Professor Richard Rutherford

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Professor of Greek and Latin Literature
Official Student (Tutorial Fellow) in Greek and Latin Literature, Christ Church
01865 276234
richard.rutherford@chch.ox.ac.uk

Qualifications: BA (Oxford)  MA  DPhil.

Link to college page: http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/staff/professor-richard-rutherford

 

Academic Background

I was an undergraduate (1974-78) and graduate student at Worcester College, Oxford. In 1981 I was appointed to a Research lecturership (= Junior Research Fellowship) at Christ Church, and in 1982 I succeeded Colin Macleod as Tutor in Classics. I have held this role ever since, periodically also holding various college and faculty offices.

Research Interests

Homeric epic (current project, nearing completion, a commentary on Iliad 18); tragedy; historiography; style, rhetoric and the poetic or literary use of language; irony and related concepts.

Research Keywords

Homer, Greek tragedy, Herodotus, Thucydides, Cicero, Virgil, Horace, Tacitus.

Publications

Selected Publications