Peter Davis

School of Humanities

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law and Economics

Peter Davis is a classicist who works primarily on political aspects of Latin literature in the early Roman empire. He is best known for his work on Ovid, Seneca's tragedies, and Flavian epic. He has recently submitted a contracted book on Ovid's Amores and is currently working on Ovid's Heroides.

Career
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Contact

Appointments

Date Position Institution name
1975 - 2008 Associate Professor University of Tasmania

Date	Position	Institution name
1975 - 2008	Associate Professor	University of Tasmania

Language Competencies

Language	Competency
French	Can read, understand spoken and peer review
German	Can read
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)	Can read
Italian	Can read, understand spoken and peer review
Latin	Can read
Spanish; Castilian	Can read

Education

Date Institution name Country Title
1970 - 1975 Monash University Australia PhD
Research Interests

Classics Latin and Classical Greek Languages Latin and Classical Greek Literature Literary Studies

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
1970 - 1975	Monash University	Australia	PhD

Journals

Year	Citation
2014	Davis, P. J. (2014). Commento al libro VIII delle Argonautiche di Valerio Flacco, written by Pellucchi, T.. Mnemosyne, 67(3), 505-507. DOI
2012	Davis, P. (2012). 'A simple girl'? Medea in Ovid Heroides 12. Ramus-Critical Studies in Greek and Roman Literature, 41(1-2), 33-48. DOI Scopus4 WoS4
2010	Davis, P. (2010). Jason at Colchis: technology and human progress in Valerius Flaccus. Ramus-Critical Studies in Greek and Roman Literature, 39(1), 1-13. WoS7

Books

Year	Citation
2020	Davis, P. J. (2020). Valerius Flaccus: Argonautica, Book 7. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press.
2015	Baltussen, H., & Davis, P. J. (Eds.) (2015). The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes. University of Pennsylvania Press. Scopus6

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2016	Davis, P. (2016). Senecan tragedy and the politics of Flavian literature. In E. Dodson-Robinson (Ed.), Brill's Companion to the Reception of Senecan Tragedy: Scholarly, Theatrical and Literary Receptions (1 ed., pp. 57-74). Online: Brill. DOI
2016	Davis, P. (2016). Freedom of speech in Virgil and Ovid. In P. Mitsis, & I. Ziogas (Eds.), Wordplay and Powerplay in Latin Poetry (1 ed., pp. 183-198). Berlin: Walter De Gruyter. DOI
2015	Davis, P. (2015). Statius' Achilleid: The paradoxical epic. In W. Dominik, C. Newlands, & K. Gervais (Eds.), Brill's Companion to Statius (1 ed., pp. 157-172). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
2015	Davis, P. (2015). Seneca's Thyestes and the political tradition in Roman tragedy. In G. Harrison (Ed.), Brill's Companion to Roman Tragedy (1 ed., pp. 151-167). Leiden: Brill. DOI
2015	Davis, P. (2015). Argo's Flavian politics: the workings of power in Valerius Flaccus. In H. Baltussen, & P. Davis (Eds.), The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes (1 ed., pp. 157-175). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.
2015	Baltussen, H., & Davis, P. (2015). Parrhêsia, free speech, and self-censorship. In H. Baltussen, & P. Davis (Eds.), The Art of Veiled Speech: Self-Censorship from Aristophanes to Hobbes (1 ed., pp. 1-17). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Scopus7
2014	Davis, P. (2014). Medea: from epic to tragedy. In M. Heerink, & G. Manuwald (Eds.), Brill's Companion to Valerius Flaccus (1 ed., pp. 192-210). Netherlands: Brill. DOI
2012	Davis, P. (2012). Reception of elegy in Augustan and Post-Augustan poetry. In B. Gold (Ed.), A Companion to Roman Love Elegy (1 ed., pp. 443-458). United Kingdom: Wiley. DOI Scopus2

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2022 Co-Supervisor Classics Master of Philosophy Master Part Time Ms Shona Kay Edwards

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2022	Co-Supervisor	Classics	Master of Philosophy	Master	Part Time	Ms Shona Kay Edwards

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2015 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Silius Italicus' Punica 8. 1-241: a Commentary	Master of Philosophy	Master	Full Time	Ms Janice Maree Lee

Email: peter.davis@adelaide.edu.au

Peter Davis

Appointments

Language Competencies

Education

Research Interests

Journals

Books

Book Chapters

Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

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