Luca Grillo
Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Collegiate Professor of Classics
- Office
- 253AA O'Shaughnessy Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556 - lgrillo@nd.edu
Biography
I regularly teach a course on Greek and Roman athletics, which draws from literary and archaeological evidence. I use some comparative material from modern sport. I am publishing some work on gladiators and chariot races in the Roman empire.
Courses Taught
Anciet Sport and Society
Research Interests
Latin language and literature, ancient sport and society, ancient rhetoric and historiography, classical oratory
Education
PhD, Princeton University (Classics)
MA, University of Minnesota (Classical and Near eastern Studies)
BA, Universita' Cattolica, Milan (Literature and Philosophy)