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DANIEL B. LEVINE
Professor, Classical Studies
[photo by Ben Sandmel, Metairie, LA c. 1995]
Department of World Languages Literatures and Cultures425 Kimpel Hall, Fayetteville AR 72701
USA
Telephone Office 479-***-**** Home 479-***-****
FAX 479-***-**** e-mail: abotki@r.postjobfree.com
[Page updated: 19 March 2012]
EDUCATION
1974 American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Summer Session.
1975 University of Minnesota. B. A. in Greek and Latin.
(Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa.)
1978-79 American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
(Seymour Fellow, Regular Member)
1980 University of Cincinnati. Ph. D. in Classics.
Dissertation: "GELOI EKTHANON: Laughter and the Demise of the Suitors in the Odyssey"
Bernard Fenik, Director.
EMPLOYMENT
1998- present: Professor, Classical Studies. University of Arkansas
1984-98Associate Professor, Classical Studies. University of Arkansas
.
2006
Director of Summer Session I: American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
1995 Director of SummerSession II: American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
1990 Director of Summer Study in Greece: Vergilian Society.
1987 Director of SummerSession II: American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
1980-84Asst. Professor, Classical Studies. University of Arkansas.
PUBLICATIONS
I. Articles/Chapters Published: Daniel B. Levine
2010 Article: "Josef Kavalier's Odyssey: Homeric Echoes in Michael Chabon's The Amazing
Adventures of Kavalier & Clay " International Journal of the Classical Tradition 17.4
(December 2010) pp. 526-555.
2005 Book Chapter: "EPATON BAMA: ('Her Lovely Footstep'): The Erotics of Feet in Ancient
Greece" Chapter 3 in Body Language in the Greek and Roman Worlds (Classical Press of
Wales) ed. Douglas L. Cairns, 55-72.
2003 Article: "Sophocles' Philoctetes and Odyssey 9: Odysseus vs. the Cave Man." Scholia:
Studies in Classical Antiquity 12 (2003) 3-26.
2002 Article: "Poetic Justice: Homer's Death in the Ancient Biographical Tradition." The
Classical Journal 98.2 (2002/03) 141-160.
2001 Reprinted article "Hubris in Josephus' Jewish Antiquities 1-4" in Greek Literature,
ed. Gregory Nagy, in vol. 8 :"Greek Literature in the Roman Period and in Late Antiquity"
(Routledge, 2001) 225-261.
1994 Article: "Classica Americana Troglodytica: V. T. Hamlin's Alley Oop April 1939-
February 1940; The Epics Meet the Comics" Classical and Modern Literature: A Quarterly
14.4 (1994) 365-386.
1994 Encyclopedia Entry: "John Clinton Futrall" in Biographical Dictionary of North
American Classicists. Ward S. Briggs, Jr., ed. "Prepared under the auspices of the
American Philological Association." Westport CT and London: Greenwood Press.
1994 Article: "Hubris in Josephus' Jewish Antiquities 1-4" Hebrew Union College Annual 64
(1993) 51-87.
1991 Article: "Lucian, True History 2. 26 Reconsidered: Lust and Punishment" Helios 18.1
(1991) 31-33.
1991 Article: "John Clinton Futrall"; "Henry Harrison Strauss" biographical essays in
Some Illustrious Educators of Old Main, Univ. of Arkansas.
1989 Article: "Acorns and Primitive Life in Greek and Latin Literature" Classical and
Modern Literature 9 (1989) 87-95.
1989 Article: "Uses of Classical Mythology in Rita Mae Brown's Southern Discomfort"
Classical & Modern Literature 10 (1989) 63-70.
1988 Encyclopedia Entry: "Eupalinus of Megara" in Great Lives from History: Ancient and
Medieval Series ed. F. N. Magill (Salem Press Pasadena, 1988) 704-708.
1988 Encyclopedia Entry: "Phidias" in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval
Series ed. F. M. Magill (Salem Press: Pasadena, 1-988-***-****.
1988 Encyclopedia Entry: "Pittacus of Mytilene" in Great Lives from History: Ancient and
Medieval Series ed. F. N. Magill (Salem Press: Pasadena, 198*-****-****.
1988 Encyclopedia Entry: "Strabo" in Great Lives from History: Ancient and Medieval
Series ed. F. N. Magill (Salem Press: Pasadena, 198*-****-****.
