Curriculum Vitae

Curculio mas
Michael Hendry
6310 Frederick Road, Apt. 1
Catonsville, MD 21228

Curculio femina

Education

Ph.D., Classics, University of Virginia, 1990
Dissertation: "Problems of Unity and Design in Propertius II", directed by John F. Miller

M.A., Humanities, University of Chicago, 1979

B.A., Liberal Arts, St. John's College (Annapolis), 1975

Teaching Experience

2003-2004 Latin Teacher, Cardinal Gibbons High School (Baltimore, MD)
Courses taught: Latin I, II, II-Honors, III, III-Honors
 
2002-2003 Latin Teacher, Charlotte Middle School (Rochester, NY)
Courses taught: Latin I-A, I-B, I-C
 
2002 Spring Latin Teacher, North Yarmouth Academy (Yarmouth, Maine)
Courses taught: Latin II, Latin III, Latin IV (AP Vergil)
 
2001 Fall Classics Teacher, Trinity School (New York City)
Courses taught: Latin I, Latin II, AP Catullus, AP Vergil
Greek III (Iliad I and III)
 
1999-2001 Instructor, Bowling Green State University (Ohio)
Courses taught: Latin 101, Latin 362, Classical Mythology,
Great Greek Minds, Great Roman Minds
 
1990-1997 Instructor, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
1996-1997 Adjunct Instructor, University of Montevallo, Montevallo, Alabama
Courses taught: Latin 101-102, 201-202, 301-302, 490
Greek 102
Greek Mythology (class limit 180, always oversubscribed)
Everyday Life in the Early Roman Empire
 
Summer 1990     Instructor, Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth, Lancaster, PA
Course taught: Greek and Latin Etymologies
 
1987-1990 Graduate Student, University of Virginia
Courses taught:
Courses graded:		 Latin 101-102
Greek Civilization, Roman Civilization

Awards

1994     Summer Scholar, Center for Hellenic Studies

Books in Progress

1. A book on the Prometheus Bound, provisionally entitled Prometheus Pandorus. I turn back from the authenticity question, now as settled as it is likely to be, to the 'theological problem', not solved by athetization. The argument is complex, difficult to summarize, and still more difficult to prove, since so much of the trilogy is missing. Some of the main points: that Prometheus was not punished for saving mankind, though he says he was; that he is depicted as deceitful and evasive throughout, particularly in his relations with Io; that there are clear indications in the play that his gifts have not improved the condition of mankind. In brief, he is neither savior, nor trustworthy advisor, nor benefactor of mankind. In the last chapter, 'Missing Persons: Prometheus and Epimethus in the Prometheus Bound', I turn to more positive arguments, showing the many similarities between our author's Prometheus and Hesiod's Epimetheus, always leaping before he looks, and to Hesiod's Pandora, unknowing bringer of deadly gifts to mankind. I also argue that Aeschylean Prometheus is more like Hesiod's and Plato's (in the Protagoras) than most would think.
 
2. A book entitled The Marriage of Greece and Rome. The first two chapters are briefly summarized in a paper given at the APA New York in 1996 entitled "The Marriage of Greece and Rome in Horace, Epistles 2.1 and Epodes 8 and 12". Click here for complete text.
 
3. An edition of Propertius, Elegies, Book II. In order to settle the boundaries between the elegies in Propertius II, I aim at a full commentary on Book II, on the scale of a Cambridge 'green-and-gold' edition. This project is a development of my dissertation, and will be prepared by separate papers on the more contentious cases. In general, I argue for fewer, longer, and more complex elegies than current editions, with more emendations and fewer transpositions. The poet's propensity for constructing antithetical elegies has led to wrong divisions, and subtle analysis, combining literary and textual criticism, is required. In a paper in revision for Classical Philology, I defend the unity of 2.14, which contains a remarkable (and overlooked) pair of overlapping metaphors. Other papers will defend the unity of 6-7, 17-18, 22, 26-27, and 29. The one on 2.22 was previewed at last year's APA. Click here for complete text.
 
