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David A. Traill

David A. Traill

David A. Traill

Professor Emeritus of Classics

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Education

Ph.D., Classics, University of California, Berkeley
M.A., Classics, University of St. Andrews

Interest Fields

Latin poetry (Catullus, Horace, Vergil, Ovid); Medieval Latin lyric; Life and Work of Heinrich Schliemann

Courses Taught

  • CLA 2: Ancient Greece and Near East
  • CLA 10: Mythology
  • CLA 140: Ancient Epic
  • CLA 200A/B: Approaches to Classical Past
  • GRK 103A/B: Homer
  • GRK 105: Attic Orators
  • GRK 111: Sophocles
  • GRK 116: Herodotus
  • LAT 103/111: Vergil
  • LAT 105: Horace - Odes
  • LAT 121: Prose Composition
  • LAT 125: Medieval Latin


Publications

Books

Schliemann of Troy: Treasure and Deceit. London, 1995.

Excavating Schliemann. Atlanta, 1993.

Myth, Scandal, and History: The Heinrich Schliemann Controversy and a First Edition of the Mycenaean Diary. (co-edited with William M. Calder III) Detroit, 1986.

Walahfrid Strabo's Visio Wettini: text, translation and commentary. Bern and Frankfurt, 1974.

Selected Articles


"More Poems by Philip the Chancellor." Journal of Medieval Latin 16 (2006) 64-81.

"The Origin of the Ripoll Love Poems." In Actas do IV Congresso Internacional de Latim Medieval Hispanico, Lisboa, 12-15 de Outubro de 2005 (Lisbon, 2006) 915-912.

"A Cluster of Poems by Philip the Chancellor in Carmina Burana 21-36" Studi Medievali, ser. 3, 47 (2006) 267-285.

"Walter of Châtillon's In Domino confido (W.3): where and when was it first performed?" in Poesía Latina Medieval (Florence, 2005) 851-862.

"Philip the Chancellor and F10: Expanding the Canon." Filologia Mediolatina 10 (2003) 219-248.

"Boxers and Generals at Mount Eryx." American Journal of Philology 122 (2001) 405-413.

"Mal d'Amour, Joie d'Amour: A New Edition and Interpretation of CB 60/60a." Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch 36 (2001) 95-112.