William J Dominik
University of Lisbon, Classical Studies, Integrated Researcher (2018-), Visiting Professor (2022-2023); FCT Research Fellow (2019-2022); Invited Full Professor (2018-2019); Director of Classica (2018-2023)
UFBA - Federal University of Bahia, Postgraduate Programme in Literature and Culture, Institute of Letters; Postgraduate Programme in Language and Culture, Institute of Letters, CAPES Visiting Foreign Professor (2016–2017, 2010)
UFJF - Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras: Estudos Literários, Professor Visitante (2024–)
University of Otago, Classics, Professor Emeritus (2015–); Professor and Chair (2002–2015); Head (2002–2009)
University of Oxford, St John's College, St Anne's College, Visiting Research Centre Associate, St John’s Research Centre (2013); Plumer Visiting Research Fellow (2013)
University of Edinburgh, School of History and Classics, Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, Visiting Professor; Visiting Research Fellow (2006–2007)
University of Natal, Classics, Professor and Chair / Director of Programme (2001); Associate Professor (Reader) (1995–2000); Lecturer (1991–1994)
University of Cambridge, Clare Hall, Faculty of Classics, Christ's College and Newnham College, Visiting Research Fellow (2000–2001); Visiting Teaching Fellow (2000)
Texas Tech University, Department of Classical and Romance Languages, Visiting Assistant Professor (1990–1991); Teaching and Research Assistant (1981–1982)
William J. Dominik atualmente é Professor Visitante de Estudos Clássicos da Universidade de Juiz de Fora (Brasil), Investigador Integrado de Estudos Clássicos da Universidade de Lisboa, e Professor Emérito de Estudos Clássicos da Universidade de Otago (Nova Zelândia). Dominik tem um extenso histórico de aulas proferidas em Estudos Clássicos e Humanidades, especialmente na Universidade de Otago, onde atuou como Professor e Chefe da Cátedra de Estudos Clássicos; na Universidade de Natal (África do Sul), onde atuou também como Professor e Chefe da Cátedra de Estudos Clássicos; e na Universidade de Lisboa, onde ele atuou como Professor Visitante e Investigador Integrado de Estudos Clássicos. Ele também foi professor visitante e/ou tem tido outros cargos na Universidade da Bahia, Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brasil), Universidade de Oxford, Universidade de Edimburgo, Universidade de Cambridge, Universidade de Leeds, Universidade de Tecnologia do Texas, e Universidade Monash por períodos variando de 6 meses a 3 anos. Dominik é o autor ou editor de 364 publicações (incluindo-se edições revisadas, reimpressas e contratadas) em 19 países, contando 26 livros em literatura romana e retórica, recepção e tradição clássica, lexicografia e outros tópicos. Ele também foi o Editor Fundador e Gerente da revista internacional dos Estudos Clássicos por 20 anos (1992-2011) denominada Scholia (África do Sul / Nova Zelândia), que publicou 862 contribuições de 392 estudiosos e acadêmicos de 193 diferentes universidades em 36 países, e foi distribuído por 49 países; além disso, ele atuou como Editor/Co-editor da Literatura e Cultura Latina de The Literary Encyclopedia (Inglaterra). Dominik entregou 167 apresentações (incluindo cartazes) em 65 universidades e perante 10 sociedades profissionais de 18 países, incluindo a Terceira Palestra Bienal em Memória de Constantine Leventis na Universidade de Ibadan (Nigéria), uma apresentação no Simpósio da Identidade Nacional da Sociedade Real da Nova Zelândia, uma palestra na Sociedade Filológica de Oxford, um principal discurso na Trigésima Quinta Conferência Bienal da Associação Clássica da África do Sul, a Aula Inaugural do Primeiro Colóquio Clássicas na Universidade Federal da Bahia (Brasil), a conferência na Aula Magna do Programa de Pós-Graduação (Mestrado) em História da Universidade Federal de Sergipe (Brasil), além de outras palestras convidadas.
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William J. Dominik presently is Visiting Professor (Professor Visitante) in Classical Studies at the University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), Integrated Researcher (Investigador Integrado) in Classical Studies at the University of Lisbon, and Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Otago (New Zealand). Dominik has lectured widely in Classics and the Humanities, especially at the University of Otago, where he served as Professor and Chair of Classics; at the University of Natal (South Africa), where he also served as Professor and Chair of Classics; and at the University of Lisbon, where he has served as a Visiting Professor and Integrated Researcher (Investigador Integrado) in Classical Studies; he has also held visiting professorships and/or other positions at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Federal University of Bahia (Brazil), University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge, University of Leeds, Texas Tech University, and Monash University for periods ranging from 6 months to 3 years. Dominik is the author or editor of 364 publications (counting revised editions, reprints and contracted publications) in 19 countries, including 26 books, on Roman literature and rhetoric, the classical tradition and reception, lexicography and other topics. He was also the Founding Editor and Manager of the twenty-year (1992–2011) international Classics series Scholia (South Africa / New Zealand), which published 862 contributions by 392 scholars and academics at 193 universities in 36 countries and was distributed in printed form throughout 49 countries; in addition, he served as Editor/Co editor of Latin Literature and Culture for The Literary Encyclopedia (England). Dominik has delivered 167 papers (including posters) at 65 universities and before 10 professional societies in 18 countries, including the Third Biennial Constantine Leventis Memorial Lecture at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), a Royal Society of New Zealand National Identity Symposium presentation, an Oxford Philological Society lecture, the keynote speech at the Thirty-fifth Biennial Conference of the Classical Association of South Africa: Old Age, a keynote address at the Federal University of Bahia Inaugural Classics Colloquium (Brazil), the Inaugural Seminar at the Federal University of Sergipe Postgraduate (Master’s Degree) Program in History (Brazil), and other invited lectures.
