Alexander P. MacGregor
AB (Xavier), MA (University of Chicago), PhD (University of Chicago)
Associate Professor of Classics
Office: 1820 University Hall
Telephone: (312) 996 5533
E-mail: laseneca@uic.edu / kmmacgregor@aol.com
Areas of Research and Publication:
Manilius, Seneca, Roman tragedy, Roman satire, paleography, renaissance manuscripts, textual criticism, history of astronomy.
Recent Publications - Articles and Reviews:
- "Noctes Manilianae: the 'Terminal Ornament' in Book III" Mouseion Series III, vol. 5 (2005) 115-34.
- "Which Art in Heaven", chapter in Divine Epiphany (proceedings of UIC conference April 5-6 2002), N. Marinatos, M.W. Dickie, A.P. MacGregor (eds), Illinois Classical Studies 29 (2004) 143-55.
- "Gladiator and Gladiator," Film Häftet 114 (March 2001) 7-12 (in Swedish translation)
-"Wine, Women, and What? Some Vices in Seneca's De Ira," in Veritatis Amicitiaeque Causa (1999) Bolchazy-Carducci.
- Ten Years of Classicists: Dissertations and Outcomes, 1988-1997 (1997) Bolchazy-Carducci.
- "The Rediscovery of Greek Literature during the Italian Renaissance". Chapter in A Tribute to Hellenic Letters, F. Litsas (ed.), Chicago, UIC Modern Greek Studies Series (1985), 157-64.
- The Manuscripts of Seneca's Tragedies: a Handlist. Monograph in Aufstieg und Niedergang der roemischen Welt II.32.2, W. Haase (ed.), Berlin, de Gruyter (1985), 1134-1241.
- "L'abbazia di Pomposa, centro originario della tradizione "E" delle tragedie di Seneca". Chapter in Libri manoscritti e a stampa da Pomposa all' Umanesimo, L.Balsamo (ed.), Florence, Olschki.
Work in Progress:
- An English, blank-verse translation of Manilius' Astronomica, with the first English literary and
historical commentary.
Courses recently taught:
- Intermediate Latin I (LAT103)
- Intermediate Latin II (LAT 104)
- Horace's Satires (LAT 299)
- Introduction to Classical Literature (CL 102)
- Classical Epic in Translation (CL 250)
- Roman Literature in translation (CL 253)
- The Classical Tradition (CL 297)
- Medical Terminology (CL201)
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