiquity, forthcoming in Gnomon.
M.I. Spariosu, God of Many Names, p. 200f. in Ancient Philosphy 14 (1994).
M. Golden, Children and Childhood in Classical Athens, p. 205f. in Journal of Hellenic Studies 113 (1993)
M. Kleifwegt. Ancient Youth p. 204f in Journal of Hellenic Studies 113 (1993).
T.W. Gallant, Risk and Survival in Ancient Greece, p. 1189 in The American Historical Review Oct. 1992.
A.J.L. van Hooff, From Autothanasia to Suicide: Self-Killing in Classical Antiquity, forthcoming in Ancient Philosphy.
T.M. Faulkner and J. de Luce (eds), Old Age in Greek and Latin Literature, and G. Minois, History of Old Age, pp. 66-69 in Phoenix 46 (1992)
G. Hoffman, Le chatiment des amants dans la Grece classique, p. 1515-6 in The American Historical Review Dec. 1991.
J. Ferguson Among the Gods, p. 236 in Journal of Hellenic Studies 111 (1991)
P. Veyne Bread and Circuses, pp. 239 f in Journal of Hellenic Studies 111 (1991)
I. Morris Burial and Ancient Society, pp. 66-67 in Classical Review n.s. 39 1. (1989)
R. Raffaelli Rappresentazioni della morte, pp. 73-5 in Classical Review 39.2 (1989)