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Andrew Porter

  • Professor, Classics

Education

  • PhD, Classical Studies, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • MA, Classical Languages, University of Missouri-Columbia
  • MA, Classics, Dalhousie University, Canada
  • MDiv, Biblical Languages and Literature, Acadia Divinity College, Canada
  • BA, History, Acadia University, Canada

Teaching Schedule

Course Num Title Meets
GREEK 306-001 Readings in Ancient Greek Literature: Readings from Athen's Agora MW 4pm-5:15pm

Courses Taught

  • CLASSIC 170 - Classical Mythology
  • CLASSIC 201 - Classical Civilization
  • CLASSIC 304 - Epic Questions
  • LATIN 205 - Third Semester Latin
  • GREEK 103 -  First Semester Greek
  • GREEK 502 - Greek Poetry, the Oresteia

Teaching Interests

  • Greek History, Literature, & Culture
  • Ancient, Classical, and Koine (New Testament) Greek
  • Latin

Research Interests

  • Ancient Democracy & Institutions of the Ancient Greek Poleis
  • The Attic Orators; Greek Epic
  • Greek Lexicography
  • Greek Pedagogy

Selected Publications

Porter, Andrew. 2022 Homer and the Epic Cycle: Recovering the Oral Traditional Relationship (Brill)
Porter, Andrew. 2019 Agamemnon, the Pathetic Despot: Reading Characterization in Homer (Harvard CHS)