Associate Professor of Classical Studies at Butler University
Articles
Whip, Whipped, and Doctors: Homer's Illiad and Camus' The Plague, Interpretation (1994)
Albert Camus in The Plague gives a pressing, pitilessly clear description of plague conditions:' We...
Creative Involvement with the Texts: Bernhard Goetz and the Ancient Historians, New England Classical Newsletter (1988)
Students enjoyed working on this assignment because of its unusual approach, and they wrote papers...
Books
Ancient Greek Alive (with Catherine Freis) (1999)
Textbook in beginning ancient Greek.
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Ancient Greek Alive (1992)
Textbook in beginning ancient Greek published under author's former name, Paula Reiner.
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Tender Miscarriage: An Epiphany (1989)
Tender Miscarriage is the author's account of one particularly turbulent year in her life, characterized...
Contributions to Books
Ancient Greek in Classroom Conversation, When dead tongues speak : teaching beginning Greek and Latin (2006)
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Reviews
Review of The World of Classical Myth, by Ruck and Staples, Classical World (1996)
This introductory text is lively/chaotic, thought-provoking/riddled with pet theories, awesomely erudite/overstuffed with information, marvelous for...
Review of Parasarathy's translation of the Cilappatikaram of Ilanko Atikal, Journal of Asian Thought and Society (1995)
The recent translation of Ilanko Atikal's ilappatikaram (The Ankle Bracelet), a South Indian epic dating...
Review of Philip Arieti's Interpreting Plato, Classical World (1992)
Arieli's thesis is, as he realizes, subversive. He argues that Plato's works were not intended...
Review of Joan De Jean's Fictions of Sappho, Classical World (1991)
While classicists will not find the nuances of the French versions of Sappho compelling, there...
Review of Mandelbaum's Odyssey of Homer, Classical Outlook (1983)
Mandelbaum's translation of the Odyssey is, in a word, superb. It is studded with dazzling...