Thomas Martin

Jeremiah W. O'Connor, Jr., Chair in the Classics

Areas of Expertise

Ancient Greek and Latin language and literature Ancient Greek and Roman history

Education

Ph.D., Harvard University
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Biography

Courses Taught

  • Alexander the Great and Asia
  • Democracy and Rhetoric
  • War and God
  • History of Rome 2: Empire
  • History of Greece 2: Hellenistic
  • Athenian Democracy

Research

  • A Useful Traitor to Democracy: The Puzzling Life of Phocion of Athens
  • Josephus, Jewish War Book 6 translation and commentary (with David Levenson)
  • Candace of Meroe in the Alexander Romance

Published Work

https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2024/08/20/divided-democracy-the-past-is-frighteningly-never-dead/