Supervisors: A. J. Boyle (PhD dissertation) and P. G. Christiansen (MA thesis)
Phone: +351 920383035
Address: Sintra, Portugal
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William J. Dominik presently is Visiting Professor (Professor Visitante) in Classical Studies at the University of Juiz de Fora (Brazil), Integrated Researcher (Investigador Integrado) in Classical Studies at the University of Lisbon, and Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Otago (New Zealand). Dominik has lectured widely in Classics and the Humanities, especially at the University of Otago, where he served as Professor and Chair of Classics; at the University of Natal (South Africa), where he also served as Professor and Chair of Classics; and at the University of Lisbon, where he has served as a Visiting Professor and Integrated Researcher (Investigador Integrado) in Classical Studies; he has also held visiting professorships and/or other positions at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Federal University of Bahia (Brazil), University of Oxford, University of Edinburgh, University of Cambridge, University of Leeds, Texas Tech University, and Monash University for periods ranging from 6 months to 3 years. Dominik is the author or editor of 364 publications (counting revised editions, reprints and contracted publications) in 19 countries, including 26 books, on Roman literature and rhetoric, the classical tradition and reception, lexicography and other topics. He was also the Founding Editor and Manager of the twenty-year (1992–2011) international Classics series Scholia (South Africa / New Zealand), which published 862 contributions by 392 scholars and academics at 193 universities in 36 countries and was distributed in printed form throughout 49 countries; in addition, he served as Editor/Co editor of Latin Literature and Culture for The Literary Encyclopedia (England). Dominik has delivered 167 papers (including posters) at 65 universities and before 10 professional societies in 18 countries, including the Third Biennial Constantine Leventis Memorial Lecture at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), a Royal Society of New Zealand National Identity Symposium presentation, an Oxford Philological Society lecture, the keynote speech at the Thirty-fifth Biennial Conference of the Classical Association of South Africa: Old Age, a keynote address at the Federal University of Bahia Inaugural Classics Colloquium (Brazil), the Inaugural Seminar at the Federal University of Sergipe Postgraduate (Master’s Degree) Program in History (Brazil), and other invited lectures.
Supervisors: A. J. Boyle (PhD dissertation) and P. G. Christiansen (MA thesis)
Phone: +351 920383035
Address: Sintra, Portugal
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Research Books (Authored and Ed.) Prelim. Material by William J Dominik
Chapters by F. Ahl (Cornell), R. Ash (Oxford), A. Augoustakis (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), V. Berlincourt (Geneva), N. Bernstein (Ohio), S. Braund (British Columbia), P. Chaudhuri (Dartmouth), C. Chinn (Pomona), N. Coffee (Buffalo, New York), C. Criado (Santiago di Compostela), P. Davis (Adelaide), J. Dietrich (Australian National), W. Dominik (Otago), R. Edwards (Pennsylvania State), R. Ganiban (Middlebury), K. Gervais (Otago), B. Gibson (Liverpool), P. Heslin (Durham), H. Kaufmann (Oxford), H. Lovatt (Nottingham), New York), A. Marinis (Patra), D. Mengelkoch (Lake Forest), C. McNelis (Georgetown), L. Micozzi (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), S. Myers (Virginia), C. Newlands (Colorado), V. Pagán (Florida), R. Parkes (Oxford) F. Ripoll (Toulouse II), P. Roche (Sydney), L. Roman (Memorial), G. Rosati (Udine), M. Rühl (Wuppertal).
Chapters by M. Alexander (Illinois, Chicago), G. Anderson (Kent), V. Arena (London), U. Auhagen (Freiburg), J. Barsby (Otago), M. Bloomer (Notre Dame), J. Connolly (Stanford), A. Corbeill (Kansas), C. Craig (Tennessee), C. Damon (Amherst), W. Dominik (Otago), J. Dugan (Buffalo, New York), J. Fernández, La Rioja), M. Fox (Birmingham), R. Gaines (Maryland, College Park), J. Hall (Otago), D. Hooley (Missouri, Columbia), R. Kirchner (Jena), J. May (St Olaf), C. McNelis (Georgetown), E. Narducci (Florence), E. Rabbie (Constantijn Huygens Institut), J. Ramsey (Illinois, Chicago), R. Rees (Glasgow), S. Rutledge (Maryland, College Park), E. Sciarrino (Canterbury), J. Small (Rutgers), C. Steel (Glasgow), S. Stroup (Washington), J. Ward (Sydney), M. Wilson (Auckland).
