Williams College Classics Department: Meredith Hoppin

Meredith C. Hoppin
Frank M. Gagliardi Professor of Classical Languages
On leave, spring 2008

Classics Department
Stetson Hall B25
Williams College
Williamstown, MA 01267
(413) 597-2554 (office)
(413) 597-4222 (fax)

mhoppin@williams.edu

Teaching

At Williams, each of the Classics faculty teaches a wide range of courses, and we take turns teaching many of the courses in our curriculum. We value this broad interaction with the field of Classics and with our students; in addition this breadth enriches the more focused work of our research.

Courses Recently Taught

Greek and Latin

Introduction to Greek
Intermediate Greek: Hesiod and Plato
Advanced Greek: Greek Lyric Poetry
Advanced Greek: Homer, Iliad
Introduction to Latin
Advanced Latin: Literature of the Republic
Advanced Latin: Horace Odes 1-3

Courses in Translation

Myth (team taught with Peter Just, Department of Anthropology)
Greek Myth and Narrative
Greek and Roman Drama
Helen, Desire, and Language
Eros the Bittersweet: Sappho in Greek for the Greekless Student (Winter Study course)

Other courses taught

Greek Tragedy; Homer, Odyssey
Greek Literature in Translation; Greek Mythology (courses in translation)
Oratory and Rhetoric; Horace Odes in Latin for the Latinless Student. (Winter Study courses)

Research

Areas of Interest

Greek Tragedy
Archaic greek Literature and culture, especially Homer and lyric poetry
Women and gender studies
Critical Theory, especially anthropological approaches to Greek culture
Roman comedy

Selected Scholarship

Odes

Philoctetes

Aulularia

Imitations of Action and Life: Homeric Reenactment in Sophocles'

Education

Ph.D. (1976) University of Michigan
B.A. (1972) Carleton College


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		Meredith C. Hoppin Frank M. Gagliardi Professor of Classical Languages On leave, spring 2008 Classics Department Stetson Hall B25 Williams College Williamstown, MA 01267 (413) 597-2554 (office) (413) 597-4222 (fax) mhoppin@williams.edu Teaching At Williams, each of the Classics faculty teaches a wide range of courses, and we take turns teaching many of the courses in our curriculum. We value this broad interaction with the field of Classics and with our students; in addition this breadth enriches the more focused work of our research. Courses Recently Taught Greek and Latin Introduction to Greek Intermediate Greek: Hesiod and Plato Advanced Greek: Greek Lyric Poetry Advanced Greek: Homer, Iliad Introduction to Latin Advanced Latin: Literature of the Republic Advanced Latin: Horace Odes 1-3 Courses in Translation Myth (team taught with Peter Just, Department of Anthropology) Greek Myth and Narrative Greek and Roman Drama Helen, Desire, and Language Eros the Bittersweet: Sappho in Greek for the Greekless Student (Winter Study course) Other courses taught Greek Tragedy; Homer, Odyssey Greek Literature in Translation; Greek Mythology (courses in translation) Oratory and Rhetoric; Horace Odes in Latin for the Latinless Student. (Winter Study courses) Research Areas of Interest Greek Tragedy Archaic greek Literature and culture, especially Homer and lyric poetry Women and gender studies Critical Theory, especially anthropological approaches to Greek culture Roman comedy Selected Scholarship Professor Hoppin has published articles on Horace Odes 1.5, Sophocles' Philoctetes, and has a forthcoming article, "Logos as a Tool in Sophocles' Philoctetes. Her work in progress includes "A Pot of Gold and the Virgin's Womb in Plautus' Aulularia", and a book, Imitations of Action and Life: Homeric Reenactment in Sophocles' Ajax. Education Ph.D. (1976) University of Michigan B.A. (1972) Carleton College