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Robert Tordoff
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Associate Professor
Office: Founders College 144
Email: rtordoff@yorku.ca
I research ancient Greek literature and history. My teaching is mostly in the fields of ancient Greek and Roman literature.
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Degrees
PhD, Cambridge UniversityBA, Oxford University
Research Interests
Classics
, Labour, Slavery, Social memory, Classical Tradition,
Ancient Greek Literature and History
Books
Publication
Year
Robert Tordoff, Aristophanes: Cavalry (Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2024)
2024
B. Akrigg and R. Tordoff (eds.) Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
2013
Book Chapters
Publication
Year
'Enslaved People and Slavery', in A. Glazebrook and C. Vester (eds.) Themes in Greek Society and Culture: An Introduction to Ancient Greece (Oxford University Press, 2021), 221–44.
2021
'Slaves and Slavery', in Glazebrook, A. and Vester, C. (eds.) Themes in Greek Society and Culture: An introduction to Ancient Greece (Oxford University Press, 2017), 218–40.
2017
'Counterfactual History and Thucydides', in V. Wohl (ed.) Eikos: Probabilities, Hypotheticals and Counterfactuals in Ancient Greek Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2014), 101–21
2014
'Francis Wrangham’s Reform: a farce modernised from Aristophanes (1792)', in S.D. Olson (ed.) Ancient Comedy and Reception (Mouton de Gruyter, 2013), 654–95.
2013
'Introduction: Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comedy,' in B. Akrigg and R. Tordoff (eds.) Slaves and Slavery in the Ancient Greek Comic Drama (Cambridge University Press, 2013), 1–62.
2013
'The Tragic Messenger Speech in Aristophanes’ Wealth,' in C.W. Marshall and G. Kovacs (eds.) No Laughing Matter: Studies in Old and Middle Comedy (Bristol Classical Press, 2012), 141–57.
2012
'Aristophanes’ Ecclesiazusae and Plato, Republic 5', in R. Osborne (ed.) Debating the Athenian Cultural Revolution: Art, Literature, Philosophy, and Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2007), 242–63.
2007
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
'The Trial of Pheidias: a reassessment of the scholia to Aristophanes’ Peace 605–6 and Philochorus FGrH 328 F121.' Historia 75 (2026), 384–416.
2026
'How did Cleon dress for the assembly? Aristophanes, Peace 685–7 and Athenaiôn Politeia 28.3.' Classical Quarterly 75.1 (2025), 1–8
2025
'Memory and the Rhetoric of σωτηρία in Aristophanes' Assembly Women.' In Baragwanath, E. and Foster, E. (eds.) Clio and Thalia: Attic Comedy and Historiography. Histos, Suppl. 6 (2017), 153–210.
2017
'Coins, Money, and Exchange in Aristophanes’ Wealth.' Transactions of the American Philological Association 142.2 (2012), 255–91.
2012
'Echo in Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.25.' Classical Quarterly 58.2 (2008), 711–12.
2008
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA3108 6.0 | A | Ancient Greek and Roman Comic Drama | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA1105 9.0 | A | Myth and Imagination in Greece and Rome | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA1105 9.0 | A | Myth and Imagination in Greece and Rome | TUTR |
I research ancient Greek literature and history. My teaching is mostly in the fields of ancient Greek and Roman literature.
Degrees
PhD, Cambridge UniversityBA, Oxford University
Research Interests
Classics
, Labour, Slavery, Social memory, Classical Tradition,
Ancient Greek Literature and History
All Publications
Book Chapters
Publication
Year
'Enslaved People and Slavery', in A. Glazebrook and C. Vester (eds.) Themes in Greek Society and Culture: An Introduction to Ancient Greece (Oxford University Press, 2021), 221–44.
2021
'Slaves and Slavery', in Glazebrook, A. and Vester, C. (eds.) Themes in Greek Society and Culture: An introduction to Ancient Greece (Oxford University Press, 2017), 218–40.
2017
'Counterfactual History and Thucydides', in V. Wohl (ed.) Eikos: Probabilities, Hypotheticals and Counterfactuals in Ancient Greek Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2014), 101–21
2014
'Francis Wrangham’s Reform: a farce modernised from Aristophanes (1792)', in S.D. Olson (ed.) Ancient Comedy and Reception (Mouton de Gruyter, 2013), 654–95.
2013
'Introduction: Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comedy,' in B. Akrigg and R. Tordoff (eds.) Slaves and Slavery in the Ancient Greek Comic Drama (Cambridge University Press, 2013), 1–62.
2013
'The Tragic Messenger Speech in Aristophanes’ Wealth,' in C.W. Marshall and G. Kovacs (eds.) No Laughing Matter: Studies in Old and Middle Comedy (Bristol Classical Press, 2012), 141–57.
2012
'Aristophanes’ Ecclesiazusae and Plato, Republic 5', in R. Osborne (ed.) Debating the Athenian Cultural Revolution: Art, Literature, Philosophy, and Politics (Cambridge University Press, 2007), 242–63.
2007
Books
Publication
Year
Robert Tordoff, Aristophanes: Cavalry (Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2024)
2024
B. Akrigg and R. Tordoff (eds.) Slaves and Slavery in Ancient Greek Comic Drama (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
2013
Journal Articles
Publication
Year
'The Trial of Pheidias: a reassessment of the scholia to Aristophanes’ Peace 605–6 and Philochorus FGrH 328 F121.' Historia 75 (2026), 384–416.
2026
'How did Cleon dress for the assembly? Aristophanes, Peace 685–7 and Athenaiôn Politeia 28.3.' Classical Quarterly 75.1 (2025), 1–8
2025
'Memory and the Rhetoric of σωτηρία in Aristophanes' Assembly Women.' In Baragwanath, E. and Foster, E. (eds.) Clio and Thalia: Attic Comedy and Historiography. Histos, Suppl. 6 (2017), 153–210.
2017
'Coins, Money, and Exchange in Aristophanes’ Wealth.' Transactions of the American Philological Association 142.2 (2012), 255–91.
2012
'Echo in Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.25.' Classical Quarterly 58.2 (2008), 711–12.
2008
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA3108 6.0 | A | Ancient Greek and Roman Comic Drama | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA1105 9.0 | A | Myth and Imagination in Greece and Rome | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2025 | AP/HUMA1105 9.0 | A | Myth and Imagination in Greece and Rome | TUTR |