Chapters by R. Bond (Canterbury), W. Dominik (Otago), J. Garthwaite (Otago), J. Hall (Otago), V. Jennings (Adelaide), J. Ker (Pennsylvania), D. Konstan (Brown), M. Malamud (Buffalo, New York), B. Martin (Pretoria), S. Mason (California, Irvine), D. McGuire (Buffalo, New York), C. Newlands (Wisconsin, Madison), J. Penwill (La Trobe, Bendigo), P. Roche (New England), M. Roller (Johns Hopkins), S. Rutledge (Maryland, College Park), G. Williams (Columbia), M. Wilson (Auckland), M. Winkler (George Mason), A. Zissos (California, Irvine).
(Twenty-three of my publications are cited in this edited volume.)
Chapters by M. Alexander (Illinois, Chicago), G. Anderson (Kent), V. Arena (London), U. Auhagen (Freiburg), J. Barsby (Otago), M. Bloomer (Notre Dame), J. Connolly (Stanford), A. Corbeill (Kansas), C. Craig (Tennessee), C. Damon (Amherst), W. Dominik (Otago), J. Dugan (Buffalo, New York), J. Fernández, La Rioja), M. Fox (Birmingham), R. Gaines (Maryland, College Park), J. Hall (Otago), D. Hooley (Missouri, Columbia), R. Kirchner (Jena), J. May (St Olaf), C. McNelis (Georgetown), E. Narducci (Florence), E. Rabbie (Constantijn Huygens Institut), J. Ramsey (Illinois, Chicago), R. Rees (Glasgow), S. Rutledge (Maryland, College Park), E. Sciarrino (Canterbury), J. Small (Rutgers), C. Steel (Glasgow), S. Stroup (Washington), J. Ward (Sydney), M. Wilson (Auckland).
Chapters by C. Ando (Southern California), M. Beard (Cambridge), A. Boyle (Southern California), J. Cody (Southern California), W. Dominik (Otago), R. Evans (Tasmania), H. Fearnley (Southern California), D. Fredrick (Arkansas), B. Gold (Hamilton), E. Gunderson (Ohio State), A. Hardie (Oxford), J. Henderson (Cambridge), D. Markus (Michigan), S. Mason (York, Canada), R. Mellor (California, Los Angeles), T. Murphy (California, Berkeley), C. Newlands (Wisconsin, Madison), J. Packer (Northwestern), J. Penwill (La Trobe), J. Pollini (Southern California), P. Sinclair (California, Irvine), J. Smith (San Diego State), P. Vasunia (Southern California), M. Wilson (Auckland), A. Zissos (Texas, Austin).
Chapters are by G. Arnott (Leeds), B. Baldwin (Calgary), A. Basson (Buffalo, New York), L. Cilliers (Orange Free State), K. Coleman (Harvard), P. Conradie (Stellenbosch), W. Dominik (Otago), R. Evans (South Africa), E. Fantham (Princeton), S. Farron (Witwatersrand), K. Galinsky (Texas), B. Gentili and Liana Lomiento (Urbino), D. Gerber (Western Ontario), A. Gosling (Natal), J. Hale (Kentucky), S. Harrison (Oxford), J. Hilton (Natal), D. Konstan (Brown), M. Lambert (Natal), B. Levick (Oxford), A. Mackay (Auckland), B. Martin (Pretoria), G. Maurach (Braunschweig), P. Murgatroyd (McMaster), I. Ronca (Pontificium Institutum Altioris Latinitatis), D. Saddington (Witwatersrand), H. Sivan (Kansas), P. Tennant (Natal), B. van Zyl Smit (Western Cape), R. Whitaker (Cape Town).
Chapters by S. Braund (London), G. Calboli (Bologna) and W. Dominik (Natal), R. Cape (Austin), C. Connors (Washington), W. Dominik (Natal), E. Fantham (Princeton), J. Farrell (Pennsylvania), S. Goldberg (California, Los Angeles), J. Hughes (Southwest Missouri State), J. Kirby (Purdue), N. O’Sullivan (Western Australia), A. Richlin (Southern California), M. Ronnick (Wayne State), P. Toohey (New England).
Research Books (In Progress) by William J Dominik
Textbooks (Authored and Edited) Prelim. Material by William J Dominik
Chapters by W. Dominik (Otago/Lisbon), J. Hilton (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Bevis (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Gosling (KwaZulu-Natal), S. Masters (Stellenbosch).
