Lucilla Crespi
Thesis title: Fable, folktale and folklore narrative genres and their interrelationship with the Homeric simile
PhD in Classics
Year of study: 1
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology
- School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Classics
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Background
Born in Rome, I obtained my MA in Classical Archaeology and Greek at the University of Edinburgh (2019) with a thesis on Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannos and its relevance to the 5th-century 'Athenian Enlightenment'. In 2019-20 I have spent a year at the Ca' Foscari - University of Venice perfectioning my expertise in other Classical subjects, such as Historical Linguistics, Papyrology and Palaeography and Greek History. I have just finished my MScR at the University of Edinburgh, working on the interrelationship of animal fables and folklore narratives with an Iliadic simile and my current PhD research is aimed at expaning my Master's work by investigating in depth the influence of folklore storytelling on Homeric similes as a whole.
Qualifications
Master of Arts with Honours in Classical Archaeology and Greek at The University of Edinburgh. Dissertation title: "“Mάθει πάθος”. The crisis of 5th-century anthropocentric optimism in Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannos."
Master of Science by Research in Classics. Dissertation title: "Achilles' fable of oaths and concord. A study of the simile at Il. 22.262-66 and its interrelationship with animal fables and folklore storytelling."
Undergraduate teaching
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Greek 1C
Greek 2B
Greek Art and Archaeology
Research summary
Homer and Homeric similes; Archaic poetry; folklore storytelling and narrative traditions; Attic tragedy; Greek archaeology.