Kelly A. MacFarlane
Research

Interests:

• Greek and Latin Literature
• the Persian Wars
• Identity
• Greek music, esp. the New Music
• Mythology

Dissertation:

Publications:

• Articles
  • "Choerilus of Samos' Lament (SH 317) and the Revitalization of Epic" AJP 130 (2009): 219-234.
  • "Choerilus of Samos and Darius' Bridge: The Scope and Content of the Persica (SH 316-323)" Mouseion 6 (2006): 15-26.
  • "Bacchylides Absolvens: the Defeat of Alexidamus in Bacchylides 11" Celebratio eds J. Bews, I.C. Storey, M.R. Boyne (Peterborough: Trent University Press, 1999): 42-50.
• Reviews
  • review of Fritz Graf, Apollo. Routledge, 2008. in Classical Journal 106 (2010): 240-242.
  • review of Derek Collins , Magic in the Ancient Greek World. Blackwell, 2008. in Classical Journal Online 2009.07.04
  • review of John Claughton, Herodotus and the Persian Wars. Cambridge, 2008. in Classical Journal Forum Online 2009.01.01.
  • review of Maria Brosius, The Persians: An Introduction (Peoples of the Ancient World). Routledge, 2006. in Classical World 101 (2008): 558-559.
  • review of Robin Waterfield, Xenophon's Retreat: Greece, Persia, and the End of the Golden Age. Harvard, Belknap Press: 2006. in Classical World 101 (2008): 267.
  • review of H.T. Wallinga, Xerxes' Greek Adventure: the Naval Perspective. Brill, 2005 (Forthcoming in Classical World).
  • review of George Cawkwell, The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia. Oxford, 2005. in Classical World 100 (2007): 172-173.
  • review of Eric Csapo, Theories of Mythology. Blackwell Publishing, 2005 in Classical World 100 (2006): 65-66.
  • review of Mary Lefkowitz, Greek Gods, Human Lives: What We Can Learn From Myths in Classical World 98 (2005): 351-352.
  • review of J.H. Hordern (ed.) The Fragments of Timotheus of Miletus Oxford U P, 2002. in Classical World 97 (2004): 464-465.
  • review of Tim Whitmarsh, Greek Literature and the Roman Empire: Politics of Imitation. Oxford, 2001 in Classical Outlook 20, 2003: 162-3.

Papers Presented:

• "A Consideration of SH 904-950: Towards Reconstructing the Persica." Classical Association of the Canadian West, 2008.
• "Choerilus of Samos' Lament and the Refashioning of Epic (SH 317)." American Philologial Association Annual Meeting 2006.
• "Choerilus of Samos and Darius' Bridge: The Scope and Content of the Persica" Classical Association of Canada Annual Meeting 2004
• "'The Shining Foundation of Freedom'": Athens, Artemisium and Pindar Frr. 76-77 (Maehler)" Classical Association of Canada Annual Meeting 2001
• "Lucian's Science Fiction and Issues of Greek Identity" invited paper for the Department of Ancient History and Classics, Trent University, 2001
• "Flourishing in Good Harmony: Timotheus' Persians and a Defence of the New Music" Classical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, 2000
• "'A Musical Revolution is a Social Revolution': Timotheus' Persians and the New Music" Crake Doctoral Fellow Public Lecture, Mount Allison University 2000
• "Field of Dreams: Choerilus' Newly-Yoked Chariot (SH 317)" invited paper for the Department of Classics, U.W.O. 1999
• "Mythologizing History: The Text of Timotheus' Persians" Classical Association of the Canadian West Annual Meeting1998
• "An Ode for Pherenicus: Bacchylides 5.37-49" Classical Association of the Canadian West 1997
• "An Apologia for Alexidamus": Bacchylides 11" Classical Association of Canada 1995