Chapters by W. Dominik (Otago), J. Hilton (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Bevis (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Gosling (KwaZulu-Natal), S. Masters (Stellenbosch).
Chapters by F. Ahl (Cornell), R. Ash (Oxford), A. Augoustakis (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), V. Berlincourt (Geneva), N. Bernstein (Ohio), S. Braund (British Columbia), P. Chaudhuri (Dartmouth), C. Chinn (Pomona), N. Coffee (Buffalo, New York), C. Criado (Santiago di Compostela), P. Davis (Adelaide), J. Dietrich (Australian National), W. Dominik (Otago), R. Edwards (Pennsylvania State), R. Ganiban (Middlebury), K. Gervais (Otago), B. Gibson (Liverpool), P. Heslin (Durham), H. Kaufmann (Oxford), H. Lovatt (Nottingham), New York), A. Marinis (Patra), D. Mengelkoch (Lake Forest), C. McNelis (Georgetown), L. Micozzi (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa), S. Myers (Virginia), C. Newlands (Colorado), V. Pagán (Florida), R. Parkes (Oxford) F. Ripoll (Toulouse II), P. Roche (Sydney), L. Roman (Memorial), G. Rosati (Udine), M. Rühl (Wuppertal).
Chapters by M. Alexander (Illinois, Chicago), G. Anderson (Kent), V. Arena (London), U. Auhagen (Freiburg), J. Barsby (Otago), M. Bloomer (Notre Dame), J. Connolly (Stanford), A. Corbeill (Kansas), C. Craig (Tennessee), C. Damon (Amherst), W. Dominik (Otago), J. Dugan (Buffalo, New York), J. Fernández, La Rioja), M. Fox (Birmingham), R. Gaines (Maryland, College Park), J. Hall (Otago), D. Hooley (Missouri, Columbia), R. Kirchner (Jena), J. May (St Olaf), C. McNelis (Georgetown), E. Narducci (Florence), E. Rabbie (Constantijn Huygens Institut), J. Ramsey (Illinois, Chicago), R. Rees (Glasgow), S. Rutledge (Maryland, College Park), E. Sciarrino (Canterbury), J. Small (Rutgers), C. Steel (Glasgow), S. Stroup (Washington), J. Ward (Sydney), M. Wilson (Auckland).
Chapters by R. Bond (Canterbury), W. Dominik (Otago), J. Garthwaite (Otago), J. Hall (Otago), V. Jennings (Adelaide), J. Ker (Pennsylvania), D. Konstan (Brown), M. Malamud (Buffalo, New York), B. Martin (Pretoria), S. Mason (California, Irvine), D. McGuire (Buffalo, New York), C. Newlands (Wisconsin, Madison), J. Penwill (La Trobe, Bendigo), P. Roche (New England), M. Roller (Johns Hopkins), S. Rutledge (Maryland, College Park), G. Williams (Columbia), M. Wilson (Auckland), M. Winkler (George Mason), A. Zissos (California, Irvine).
(Twenty-three of my publications are cited in this edited volume.)
Chapters by M. Alexander (Illinois, Chicago), G. Anderson (Kent), V. Arena (London), U. Auhagen (Freiburg), J. Barsby (Otago), M. Bloomer (Notre Dame), J. Connolly (Stanford), A. Corbeill (Kansas), C. Craig (Tennessee), C. Damon (Amherst), W. Dominik (Otago), J. Dugan (Buffalo, New York), J. Fernández, La Rioja), M. Fox (Birmingham), R. Gaines (Maryland, College Park), J. Hall (Otago), D. Hooley (Missouri, Columbia), R. Kirchner (Jena), J. May (St Olaf), C. McNelis (Georgetown), E. Narducci (Florence), E. Rabbie (Constantijn Huygens Institut), J. Ramsey (Illinois, Chicago), R. Rees (Glasgow), S. Rutledge (Maryland, College Park), E. Sciarrino (Canterbury), J. Small (Rutgers), C. Steel (Glasgow), S. Stroup (Washington), J. Ward (Sydney), M. Wilson (Auckland).
Chapters by C. Ando (Southern California), M. Beard (Cambridge), A. Boyle (Southern California), J. Cody (Southern California), W. Dominik (Otago), R. Evans (Tasmania), H. Fearnley (Southern California), D. Fredrick (Arkansas), B. Gold (Hamilton), E. Gunderson (Ohio State), A. Hardie (Oxford), J. Henderson (Cambridge), D. Markus (Michigan), S. Mason (York, Canada), R. Mellor (California, Los Angeles), T. Murphy (California, Berkeley), C. Newlands (Wisconsin, Madison), J. Packer (Northwestern), J. Penwill (La Trobe), J. Pollini (Southern California), P. Sinclair (California, Irvine), J. Smith (San Diego State), P. Vasunia (Southern California), M. Wilson (Auckland), A. Zissos (Texas, Austin).
