W. R. Grey Professor of Classics and History

Courses Taught

• CLA 231 Greek History
• CLA 232 Roman History
• CLA 252 Classics in the Cinema
• CLA 253, 254, 257, 258 Semester Abroad
• CLA 334 Athenian Law
• CLA 430-435 Seminars in Ancient History (recent topics include Alexander the Great, Roman Imperialism, and the Roman Revolution)
  GRE 218/318 New Testament Greek
  WRI 101 Trial of Jesus

Recent publications include:

Appendix A: "The Arginousai Affair" and B: "The Athenian Government and the Oligarchy of the Thirty," in The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika, ed. Robert B. Strassler. New York: Pantheon, 2009. 317-330.

Appendix A: "The Athenian Government in Herodotus,” in The Landmark Herodotus, ed. Robert B. Strassler. New York: Pantheon, 2007. 723-727.

“Chapter 6: War,” in The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare, vol. 1, ed. P. Sabin, H. van Wees, and M. Whitby. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007. 147-185.

“The Oath of Marathon, not Plataia?” Hesperia 76 (2007): 731-742.

“Warfare and Hoplites,” in The Cambridge Companion to Archaic Greece, ed. H.A. Shapiro. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2007. 61-84.

Look for:

“The Athenian Treaty in Theopompos F 153,” forthcoming in Phoenix.

The Battle of Marathon, forthcoming spring 2010 from Yale University Press.

To contact:

Davidson College
Box 6973 Davidson, NC 28035-6973
704-894-2270
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