1987 Article: "Flens Matrona et Meretrices Gaudentes: Penelope and her Maids" Classical
World 81 (1987) 23-27.
1987 Article: "Lysistrata and Bacchae: Structure, Genre, and 'Women on Top"' Helios 14
(1987) 29-38.
1985 Book Chapter: "Symposium and Polis" in Theognis of Megara: Poetry and the Polis, T.
J. Figueira and G. Nagy, eds. (Johns Hopkins: Baltimore, 1985) 176-196.
1984 Article: "Odysseus' Smiles: Odyssey 20. 301, 22. 371, 23. 111" Transactions of the
American Philological Association 114 (1984) 1-9.
1984 Book Chapter: "Counterfeit Man" (in Greek & Hebrew Lit.) in Classical Texts and
their Traditions: Studies in Honor of C. R. Trahman (Scholars Press: Chico, CA, 1984) 125-
137.
1983 Article: "Theoklymenos and the Apocalypse" Classical Journal 79 (1983) 1-7.
1983 Article: "Penelope's Laugh: Odyssey 18. 158-168" American Journal of Philology 104
(1983) 172-178.
1983 Article: "Classics in Arkansas: An Educational Tradition" Arkansas Alumnus (June,
1983 ) 14-17.
1982 Article: "Homeric Laughter and the Unsmiling Suitors" Classical Journal 78 (1982/83)
97-104.
1982 Article: "Odyssey 18: Iros as Paradigm for the Suitors" Classical Journal 77 (1982)
200-204.
II.
AWARDS AND HONORS
2006 "Certificate of Faculty Appreciation" Student Alumni Board/Associated Student
Government, University of Arkansas, "In recognition of your dedication to the University
of Arkansas and its students."
2005 "Certificate of Faculty Appreciation" Student Alumni Board/Associated Student
Government, University of Arkansas, "In recognition of your dedication to the University
of Arkansas and its students."
2003 "Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor" Fulbright College, University of Arkansas.
2002 "Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor" Fulbright College, University of Arkansas.
2002 "Honorary Lifetime Membership" Golden Key International Honour Society; University
of Arkansas Chapter.
1997 "SILO Advisory Council Undergraduate Research Fellowship" for honors thesis work of
Jeff Conway.
1997 "Charles and Nadine Baum Teaching Grant" Co-proposer of funded grant for data base
for Greek and Latin Literature for University of Arkansas faculty and student use.
1996 'OVATIO' Classical Association of the Middle West and South; Nashville, TN.
1995 "Outstanding Advisor Award" "For outstanding service and contributions to student
life at the University of Arkansas." Univ. of Arkansas Campus Activities Office. Eta Sigma
1992 "Best State Classical Newsletter of 1991-92". Award for Arkansas Classical
Newsletter. Committee for the Promotion of Latin: Classical Association of the Middle West
and South.
1991 "Outstanding Teaching Award." Mortar Board Senior Honor Society, Octagon Chapter,
University of Arkansas.
1986 Burlington Northern Found. Award for Teaching Excellence." Highest teaching award
for which university of Arkansas faculty are eligible.
1984 "Outstanding Performance by an Actor" University Theatre Award of Excellence,
1991-94 Member, Academic Standards Committee. Univ. of AR.
1991- Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Prizes and Awards. American Philological Association
1990- Member, Managing Committee: American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
1990 Session Chair on Greek Drama at CAMWS South. Section.
1990 Refereee/Panelist National Endowment for the Humanities Younger Scholars Grants.
1990 American Philological Association Campus Advisory Service: Campus Visit and Report.
1989-90 President, Phi Beta Kappa Alpha Chapter, University of Arkansas. (Member of
Executive Committee, 1987-1993).
1988-89 Referee for Classical Outlook.
1988-89, 1991, 97 Referee for Cornell University Press.
1988- Charter Member, University of Arkansas Teaching Academy. (Secretary/Treasurer 1989-
90).
1988 Co-Director and Instructor in three-week summer program "Do as the Romans Did: The
Romans Brought to Life." Funded by State of Arkansas Department of Education "AEGIS"
grant.
1986-88 "Mentor" for NEH Latin Institute Program for training high school teachers.
1987-91 Member, Univ. of Arkansas Fringe Benefits Committee.
1987 Member of Arkansas State Approval Team, Arkansas Department of Education: Evaluation
of Latin Education Program at Arkansas Tech University.
