James Aglio

Classical Studies PhD Student

James Aglio BA, MA UVM (2013, 2018); MSt Oxon. (2014) studies epic poetry, the elements of its structure and composition and its relationship to other literary traditions. Other areas of study include Tacitus, ancient scientific and mathematical thought, and the history of philology.

Dissertation-in-Progress:

Homeric Formulas and the Verbs of the Iliad
First Reader: Scully

Recent Papers & Publications: 

  1. 2023 ‘Wordsworth, Gray, diction, and decency,’ at the Wordsworth Summer Conference, Rydal, Cumbria, 7-17 August.
  2. 2023 ‘Men at Play,’ at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of New England, St. Sebastian’s School, Needham, MA 17-18 March.
  3. 2023 ‘Aspectual distinctions in the Homeric past tense,’ at the Annual Meeting of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Provo, UT 29 March-1 April.
  4. 2022 ‘Quaqua,’ review of Rick de Villiers. Eliot and Beckett’s Low Modernism: Humility and Humiliation. Essays in Criticism. Vol. 72. No. 4. pp. 541-547.
  5. “The Rudder above the Smoke” — Classical Association of New England, April 8-9, 2022 (via Zoom)
  6. “Vergil, Syme, and Augustan Authority” — Society for Classical Studies, January 5-8, 2022 (via Zoom)
  7. “The Poetry is in the Pity: Horace Carmina I, 24 and the Poetics of Grief” – Classical Association of New England, July 13-17, 2020 (via Zoom)
  8. “A Horse for All Seasons: new researches on the October Equus.” – Celebrating the Divine: Roman Festivals in Art, Religion, and Literature, August 30-31, 2019 (Charlottesville, VA)
  9. “Aestus Erat.”- Classical Association of New England, March 8-9, 2019 (Worcester, MA)