4. A monograph, The Structure of Tacitus' Annales: Three Hexads or Two 'Ogdoads'? Contrary to Syme's hexad theory, I argue that Tacitus constructed his Annales not as three sets of six books but as two sets of eight, pairing Tiberius and Claudius, Sejanus and Agrippina, Caligula and Nero. With so many pieces of the puzzle missing, including the entire reign of Caligula, proving my case will be difficult, refuting Syme's rather easier. The most original part of my case is summarized in a lecture entitled "The Structure of Tacitus' Annales: Three Hexads or Two 'Ogdoads'?", CAMWS (Nashville), April 1996. Click here for complete text. That was just the first chapter. I will be giving an extended version at the University of Durham May 8th, 2000.
 

Papers, Lectures, Reviews, and Electronic Texts

Note: Since all are relatively recent, these are arranged by topic. Years of publication are actual, not nominal. The year is blank for papers that are in revision, under review, or not yet submitted.


I. Greek Literature

Homer:
  Papers: 1. "Making Change for a Tripod (Iliad 23.736-37)", in preparation.
1997      2. "A Coarse Pun in Homer? (Il. 15.467, 16.120)", Mnemosyne 50 : 477-479.
1995   3. "Pythagoras' Previous Parents: Why Euphorbos?", Mnemosyne 48 : 210-211.

Tragedy:
  Papers: 1. "The Punishments of Prometheus: From Apotympanismós to the Bárathron", in revision for Journal of Hellenic Studies -- written version of part of §3a.
1998   2. "Aeschylus, Eumenides 188", Hermes 126 : 380-82.
1997 Lectures: 3a. "Prometheus Pandorus: Towards a New Interpretation of the Prometheus Bound", Cambridge University Literary Seminar, May 7, 1997, Wadham College, Oxford, May 8, 1997, University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana), March 3, 2000, University College, London, May 12, 2000, University of Cincinnati, May 23, 2000; incorporates most of §4.
    3b. "Prometheus Bound and Unbound" (version of §3a for undergraduate audiences), St. John's College, Annapolis, June 11, 1997.
1995   4. "Post-Promethean Thugs: The Human Condition in the Prometheus Bound", APA (San Diego), December 1995.
1994 Paper: 5. "Aeschylus, Eumenides 659", Museum Criticum 25-28 : 65-66.

The Greek Anthology:
  E-text: 1. Marcus Argentarius: Epigrams, with translation and commentary, in preparation.
  Papers: 2. "Further Notes on Marcus Argentarius", in preparation; companion to my e-text (§1).
  3. "An Epicurean Epigram: Philodemus 29 Sider (= 20 G.P. = A.P. 9.412)", in preparation.
1997   4. "An Abysmal Pun: Marcus Argentarius VI G-P (A.P. 5.104)", Mnemosyne 50 : 325-28.
1992   5. "Frigidus Lusus: Marcus Argentarius XXXIV G-P (A.P. 11.320)", Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 32 : 197-201.
1991   6. "A Hermetic Pun in Marcus Argentarius XII G-P (A.P. 5.127)", Hermes 119 : 497.

Miscellaneous:
1997 Papers: 1. "Herodotus 1.45.3", Museum Criticum 30 : 167-69.
1996   2. "The Meter of Bacchylides 2 and 6", Liverpool Classical Monthly 19 : 110-14.

II. Latin Literature

Republican Literature:
  Paper: 1. "Good Salting for a Pimp's Guts (Plautus, Curculio 242)", in preparation.
2000 Lecture: 2. "Lucretius' Dedication: Why Memmius?", Leeds International Latin Seminar, May 5, 2000.
1996 Papers: 3. "A Martial Acronym in Ennius?", Liverpool Classical Monthly 19 : 108-9. Click here for complete text.
1995   4. "Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 1422", Museum Criticum 29 : 237-38.
    5. "Caelius, Fr. 17 O.R.F.4", Museum Criticum 29 : 239-40.

Vergil:
  Review: 1. Review of George P. Goold's revision of the Loeb Vergil (tr. H. Faircloth), Volumes I and II, in preparation for Bryn Mawr Classical Review.
2001 Papers: 2. "Two Notes on Vergil, Aeneid X", Museum Criticum 32-35 : 145-149.
2000   3. "Epidaurus, Epirus, . . . Epidamnus? Vergil, Georgics, 3.44", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology 99 : 295-300.
1998   4. "When Goats Look Askance: An Animal Husbandry Joke in Vergil (Ecl. 3.8 9)" (with Diane R. Filkorn), Liverpool Classical Monthly 20.3-4 (dated March-April 1995) 51-52.
Note: The paper actually appeared in October 1998, and my coauthor's name was wrongly omitted.

