Classics Faculty Prof. Bachvarova's CV Undergraduate Conference 2008 Classical Studies Home                       updated:1/20/06 updated: 11/23/07			Mary R. Bachvarova Assistant Professor of Classics Chair, Classical Studies Program Willamette University A.B., Harvard/Radcliffe College M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago Mailing Address: Willamette University Classical Studies Program 900 State Street Salem, OR 97301 Phone:(503) 370-6984 Fax:(503) 370-6944 email: mbachvar"AT"willamette.edu office: Eaton 305 hours: Mon 10:20 - 11:20 and by appointment   Professor Bachvarova is an expert in the history of Greek and Near Eastern culture and religion. In her forthcoming book, From Hittite to Homer: The Anatolian Background of Greek Poetry (under contract with Cambridge University Press), Prof. Bachvarova argues that Anatolia must have been an important conduit for Near Eastern literature and religious practices. Her work uses Hittite epics and prayers to elucidate the history of the Homeric tradition and the ritual context that made early lyric poetry and Aeschylean tragedy meaningful to its original audience. Curriculum Vitae Publications (downloadable) 2007 Oath and Allusion in Alcaeus fr. 129, in Horkos: The Oath in Greek Society, eds. A. H. Sommerstein and J. Fletcher, Exeter: Bristol Phoenix Press. 179-88, 258-64. Actions and Attitudes: Understanding Greek (and Latin) Verbal Paradigms, Classical World 100.2: 123-33. Suffixaufnahme and Genitival Adjectives as an Anatolian Areal Feature in Hurrian, Tyrrhenian, and Anatolian Languages, in Proceedings of the 18th Annual UCLA Indo-European Conference, Los Angeles, November 3-4, 2006, eds. K. Jones-Bley, M. E. Huld, A. Della Volpe, M. R. Dexter, 169-89 2006 Divine Justice across the Mediterranean: Hittite arkuwars and the Trial Scene in Aeschylus' Eumenides, Journal of Near Eastern Religions 6:123-153. 2005 Relations Between God and Man in the Hurro-Hittite "Song of Release" in Journal of the American Oriental Society 125:1-13 The Mediterranean Epic Tradition from Bilgames and Akka to the Song of Release to the Iliad in Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 45: 131-153. 2004 Topics in Lydian Verse: Accentuation and Syllabification, in Journal of Indo-European Studies 32 (3-4): 227-247. 2001 Successful Birth, Unsuccessful Marriage: Using Near Eastern Birth Incantations to Interpret Aeschylus' Suppliants, in NIN: Journal of Gender Studies in Antiquity 2: 49-90. 1997 The Literary Use of Dialects: Ancient Greek, Indic and Sumerian, pp. 7-22 in CLS 33: Papers from the Panels on Linguistic Ideologies in Contact, Universal Grammar, Parameters and Typology, The Perception of Speech and Other Acoustic Signals. eds. K. Singer, R. Eggert, G. Anderson. Chicago. Courses offered Fall 2007:    • IDS 101 College Colloquium: The Journey to the Self: Narrative and the Hero    • GREEK 131Elementary Ancient Greek I    • GREEK 231 Ancient Greek Prose: Plato's Apology Recent Courses Taught:    • LATIN 132 Elementary Latin II    • LATIN 350 Readings in Caesar and Tacitus: Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians    • GREEK 131 Elementary Ancient Greek I    • GREEK 132 Elementary Ancient Greek II    • GREEK 231 Ancient Greek Prose: Plato & Lysias; Plato's Apology    • GREEK 232 Ancient Greek Poetry: Homer, Odyssey    • GREEK 351 Readings in Greek Religion: Aeschylus, Eumenides    • IDS 123W World Views: War and its Alternatives    • CLASS 250/HIST 250 (TH) Greeks, Romans, and Barbarians    • CLAS/REL 351 (US, 4th Sem. Greek) Greek & Near Eastern Religion    • CLAS/WGS 260 (IT, 4th Sem. Greek) Gender and Sexuality in Greek Society