Education
Ph.D. Classical Philology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
M.A. Ancient Greek, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
B.A. History, Greek, and Classics, Cornell College
Courses Taught
- CCI 336 Language Change
- CCI 340 Ancient Cosmology
- LAT 203 Intermediate Latin I
- LAT 204 Intermediate Latin II
- LAT 471 Medieval and Renaissance Latin
- LAT 531 Advanced Latin Grammar and Composition
Research
- Latin Linguistics: lexical semantics and noun phrase syntax
- Ancient color language and cognition
- Latin poetry
Selected Publications
Wharton, David (ed.). A Cultural History of Color in Antiquity. Bloomsbury Academic, 2021, 256 pages.
Wharton, David and Karen Bassi. “Literature and the Performing Arts.” A Cultural History of Color in Antiquity, edited by David Wharton, Bloomsbury Academic, 2021, pp. 119-134.
Wharton, David and Kelly Olson. “Power and Identity.” A Cultural History of Color in Antiquity, edited by David Wharton, Bloomsbury Academic 2021, pp. 49-62.
Wharton, David. “Prestige, Color, and Color Language in Imperial Rome.” Psychologie de la couleur dans le monde gréco romain, edited by Katerina Ierodiakonou, Fondation Hardt, 2020, pp. 271-302.
Wharton, David. “Abstract and Embodied Color in Pliny the Elder’s Natural History.” Embodiment in Latin Semantics, edited by Wm. Short, John Benjamins, 2016, pp. 177-208.
Wharton, David. “Sunt Lacrimae Rerum: A Linguistic Exploration.” Classical Journal 103:3 2008, pp. 259-79.
Wharton, David. “Tacitus’ Tiberius: The Evidence for Tiberius’ Ipsissima Verba in the Annals.” American Journal of Philology 118.1 1997, pp. 119-125.
