JONATHAN P. ZARECKI

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA, GREENSBORO

Research Program

Recent Publications

 

“Pandora and the Good Eris in Hesiod” (in GRBS 47.1: 5-29)

     - The conscious placement of the Pandora myth near the beginning of the Opera narrative, and in close proximity to the description of the two types of Erides which opens the text, as well as the language used to introduce both Pandora and the Good Eris, fashions for the audience a clear connection between these two female creatures.  Three strong intratextual parallels force an association that renders Pandora and the Good Eris as equivalent beings.

 

Articles in Progress

 

1) “A Duet of Praise: Horace, Vergil, and the Subject of canemus in C.4.15.32”

- An argument for the plural subjects of the final canemus of C.4.15 as Vergil and Horace, not Horace and the urban mob.  This article is currently under review at Classical Journal.

 

2) “Cicero’s Definition of Politikos”

             - An investigation into Cicero’s use of the Greek noun/adjective politikos in the Letters.  This article is under review at Arethusa.

 

3) “The Legal Status of Cypriot Citizens in the Late Republic”

             - This article discusses the origins of Cicero’s comment in Att. 5.21.6 that it was not permitted to call Cypriot citizens off of the island for legal proceedings.  A version of this article was read at the 2007 annual meeting of the APA in San Diego, CA.  The abstract can be found here. 

 

Manuscript in Progress

· Political Pragmatism in Cicero’s Letters

             An abstract of this project will be forthcoming.