LaFleur (my Master's thesis advisor), Robert Curtis (from whom I learned a love of Cicero's Latin... more LaFleur (my Master's thesis advisor), Robert Curtis (from whom I learned a love of Cicero's Latin) and James Anderson (teacher of the monuments of Rome par excellence), who have written me countless letters of recommendation for jobs, summer travel grants and graduate school. The opportunity to teach Vergil's Aeneid and readings in Cicero at Athens Academy for seventeen years deepened my appreciation of these authors, while a summer spent at the American School in Athens led directly to my desire to study their Greek antecedents. Again, Georgia's Department of Classics provided me with excellent teachers of Greek literature to whom I feel a great debt of gratitude: Charles Platter, Nancy Felson, Nick Rynearson (who also served on my comprehensive exam committee) and Brett Rogers. Georgia's Department of Comparative Literature not only provided me an academic home to pursue a doctorate, but also instruction in literary criticism and theory, which have so significantly informed the study of Greek and Latin literature. I am especially grateful to Ronald Bogue, Dorothy Figueira and James McGregor for their instruction and help in this area. Richard Tarrant generously provided me early access to a part of his wonderful commentary on Aeneid 12 and Stanley Lombardo read and commented on several sections of the dissertation. The opportunity to have the criticism and advice of so distinguished a doctoral committee-Ronald Bogue, Anthony Corbeill, James McGregor and Charles Platter-has been one of the greatest benefits of earning a doctorate. But I am especially grateful to my advisor Sarah Spence. A comparatist and classicist she has brought not only her years as a highly successful teacher and scholar to the reading of my dissertation, but also her ample experience as an editor. Without her knowledge and appreciation of the Aeneid and the questions it raises and her insightful and wise criticism the completion of this dissertation is difficult for me to imagine. My husband, Tom Polk, not ony financed the last stage of my studies, but also tolerated the vast amount of time I devoted to them. I have no doubt that I also vi owe the completion of this degree to the ever-ready help of the secretaries in the Departments of Comparative Literature (Nell Burger and Sharon Brooks) and Classics (Kay Stanton and JoAnn Pulliam).
LaFleur (my Master's thesis advisor), Robert Curtis (from whom I learned a love of Cicero's Latin... more LaFleur (my Master's thesis advisor), Robert Curtis (from whom I learned a love of Cicero's Latin) and James Anderson (teacher of the monuments of Rome par excellence), who have written me countless letters of recommendation for jobs, summer travel grants and graduate school. The opportunity to teach Vergil's Aeneid and readings in Cicero at Athens Academy for seventeen years deepened my appreciation of these authors, while a summer spent at the American School in Athens led directly to my desire to study their Greek antecedents. Again, Georgia's Department of Classics provided me with excellent teachers of Greek literature to whom I feel a great debt of gratitude: Charles Platter, Nancy Felson, Nick Rynearson (who also served on my comprehensive exam committee) and Brett Rogers. Georgia's Department of Comparative Literature not only provided me an academic home to pursue a doctorate, but also instruction in literary criticism and theory, which have so significantly informed the study of Greek and Latin literature. I am especially grateful to Ronald Bogue, Dorothy Figueira and James McGregor for their instruction and help in this area. Richard Tarrant generously provided me early access to a part of his wonderful commentary on Aeneid 12 and Stanley Lombardo read and commented on several sections of the dissertation. The opportunity to have the criticism and advice of so distinguished a doctoral committee-Ronald Bogue, Anthony Corbeill, James McGregor and Charles Platter-has been one of the greatest benefits of earning a doctorate. But I am especially grateful to my advisor Sarah Spence. A comparatist and classicist she has brought not only her years as a highly successful teacher and scholar to the reading of my dissertation, but also her ample experience as an editor. Without her knowledge and appreciation of the Aeneid and the questions it raises and her insightful and wise criticism the completion of this dissertation is difficult for me to imagine. My husband, Tom Polk, not ony financed the last stage of my studies, but also tolerated the vast amount of time I devoted to them. I have no doubt that I also vi owe the completion of this degree to the ever-ready help of the secretaries in the Departments of Comparative Literature (Nell Burger and Sharon Brooks) and Classics (Kay Stanton and JoAnn Pulliam).
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