1986 Panelist: NEH applications in "Exemplary Projects in Undergraduate Education"
Washington, DC.
1986-90 Regional Representative for the Committee for the Promotion of Latin, Classical
Association of the Middle West and South: overseeing Latin promotional activities in
Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee.
1986-88 Executive Committee: Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle
West and South.
1984-88 Referee for Helios.
1984-88 Referee for Classical Journal.
1985-89 Advisory Committee of the School of Classical Studies of the American Academy at
Rome.
1985 Consultant: Grant Reader and Commentator: NEH
1984 Consultant on Grant Proposal to NEH by Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities.
1980-86, '91-93 Vice President for Arkansas: Committee for the Promotion of Latin,
Classical Association of the Middle West and South.
1984- present Faculty Advisor, Eta Sigma Phi, Beta Pi Chapter, U of AR.
1984- present, Member, American Classical League.
1980-present, Member, Classical Assoc. of the Middle West and South
1980- present, Member, American Philological Association.
1981 Attended Third International Symposium on the Odyssey: Ithaca, Greece (by
invitation).
COURSES RECENTLY TAUGHT
In Translation
Freshman Honors Humanities I: Honors Humanities Project
Greek Civilization and Culture
Greek Religion
Health, Science and Medical Terminology
Greek and Roman Mythology
Greek Comedy
Greek Tragedy
Ancient Drama
Ancient Epic
Greek Archaeology
Latin
Elementary Latin I
Elementary Latin II
Honors Beginning Latin
Intensive Beginning Latin
Latin: grade sch. (summer)
Latin: junior high (summer)
Latin: high school (summer)
Cicero Orations
Vergil Aeneid
Petronius Satyricon
Introduction to Latin Prose
Latin Prose Composition
Medieval Latin
Ovid Metamorphoses
Caesar Bellum Gallicum
Greek
Xenophon Anabasis
Elementary Classical Greek I
Elementary Classical Greek II
Ancient Greek Prose Composition
Beginning Modern Greek
New Testament Greek
Homer Iliad
Homer Odyssey
Homeric Hymns
Greek Lyric Poetry
Greek Elegy
Aeschylus Prometheus Bound
Sophocles Oedipus
Sophocles Philoctetes
Euripides Bacchae
Euripides Iphigeneia at Aulis
Euripides Cyclops
Euripides Medea
Aristophanes Lysistrata
Aristophanes Clouds
Aristophanes Thesmophoriazousai
Herodotus Histories
Thucydides History
Andocides De Mysteriis
Greek Oratory: Lysias, Andocides
Plato Apology
Lucian Vera Historia
Clement of Alexandria: Paidagogos
Gregory of Nyssa: De Vita Moysis
Biblical and Patristic Greek.
"Longus" Daphnis and Chloe
FOREIGN TRAVEL
2011 Greece, Turkey. Director, Summer Course. University of Arkansas.
2009 Greece. Director, Summer Course. University of Arkansas.
2008 Greece. Senior Associate Member: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
(January-June).
2007 Greece. Director, Summer Course. University of Arkansas, France.
2006 Greece. Director, Summer Session I: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
(Gertrude Smith Professor.)
2005 Greece. Director, Summer Course. University of Arkansas, France.
2003 Greece. Director, Summer Course. University of Arkansas, France
2002 France, Switzerland.
2001 Greece. Director, Summer Course. University of Arkansas
2000 Greece. Co-Director (with Donald Lateiner), Summer Course. University of Arkansas
1998 France, Switzerland.
1995 France, Switzerland, Greece; Director, Summer Session: American School of Classical
Studies at Athens.
1992 France.
1990 Greece. Co-director (with Ken Kitchell) of Vergilian Society Summer Program.
1989 Morocco, Gibraltar, Spain, France (sabbatical leave).
1988 France.
1987 Greece, Morocco, France. Director, Summer Session: American School of Classical
Studies at Athens.
1986 France.
1985 Greece, Egypt, Israel, Turkey. Director of Study Tour.
1984 France.
1982 Greece, Hungary.
1981 Greece.
1978-79 Greece, Turkey (American School of Classical Studies).
1974 Greece (American School of Classical Studies).
1973 Greece.
1972 Spain.
1970 England, Netherlands, Italy, Turkey, Israel.
Photo By David B. Levine. Interlaken, Switzerland: c. 1995.
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