Chapters are by G. Arnott (Leeds), B. Baldwin (Calgary), A. Basson (Buffalo, New York), L. Cilliers (Orange Free State), K. Coleman (Harvard), P. Conradie (Stellenbosch), W. Dominik (Otago), R. Evans (South Africa), E. Fantham (Princeton), S. Farron (Witwatersrand), K. Galinsky (Texas), B. Gentili and Liana Lomiento (Urbino), D. Gerber (Western Ontario), A. Gosling (Natal), J. Hale (Kentucky), S. Harrison (Oxford), J. Hilton (Natal), D. Konstan (Brown), M. Lambert (Natal), B. Levick (Oxford), A. Mackay (Auckland), B. Martin (Pretoria), G. Maurach (Braunschweig), P. Murgatroyd (McMaster), I. Ronca (Pontificium Institutum Altioris Latinitatis), D. Saddington (Witwatersrand), H. Sivan (Kansas), P. Tennant (Natal), B. van Zyl Smit (Western Cape), R. Whitaker (Cape Town).
Chapters by S. Braund (London), G. Calboli (Bologna) and W. Dominik (Natal), R. Cape (Austin), C. Connors (Washington), W. Dominik (Natal), E. Fantham (Princeton), J. Farrell (Pennsylvania), S. Goldberg (California, Los Angeles), J. Hughes (Southwest Missouri State), J. Kirby (Purdue), N. O’Sullivan (Western Australia), A. Richlin (Southern California), M. Ronnick (Wayne State), P. Toohey (New England).
Chapters by W. Dominik (Otago/Lisbon), J. Hilton (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Bevis (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Gosling (KwaZulu-Natal), S. Masters (Stellenbosch).
Chapters by W. Dominik (Otago), J. Hilton (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Bevis (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Gosling (KwaZulu-Natal), S. Masters (Stellenbosch).
Chapters by W. Dominik (Otago), J. Hilton (Kwa-Zulu-Natal), A. Bevis (Kwa-Zulu-Natal), A. Gosling (Kwa-Zulu-Natal), S. Masters (Stellenbosch).
Chapters by W. Dominik (Otago), J. Hilton (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Bevis (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Gosling (KwaZulu-Natal), S. Masters (Stellenbosch).
Chapters by W. Dominik (Otago), J. Hilton (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Bevis (KwaZulu-Natal), A. Gosling (KwaZulu-Natal), S. Masters (Stellenboschl).
Chapters by W. Dominik (Otago), J. Hilton (Natal), A. Bevis (Natal), A. Gosling (Natal), S. Masters (Natal).
Scholia and Scholia Reviews (volumes 1-20) published 862 contributions by 392 scholars and academics at 193 universities and other institutions in 36 countries, namely Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, USA, Wales and Zimbabwe.
The series was distributed to individuals, universities and libraries in 49 countries in Africa, North America, Australasia, Europe, South America and Asia. Scholia exchanged with 119 journals.
Scholia is archived in ProQuest (USA), EBSCO (USA), Informit (Australia) and SABINET (South Africa); indexed and abstracted in L’Année Philologique (France); indexed in Gnomon (Germany) and TOCS-IN (Canada); and listed in Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory (USA). Photocopies of articles and other sections of Scholia are also available from the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC no. 8092.54348).
Scholia was listed in the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training Register of Refereed Journals and was recognised by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training for research output subsidy.
Scholia Reviews, an electronic journal, featured the pre-publication versions of reviews that appeared in Scholia.
Scholia and Scholia Reviews (volumes 1-20) published 862 contributions by 392 scholars and academics at 193 universities and other institutions in 36 countries, namely Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, USA, Wales and Zimbabwe.
The series was distributed to individuals, universities and libraries in 49 countries in Africa, North America, Australasia, Europe, South America and Asia. Scholia exchanged with 119 journals.
Scholia is archived in ProQuest (USA), EBSCO (USA), Informit (Australia) and SABINET (South Africa); indexed and abstracted in L’Année Philologique (France); indexed in Gnomon (Germany) and TOCS-IN (Canada); and listed in Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory (USA). Photocopies of articles and other sections of Scholia are also available from the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC no. 8092.54348).
Scholia was listed in the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training Register of Refereed Journals and was recognised by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training for research output subsidy.
Scholia Reviews, an electronic journal, featured the pre-publication versions of reviews that appeared in Scholia.
Scholia and Scholia Reviews (volumes 1-20) published 862 contributions by 392 scholars and academics at 193 universities and other institutions in 36 countries, namely Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cyprus, Democratic Republic of Congo, England, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Malawi, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Northern Ireland, Puerto Rico, Poland, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, USA, Wales and Zimbabwe.
The series was distributed to individuals, universities and libraries in 49 countries in Africa, North America, Australasia, Europe, South America and Asia. Scholia exchanged with 119 journals.