Horace:
1996 Lecture: 1. "The Marriage of Greece and Rome in Horace, Epistles 2.1 and Epodes 8 and 12", APA (New York), December 1996. Click here for complete text.
1994 Papers: 2. "Seneca, St. Paul, Synesius, and the Text of the Europa Ode", Syllecta Classica 5 (1994) 63-69.
1992   3. "Three Problems in the Cleopatra Ode", Classical Journal 88 : 137-46. Click here for complete text.
    4. "More on Puns in the Cleopatra Ode", Mnemosyne 45 (1992) 529-31.
1989 Lecture: 5. "Problems in the Cleopatra Ode", APA (Boston), December 1989; revised and published as §3 above.

Propertius:
  E-text: 1. Sexti Propertii Elegiae Selectae: Latin text of select elegies, with brief but original apparatus criticus, in preparation. Sample poems from Book 2 are already uploaded.
  Paper: 2. "Mixed Metaphors: The End of Propertius 2.14", in revision for Classical Philology.
  Review: 3. Review of Hans-Christian Günther, Quaestiones Propertianae (Leiden, 1997), in preparation for Classical Journal.
1998 Paper: 4. "Three Propertian Puns", Classical Quarterly 47 : 599-603. Previewed in §11.
  Lecture: 5. "Inadvisable Mutilations: The Unity of Propertius 2.22", APA (Chicago), December 1997. Click here for complete text.
1997 Paper: 6. "Propertius 1.13.29-32", Museum Criticum 30 : 239-45.
  Lecture: 7. "Propertius 2.1-2 as Declaration of Poetic Suicide", Leeds Latin Seminar, May 2, 1997; from Chapter V of dissertation (§12).
1996 Papers: 8. "'Nevermore': A Conjecture on Propertius 2.23.24", Mnemosyne 49 : 440-43.
    9. "Guzzling Poison and Draining the Sea: A Conjecture on Propertius 2.24b.27", Phoenix 50 : 67-69.
1995 Lectures: 10. "A Poem or Two of Propertius" (on 2.29), U.N.C. Asheville, February 1995; from Chapter I of dissertation (§12).
1994   11. "Three Propertian Puns", CAMWS Southern Section (Chapel Hill), October 1994; now published as §4.
1990 Dissertation: 12. Problems of Unity and Design in Propertius Book II, University of Virginia, 1990, directed by John F. Miller. Oral versions of three chapters have been presented as lectures: §13 previewed Chapter II, while §7 and §10 summarized Chapters V and I, respectively.
1988 Lecture: 13. "The Unity of Propertius 2.6 and 2.7", CAMWS (New Orleans), April 1988; folded into Chapter II of dissertation (§11).

Ovid:
  Papers: 1. "Three Notes on the Ars Amatoria I", in preparation.
The three parts are:
   1. "Doubts Concerning the Manliness of a Centaur (14)"
   2. "Peeling Away the Layers of Meaning: The Warning to Respectable Women (31-34)"
   3. "What is Pudenda Fides? (644)"
    2. "Europa's Hornèd Bull in Moschus, Horace, and Ovid", in preparation.
1997   3. "Ovid, Met. 13.481", Museum Criticum 30 : 247-48.
    4. "Ovid, Ex Ponto 3.8.6", Museum Criticum 30 : 249-52.
1996   5. "Rouge and Crocodile Dung: Notes on Ovid, Ars 3.199f. and 269f.", Classical Quarterly 45 : 583-88.
    6. "On Not Looking at a Gorgon: Ovid, Met. 5.217", Mnemosyne 49 : 188-191.
    7. "Improving the Alliteration: Ovid, Met. 6.376", Mnemosyne 49 : 443-45.
1995   8. "Ovid, Fasti 4.421", Museum Criticum 29 : 251-53.
1993   9. "Three Conjectures in Ovid's Tristia", Liverpool Classical Monthly 18 : 5-7, 99.
1992   10. "Two Conjectures in Ovid's Metamorphoses", Classical Quarterly 42 : 552-55.

