Michael Tueller
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DH 318A Tempe, AZ 85287
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Mail code: 0202Campus: Tempe
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Mike Tueller received his bachelor's from Harvard University in 1992 and, after a brief stint in the U.S. Navy, completed Harvard's doctoral program in classical philology in 2003. He taught for five years at Brigham Young University; in 2008 he came to ASU, where he teaches courses in ancient Greek language and literature.
- Ph.D. Classical Philology, Harvard University 2003
- B.A. Classics (Greek), Harvard University 1992
I work primarily in the Hellenistic period, the time after Alexander the Great but before Augustus, when Greek language and culture spread broadly across the Mediterranean. At that time, the Greek people had to deal with their own discontinuity in space and time from their heritage, and with their constant contact with very different peoples. In response, their literature became erudite, allusive, and, strangely, both nostalgic and cosmopolitan (sometimes at once).
My usual focus within this period is epigram. Epigrams began as inscriptions on objects--usually gravestones or objects dedicated in temples--but soon became short poems that often featured witty turns of phrase or thought (hence the modern meaning of the term "epigram"). My research focuses on the ways that early Hellenistic epigrams played with the conceit of inscription, even when they were never meant to be inscribed.
I am currently at work on a revision of the Greek Anthology (our primary source for Hellenistic epigram) for the Loeb Classical Library.
- Phanocles. In Hellenistic Greek Poetry: A Selection (David Sider, ed.), 462–471. University of Michigan Press, 2017.
- Notes on the Greek Anthology, books 1–5. Classical Quarterly 66.2 (2016): 742–751.
- Words for Dying in Sepulchral Epigram. In Dialect, Diction and Style in Greek Literary and Inscribed Epigram (Evina Sistakou and Antonios Rengakos, edd.), 215–233. Walter de Gruyter, 2016.
- (with W. R. Paton) The Greek Anthology, vol. 1: books 1–5. (Loeb Classical Library) Harvard University Press, 2014.
- The Passerby in Archaic and Classical Epigram. In Archaic and Classical Greek Epigram (Manuel Baumbach, Andrej Petrovic, and Ivana Petrovic, edd.), 42–60. Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Palinurus and Polydorus: Two Epigrammatic Passages in Vergil’s Aeneid. Latomus 69.2 (2010): 344–358.
- Look Who’s Talking: Voice and Identity in Hellenistic Epigram. (Hellenistica Groningana) Peeters. 2008.
- An allusive reading of the Orpheus episode in Hermesianax fr. 7. Classical Bulletin 83.1 (2007): 93–108.
Courses
2023 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GRK 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CDH 494 | Special Topics |
CDH 593 | Applied Project |
SLC 690 | Reading and Conference |
CDH 580 | Practicum |
SLC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GRK 499 | Individualized Instruction |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GRK 362 | Ancient Greek Religion |
SLC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CDH 580 | Practicum |
SLC 690 | Reading and Conference |
CDH 593 | Applied Project |
SLC 362 | Ancient Greek Religion |
REL 360 | Ancient Greek Religion |
CDH 494 | Special Topics |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GRK 499 | Individualized Instruction |
CDH 593 | Applied Project |
GRK 302 | Ancient Greek Literature II |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GRK 394 | Special Topics |
SLC 394 | Special Topics |
CDH 580 | Practicum |
SLC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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SLC 493 | Honors Thesis |
GRK 499 | Individualized Instruction |
GRK 201 | Intermediate Ancient Greek |
GRK 492 | Honors Directed Study |
CDH 593 | Applied Project |
GRK 394 | Special Topics |
SLC 394 | Special Topics |
CDH 598 | Special Topics |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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CDH 580 | Practicum |
SLC 492 | Honors Directed Study |
GRK 101 | Elementary Ancient Greek |
2019 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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GRK 499 | Individualized Instruction |
GRK 394 | Special Topics |
SLC 394 | Special Topics |
2018 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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GRK 394 | Special Topics |
SLC 394 | Special Topics |
- School of International Letters & Cultures, Associate Director for Administration (2016 - 2017)