Scholia is archived in ProQuest (USA), EBSCO (USA), Informit (Australia) and SABINET (South Africa); indexed and abstracted in L’Année Philologique (France); indexed in Gnomon (Germany) and TOCS-IN (Canada); and listed in Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory (USA). Photocopies of articles and other sections of Scholia are also available from the British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC no. 8092.54348).
Scholia was listed in the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training Register of Refereed Journals and was recognised by the South African Department of Higher Education and Training for research output subsidy.
Scholia Reviews, an electronic journal, featured the pre-publication versions of reviews that appeared in Scholia.
The Classical Review 73.1 (2023) 146: 'W. J. Dominik (‘Modern Assessments of Quintilian’) presents a bravura, telegraphic Sammelrezension of around half the 600-odd scholarly publications (and several ‘pseudo-scholarly’ ones, p. 465) on Quintilian between 1980 and 2016; they range beyond the usual languages into tongues as diverse as Ukrainian, Armenian and Japanese (most of these last, it is true, on Wikipedia)'.
Extracts from editors' introduction:
'The same discourse of domestic and foreign, Roman and Other, also animates this volume’s readings of the Punica, which together identify an array of Silian approaches to the familiar strategy of situating anxieties externally, a strategy which William Dominik (ch. 13) labels “geographical distancing.” (p. 17)
'Dominik (ch. 13) argues that Silius situates multiple points of Roman civil war’s genesis throughout the events of the Second Punic War, from the defeat at Cannae to the eventual defeat of Hannibal, while also painting the portrait of a populus Romanus that already possessed the necessary character to descend into—and welcome—civil strife. (p. 19)
'Dominik (ch. 13) sees Silius as hinting at the apotheosized Vespasian in his closing divinization of Scipio, with the result that Silius’s earlier destabilizations of the positivity of apotheosis, particularly the apotheosis of the “key figure and symbol of civil war,”42 Julius Caesar, also color the poet’s generally-positive images of Vespasian and his dynasty.' (p. 20)
(There are 123 references to my name in this edited volume.)
Taken together, the chapters that comprise The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies show that rhetoric is not only a body of precepts for stylish, effective communication in speech, writing, and other media but also a social process embedded in manifold areas of culture, a process that both mirrors and engenders the society in which it operates. “Rhetoric, like any other field of activity,” observes William J. Dominik, “is constructed socially, politically and cognitively in ways that reflect, express and extend—through its rules, structures, processes and values—the culture that produces it” (1997: 11).
Extracts from editors' introduction:
'The same discourse of domestic and foreign, Roman and Other, also animates
this volume’s readings of the Punica, which together identify an array of
Silian approaches to the familiar strategy of situating anxieties externally, a strategy
which William Dominik (ch. 13) labels “geographical distancing.” (p. 17)
'Dominik (ch. 13) argues that Silius situates multiple points of Roman civil war’s
genesis throughout the events of the Second Punic War, from the defeat at Cannae
to the eventual defeat of Hannibal, while also painting the portrait of a populus
Romanus that already possessed the necessary character to descend into—
and welcome—civil strife. (p. 19)
'Dominik (ch. 13) sees Silius as hinting at the apotheosized Vespasian in his closing
divinization of Scipio, with the result that Silius’s earlier destabilizations of
the positivity of apotheosis, particularly the apotheosis of the “key figure and
symbol of civil war,”42 Julius Caesar, also color the poet’s generally-positive images
of Vespasian and his dynasty.' (p. 20)
(There are 123 references to my name in this edited volume.)
Taken together, the chapters that comprise The Oxford Handbook of Rhetorical Studies show that rhetoric is not only a body of precepts for stylish, effective communication in speech, writing, and other media but also a social process embedded in manifold areas of culture, a process that both mirrors and engenders the society in which it operates. “Rhetoric, like any other field of activity,” observes William J. Dominik, “is constructed socially, politically and cognitively in ways that reflect, express and extend—through its rules, structures, processes and values—the culture that produces it” (1997: 11).
Although at the beginning of the Annals Tacitus claims for himself the principle of objectivity and neutrality, he employs various narrative strategies throughout his work that undermine this idea of alleged neutrality. One of these narrative strategies involves Tacitus’ emphasis of one of his explanations of an event in the narrative of the Annals over other proposed explanations. An aspect of this strategy relevant to narrative emphasis relates to how Tacitus organizes events to draw attention to particular associations between certain characters and their dramatic roles in the narrative.
In the Dialogus, Aper argues that that contemporary orators are as proficient as those of Cicero’s era, with differences lying in the preferences of the different audiences. Aper’s stance aligns with Tacitus’ nuanced understanding of evolving political and social conditions. The Dialogus contextualizes the transition from republic to empire by highlighting the impact on public and political oratory. Maternus’ awareness of the political context shaping oratory further illustrates Tacitus’ multifaceted understanding. Tacitus’ abandonment of oratory for historical writing, akin to Maternus’ shift to tragedy, reflects a strategic response to political realities. Despite political constraints, oratory retained significance in the courts, schools, and public forums. Tacitus, via Aper’s defence, emphasizes the necessity of adapting to changing social and political circumstances and thereby endorses a dynamic approach to oratorical practice.
