Classical Studies PhD Student
Damon is a fifth-year graduate student in the department of Classical Studies at Boston University. He received his BA in political science from Middlebury College in 2014 and a Master of Arts in Liberal Arts from the St. John’s College Graduate Institute (Annapolis) in 2018. He is currently working on his prospectus on the influence of Homer on Xenophon’s political and philosophical thought. His interests include Greek and Roman philosophy and epic poetry, with focus on Plato, Xenophon, Apuleius, and the reception of Homer. He has taught classes at BU as the instructor of record for Latin 2, Latin 3, and CL101: World of Greece.
Recent Conference Papers:
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“Focalized History: Philosophic and Tragic Accounts in Xenophon’s Anabasis and Ctesias’ Persica” —International Xenophon Society Conference, November 2024.
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“Eternal Nostos: Zarathustra’s Odyssey” —University of Virginia Graduate Student Colloquium, March 2024.
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“The Punishment of Thersites” —Classical Association of New England, April 2022.
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“Vergil’s Victores: A Study of the Epithet Victor in the Georgics” —Society of Classical Studies Annual Conference, January 2022.