Tim Rood is a British classical scholar, specialising in

Greek historiography Hellenic historiography (or Greek historiography) involves efforts made by Greeks to track and record historical events. By the 5th century BC, it became an integral part of ancient Greek literature and held a prestigious place in later Roman hist ...

and

reception studies Reception theory is a version of reader response literary theory that emphasizes each particular reader's reception or interpretation in making meaning from a literary text. Reception theory is generally referred to as audience reception in the ana ...

. He is Professor of Greek Literature at the

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and a

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and

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St Hugh's College, Oxford St Hugh's College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford. It is located on a site on St Margaret's Road, to the north of the city centre. It was founded in 1886 by Elizabeth Wordsworth as a women's college, and accep ...

. His research is principally concerned with the literary techniques of

Herodotus Herodotus ( ; grc, , }; BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria ( Italy). He is known for ...

Thucydides Thucydides (; grc, , }; BC) was an Athenian historian and general. His '' History of the Peloponnesian War'' recounts the fifth-century BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of " scient ...

, and

Xenophon Xenophon of Athens (; grc, Ξενοφῶν ; – probably 355 or 354 BC) was a Greek military leader, philosopher, and historian, born in Athens. At the age of 30, Xenophon was elected commander of one of the biggest Greek mercenary armies of ...

Early life and academia

Rood attended St Paul's School and then

Oriel College, Oxford Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, ...

, where he gained a BA and

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. He shared the Hellenic Foundation Prize for his DPhil thesis in 1995 and published a revised version three years later as ''Thucydides: Narrative and Explanation'' (

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, 1998). During that time, he held a Junior Research Fellowship at

The Queen's College, Oxford The Queen's College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford, England. The college was founded in 1341 by Robert de Eglesfield in honour of Philippa of Hainault. It is distinguished by its predominantly neoclassical architecture, ...

. He is the author of two other books, and has published several articles on

. During the 2007–2008 academic year, Rood was a fellow of the

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, where his work centred primarily on Xenophon's self-presentation, description of the army as a political unit, and imaginative geography. During this time he delivered a lecture on "A Delightful Retreat: Xenophon's Scillus" to the

Yale Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

Department of Classics. Rood has a special interest in the reception of ancient culture in the modern world. Not only does his book ''American Anabasis'' trace the influence of the classical writers in American politics, but it also draws conclusions concerning the contemporary American artist

Cy Twombly Edwin Parker "Cy" Twombly Jr. (; April 25, 1928July 5, 2011) was an American painter, sculptor and photographer. He belonged to the generation of Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns. Twombly is said to have influenced younger artists such as ...

, whose work is heavily influenced by antiquity. Rood presented some of his ideas on Twombly in January 2012 at the 143rd annual meeting of the

American Philological Association The Society for Classical Studies (SCS), formerly known as the American Philological Association (APA) is a non-profit North American scholarly organization devoted to all aspects of Greek and Roman civilization founded in 1869. It is the preemin ...

in a talk entitled "Twombly's Narratives of Conflict: The Anabasis Series". In March 2012, Rood was invited to deliver a lecture on the subject of "Thucydides and Homeric Scholarship" to the Department of Classics at the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with College admission ...

Selected works

Books

* (Joint winner of a Hellenic Foundation Prize) * (Short-listed for the Runciman Award 2005) *

Other selected publications

*'Introduction' and 'Explanatory Notes' to Robin Waterfield (trans.), 2005. ''Xenophon: Expedition of Cyrus''. Oxford World's Classics. pp. vii-xliii, 196-224. *2007: 'Herodotus', 'Thucydides', 'Xenophon', and 'Polybius', in I. J. F. de Jong and R. Nünlist (eds), ''Time in Ancient Greek Narrative''. Studies in Ancient Greek Narrative 2; Mnemosyne Supplement 291; Leiden, 115-81. *2007: 'The Development of the War Monograph', in J. Marincola (ed.), ''A Companion to Greek and Roman Historiography''. Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World; Oxford, 147-58. *2007: 'Advice and Advisers in Xenophon's Anabasis', in D. J. Spencer and E. M. Theodorakopoulos (eds), ''Advice and its Rhetoric in Greece and Rome''. Nottingham Classical Literature Studies 9; Bari, 47-61. *2007: 'From Marathon to Waterloo: Byron, Battle Monuments, and the Persian Wars', in E. Hall, P. J. Rhodes, and E. Bridges (eds), Cultural ''Responses to the Persian Wars''. Oxford, 267-97. *2010: 'Xenophon's Parasangs'. ''

The Journal of Hellenic Studies ''The Journal of Hellenic Studies'' is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in Hellenic studies. It also publishes reviews of recent books of importance to Hellenic studies. It was established in 1880 and is published by Camb ...

'' 130, 51-66.

External links

Homepage at the University of OxfordHomepage on Academia.edu

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rood, Tim English classical scholars Classical scholars of the University of Oxford Fellows of St Hugh's College, Oxford Living people Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Scholars of ancient Greek literature Year of birth missing (living people)