Robert Tordoff
Associate Professor
Office: Founders College 144
Email: rtordoff@yorku.ca
I teach ancient Greek and Roman literature, history, and culture, and the Ancient Greek and Latin languages in the Department of Humanities.
Degrees
PhD, Cambridge UniversityBA, Oxford University
Research Interests
Robert Tordoff, Aristophanes: Cavalry (Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2024)
B. Akrigg and R. Tordoff (eds.) Slaves and Slavery in the Ancient Greek Comic Drama (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
'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.
'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.
'Counterfactual History and Thucydides', in V. Wohl (ed.) Eikos: Probabilities, Hypotheticals and Counterfactuals in Ancient Greek Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2014), 101–21
'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.
'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.
'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.
'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.
'The Trial of Pheidias: a reassessment of the Scholia to Aristophanes' Peace 605–6 and Philochorus FGrH 328 F121', Historia 75 (2026)
'How did Cleon dress for the assembly? Aristophanes, Peace 685–7 and Athenaion Politeia 28.3”, Classical Quarterly 75.1 (2025), 1–8
'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.
'Coins, Money, and Exchange in Aristophanes’ Wealth,' Transactions of the American Philological Association 142.2 (2012), 255–91.
'Echo in Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.25', Classical Quarterly 58.2 (2008), 711–12.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1105 9.0 | B | Myth and Imagination in Greece and Rome | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1105 9.0 | B | Myth and Imagination in Greece and Rome | TUTR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA3100 6.0 | A | Greek Drama and Culture | ONLN |
I teach ancient Greek and Roman literature, history, and culture, and the Ancient Greek and Latin languages in the Department of Humanities.
Degrees
PhD, Cambridge UniversityBA, Oxford University
Research Interests
All Publications
'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.
'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.
'Counterfactual History and Thucydides', in V. Wohl (ed.) Eikos: Probabilities, Hypotheticals and Counterfactuals in Ancient Greek Thought (Cambridge University Press, 2014), 101–21
'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.
'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.
'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.
'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.
Robert Tordoff, Aristophanes: Cavalry (Bloomsbury Academic Press, 2024)
B. Akrigg and R. Tordoff (eds.) Slaves and Slavery in the Ancient Greek Comic Drama (Cambridge University Press, 2013)
'The Trial of Pheidias: a reassessment of the Scholia to Aristophanes' Peace 605–6 and Philochorus FGrH 328 F121', Historia 75 (2026)
'How did Cleon dress for the assembly? Aristophanes, Peace 685–7 and Athenaion Politeia 28.3”, Classical Quarterly 75.1 (2025), 1–8
'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.
'Coins, Money, and Exchange in Aristophanes’ Wealth,' Transactions of the American Philological Association 142.2 (2012), 255–91.
'Echo in Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.25', Classical Quarterly 58.2 (2008), 711–12.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1105 9.0 | B | Myth and Imagination in Greece and Rome | LECT |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1105 9.0 | B | Myth and Imagination in Greece and Rome | TUTR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA3100 6.0 | A | Greek Drama and Culture | ONLN |
