Expert Source: Lee Fratantuono, Ph.D.

Lee Fratantuono, Ph.D., is a Latinist with particular interests in hexameter and lyric/elegiac poetry, as well as Roman imperial history. Fratantuono is an assistant professor in the Department of Humanities and Classics, as well as the William Francis Whitlock Professor of Latin.

Education:

• B.A., The College of the Holy Cross
• M.A., Boston College
• Ph.D., Fordham University

Areas of Expertise:

• Classical (Greek and Latin) language and literature
• Hexameter poetry (especially Lucretius, Virgil, Ovid, and Lucan)
• Lyric/elegiac poetry (especially Horace and Propertius)
• Roman history

Selected Publications:

• “Madness Unchained: A Reading of Virgil's Aeneid” (Lanham, 2007)
• “The Sermons of Peter Lombard: Edited with Translation and Commentary” (2 vols., with S. Maddux, forthcoming, Louvain, 2008-2009)
• Selected articles:
• “A Brief Reflection on the Gates of Sleep” (Latomus, 2007)
• “Virgil's Camilla” (Athenaeum, 2007)
• “Arruns in the Aeneid,” Collection Latomus: Studies in Latin Literature and Roman History XIII (2006)
• “Ut Videre Camillam: The Nachleben of Reckless Heroism,” Rivista di Cultura Classica e Medioevale (2006)