Petronius:
1996 Papers: 1. "The Wrong End of the Stick, or Caveat Lector: A Reply to Barry Baldwin", Petronian Society Newsletter 26 : 11-13. My reply to criticism of §3.
1994   2. "Another Silly Pun in Petronius (Sat. 34.10)", Petronian Society Newsletter 24 : 22-23.
    3. "Trimalchio's Canis Catenarius: A Simple Solution?", Petronian Society Newsletter 24 : 23-24.
1993   4. "Eumolpus contra Calvos", Petronian Society Newsletter 23 : 7-9.
    5. "The Imitation of Nightingales: A Petronian Crux", Petronian Society Newsletter 23 : 9.

Seneca
  E-text: 1. Corpus Senecanae Tragoediae: Latin text of the ten plays attributed to Seneca, with brief but original apparatus criticus, in preparation.
  Papers: 2. "The Unwilling Gaze: One or Two Conjectures in Seneca's Tragedies (Ag 715, Pha 1270)", in preparation.
    3. "When is a Chaste Wife a Misfortune? Seneca, Thyestes 1098", in preparation.
2001   4. "Two Conjectures on Seneca's Phaedra", Museum Criticum 32-35 : 181-185.
2000   5. "A Beastly Love Triangle: Seneca, Agamemnon 737-40", Classical Quarterly 50 : 317-320.
1999   6. "Is Nothing Gentler Than Wild Beasts? Seneca, Phaedra 558", Classical Quarterly 48 : 577-580.
1998   7. "Intrusive Hands: Two Conjectures in Seneca's Medea", Échos du Monde Classique/Classical Views 42 : 109-114.

Flavian Verse:
  Papers: 1. "Stuffed Dates in Statius (S. 1.6.19-20)", in preparation.
    2. "Four Dirty Jokes in Martial", in preparation.
1994   3. "A Pile-Driver in Statius (S. 1.1.64)", Liverpool Classical Monthly 18 : 74-75.

Juvenal:
  E-text: 1. Iuuenalis Saturae: Latin text of the sixteen satires, with brief but original apparatus criticus, in preparation.
  Papers: 2. "Juvenal on the Mother-in-Law: 6.231-41", in preparation.
2000   3. "Excluded Husband and Two-Legged Ass: Two Notes on Juvenal 9", forthcoming in Échos du Monde Classique/Classical Views.
1998   4. "Three Cruces in Juvenal", Classical Quarterly 48 : 252-61.
    5. "Juvenalia", Museum Criticum 30 : 253-66.
1997   6. "Interpolating an Isthmus: Juvenal 6.294-7", Classical Quarterly 47 : 323-27.
1995   7. "Juvenal 1.163: An Alternative Solution?", Liverpool Classical Monthly 18 : 152-53.

Tacitus and Suetonius:
  Papers:   1. "The Staging of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus", in preparation -- written version of §4.
    2. "Tiberius on the Uselessness of Doctors: Tacitus, Annales 6.46.5 and Related Passages", in preparation.
2000 Lectures: 3. "The Structure of Tacitus' Annales", University of Durham, May 8, 2000; section 1 is identical to §6.
1998   4. "Ouden pros ton Erôta: The Staging of Tacitus' Dialogus de Oratoribus", APA (Washington, D.C.), December 1998. Click here for complete text.
1997 Paper: 5. "Two Notes on Suetonius", Museum Criticum 30 : 281-83.
1996 Lecture: 6. "The Structure of Tacitus' Annales: Three Hexads or Two 'Ogdoads'?", CAMWS (Nashville), April 1996. Click here for complete text.

Claudian:
  E-text: 1. Claudii Claudiani Carmina Latina: surviving Latin verse, with brief but original apparatus criticus, in preparation. Just over half the corpus is already uploaded.
  Paper: 2. "How Shaggy is a Porcupine? Claudian, Hystrix (c.m. 9) 8", in preparation.

III. Miscellaneous

Lexicography and Palaeoentomology:
  Paper: 1. "Weevil, Wasp, and Woodlouse: Three Entomological Etymologies", in preparation.
The three parts are:
   1. "Weevil or Windpipe? Persius' gurgulio (4.38)"
   2. "How is a Wasp Like an Undertaker? Latin uespillo"
   3. "How is a Pillbug Like an Ass? Greek ónos/óniskos"

Nachleben:
  Paper: 1. "'Great Paean's Son': A Conjecture in Thomas Russell's 'Sonnet Supposed to be Written at Lemnos'", in preparation.