My DPhil research examines anthropomorphism, or the tendency to represent material things with the qualities of people, as the primary creative driving force in the long literary history of Greek epigram, combining close and detailed readings of individual texts along with their manuscript traditions, with delicate literary micro-histories which trace chains of imitation and innovation across time.
Beyond my thesis, I have an article out in Arethusa (2023, 56.2) which builds on work from my MPhil at Cambridge on metaphors of “surface” and “depth” in ancient literary criticism and have long-standing interests in ancient Greek music and ancient riddles. I am also interested in the intersection between modern poetic production and under-utilised ancient forms, and am working on a literary collaboration which brings together my research and creative practice for publication.
I teach on much broader topics such as Greek Tragedy, Early Greek Hexameter, Hellenistic Literature.