Aper’s argument, which underscores Tacitus’ scepticism toward Roman self-evaluations of a decline in eloquence, invites a critical reassessment of such judgements. Several arguments are adduced to support the idea that Tacitus’ perspective is most in alignment with the view of Aper, based inter alia upon Tacitus’ various works and the trajectory of his own career. Tacitus’ stylistic choice in the Dialogus, where he employs a neo-Ciceronian style, is influenced by the generic requirements of a dialogue and suggests the earlier period in which it occurs. In addition, Tacitus’ aesthetic and political motivations are reflected in his employment of a style and narrative strategy that subtly critique the style of his contemporary Quintilian and the Flavian dispensation, respectively.
In the Dialogus, Aper is much more than merely a diabolus aduocati, as he has been described (van den Berg 2014). Through the voice of Aper, Tacitus presents a nuanced defence of modern oratory; rejects the idea of a decline in oratory; and advocates for the inevitability of stylistic change in the process of adapting to shifts in the political and social environments. The Dialogus serves as a platform for Tacitus to express his views on oratorical practice, challenge established norms, and emphasize the importance of contextual awareness.
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The narrative architecture of the Punica mirrors Seneca’s tragedies in its preference for dramatic, often hyperbolic, expression of pathos and moral ambiguity. The epic’s portrayal of Hannibal, for instance, who embodies both admirable and self-destructive qualities, bears resemblance to Seneca’s tragic heroes. Through these and other Senecan echoes, Silius not only enriches the epic genre with tragic depth but also engages in a dialogue with his literary predecessors, thereby positioning his work within the broader tradition of Roman literature. Ultimately, the Punica emerges as a complex text that transcends mere historical narrative by imbuing the story of Rome’s past with the psychological and existential dimensions characteristic of Senecan drama, thus offering a poignant reflection upon the human condition amid the grand sweep of history.
Stylistic and rhetorical elements characteristic of Senecan tragedy also appear in Silius’ Punica, for example, sententiae, which serve to remind us that the dramatic tension created within his epic mirrors that of the tragic stage. This connection between epic and tragedy not only underscores the interplay between different genres but also highlights how Silius Italicus crafts his epic to evoke some of the same emotions and conflicts central to Senecan tragedy.
Quintilian’s judgement of Seneca needs to be assessed within the context of Seneca’s own comments about style in the Epistles (e.g., 59, 114), which serve as a response to Quintilian’s criticisms. In fact, a modern scholar could be forgiven for thinking that Seneca’s comments were those of Quintilian, since they stress the importance of the careful manipulation and control of language, compression, brevity, effective allusion, and the exclusion of bombastic expression and overblown images. Beyond the stylistic considerations involved, one of the root causes of Quintilian’s judgement of Seneca seems to be his apparent hostility toward the contemporary practice of philosophy in various books of the Institutio (1, 5, 10–12), which reflects the breach between rhetoric and philosophy in antiquity. This presentation will reappraise the purpose of Quintilian’s criticism and Seneca’s anticipated response within the context of their works and the ancient debate on style generally in the first century CE.
O papel de Aquiles na cultura e literatura romana durante a Antiguidade Tardia ilustra que ele funcionou tanto como exemplum positivo como negativo. Esta ambivalência literária da sua representação é omnipresente na literatura latina da Antiguidade Tardia. Em alguns relatos das acções e palavras de Aquiles, o seu famoso temperamento está ausente; em outros textos, a sua irascibilidade e crueldade estão sublinhadas; e em outros ainda, o seu uso da violência é retratado tanto negativamente como positivamente por escritores latinos, por vezes pelo mesmo autor (por ex., cf. Coripp. Iohann. 1.178, 4.514).
Tanto os aspectos favoráveis como negativos de Aquiles e a sua fúria que aparecem nas obras da Antiguidade Tardia são ligados às aspirações da elite romana e aos valores enfatizados pelos escritores cristãos. Aquiles é utilizado como modelo favorável e até mesmo como contraste negativo para o imperador ou o seu representante quando ele enfrenta o inimigo. Na obra De consulatu Stilichonis, por exemplo, Claudiano emprega Aquiles, por meio de comparatio, como contraste negativo para ilustrar o tipo de conduta violenta que deve ser aproveitado contra os inimigos de Roma (1.94–114, esp. 98–102; cf. Pan. Lat. VI.10.1–13.1). Apesar dos aspectos do irascível carácter e conduta de Aquiles serem vistos negativamente em termos cristãos, a sua reputação como guerreiro feroz parece ter encapsulado, ainda que paradoxalmente, o tipo de carácter forte que apelou à elite na sua luta para manter a ascendência romana face às suas lutas contra os seus vizinhos bárbaros.
In Late Antique literature Achilles is still viewed as a worthy poetic subject and there are numerous references to him in heroic terms, despite the negative aspects that prevail in regard to his depiction. Achilles as a heroic figure in the Latin literature of Late Antiquity presents similarities and contrasts with his depiction in Greek literature of the same period. Achilles’ role in Roman culture during Late Antiquity illustrates that he was viewed as both a positive and negative figure and the literary ambivalence of his representation is omnipresent. Both the negative and favourable aspects of the heroic Achilles that emerge in Late Antique Latin literature are linked to the aspirations of the Roman elite and the values emphasized by Christian writers.
The speeches of Achilles in Homer’s Iliad, which have already been the subject of much scholarship, forms the first part of my discussion and is related to the presentation at this conference titled ‘The Speeches of Achilles in the Iliad’ of Evert Van Emde Boas, who raises the question in his abstract of the relevance of the Iliadic portrayal of Achilles to his depiction in other Greek and Roman texts. Whereas Van Emde Boas is concerned with the language of Achilles in the Iliad, my brief focus in the first part of my presentation is on the themes and emotions of Achilles’ speeches in this epic, after which I proceed to examine and track the development of these themes and emotions in Achilles’ direct and indirect speeches in other epics, namely Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Statius’ Achilleid, and Quintus of Smyrna’s Posthomerica, and in non-epic texts, specifically the tragedies of Euripides, Seneca’s Troades, the Ilias Latina, and Dictys’ Ephemeris Belli Troiani. My discussion effectively constitutes an appeal to the founders and members of the advisory board of the DICES project to extend its parameters both from classical epic to other Greek and Latin poetic texts and from speech to reported speech.
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A investigação sobre Quintiliano, incluindo artigos da Wikipédia, melhorou muito na abordagem e cobertura nas últimas décadas, embora ainda permaneça propensa em alguns lugares a desinformações. Enquanto os estudiosos podem desprezar a erudição da Wikipédia, ela não apenas tem considerável influência sobre os estudantes e o público em geral, mas também é frequentemente a primeira fonte internacional para estudantes e até mesmo estudiosos. Há indicações da importância e reputação do Quintiliano em 47 artigos em 43 idiomas diferentes na Wikipédia. Devido ao acesso amplo e fácil a esses artigos pela internet, a Wikipédia tem o potencial de moldar as opiniões mundiais de Quintiliano de uma forma que nenhuma publicação ou mídia anterior alcançou. Esta apresentação examinará os tipos de comentários feitos na Wikipédia sobre Quintiliano em relação ao seu lugar na história da retórica e comparará essa crítica pseudo-académica com as visões expressas em estudos académicos recentes.
The second part of this presentation discusses how and when classical ideas and texts reached and extended into Africa and the main areas that constitute the classical tradition on the subcontinent (cf. Dominik 2007). From the time of the sixteenth century writers and poets have written various texts in Latin and used classical references in their prose, poetic, and dramatic works. The most visible influence of classical antiquity upon Africa, though, is in the area of colonial architecture.
The third part of this paper presents brief case studies in two of the aforementioned areas—drama and architecture—to illustrate some of the interpretive consequences of using the model of the classical tradition as opposed to that of the classical reception. The first case study involves the figure of Antigone, who has featured in numerous dramatic productions as a heroic figure. Fugard, Kani, and Ntshona’s The Island (1974) features a performance of Sophocles’ Antigone as part of the plot. The model of the classical tradition has focused inter alia on the themes of Sophocles’ Antigone concerning the conflict between the state and individual and the distinction between human law and divine justice. Fugard, Kani, and Ntshona’s play broadly resonates with these timeless themes, but their recontextualization produces a set of political issues particularly relevant to a modern context. Read through the lens of the classical reception, The Island becomes primarily a political drama that has appropriated and adapted a classical form to explore the human costs of apartheid.
The second case study will deal with the adaptation of classical architecture and art, specifically the Voortrekker Monument (1949) in Pretoria. This building, which used a number of Roman architectural forms and motifs (Evans 2007), is dedicated to Afrikanner nationalism and culture. The Monument is connected with Rome through a number of architectural features, including the interior freeze that specifically brings to mind the ideological program of the Altar of Augustan Peace and various scenes on the Columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius. Viewed partly from the perspective of the classical tradition model, the Voortrekker Monument is an overtly nationalistic monument that celebrates the courage and moral fortitude of the Afrikaaners and their cultural achievements. The model of the classical reception produces a range of other responses to the Voortrekker Monument, however, consistent with its status as a symbol of the ideology of apartheid and of the oppression of black South Africans.
The investigation of how classical ideas and texts reached Africa and influenced its development in a range of areas is complementary with the examination of how indigenous Africans and European settlers and their ancestors appropriated and adapted these ideas and texts. Considering the elements of the classical tradition along with those of the classical reception helps to provide a broader view of the ways in which classics has helped to shape different African societies and their cultures from the perspectives of both the European colonizers and indigenous peoples.