Office Hours: TTh 8:30-11 or by appointment on WebEx
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
stevensj@ecu.edu (preferred contact)
Bate 3303 · (252) 328-6056
Coordinator of Classical Studies
Chair, UNC Language Assembly
Flight Path: CLAS 1500 Classical Mythology
CLAS 2000 Intro to the Classics
CLAS 2230 The Romans
LATN 3700 Special Topic: Vergil, Aeneid
BA, MA Classics, University of Iowa
PhD Classical Studies, Duke University
Classical Literary Imitations of Plato's Republic, Stoicism and Senecan Tragedy, Augustan Poetry
Professor Stevens is author of a Bryn Mawr Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis and an article on its imagery, as well as articles on the intersection of classical philosophy and literature. They include pieces on the Stoic Posidonius, the Stoic theory of preliminary passions, Vergil's debt to Platonism and Stoicism, a chapter on Xenophon's Socratic dialogue Oeconomicus in The Socratic Movement (Cornell 1995), and articles on Senecan tragedy, including his use of the chorus, etymological wordplay, and Stoicism. He is currently at work on classical literary imitations of Plato's Republic (CLIPR), including a monograph series, and Republic's intersections with the comedies of Aristophanes.
He has been Director / Coordinator of Classical Studies (2003-2008, 2015-), Director of Great Books (2003-2014, now TEXT), Interim Chair of the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures (2004-05, 2011-2014), President of the North Carolina Classical Association (2017-19), and Chair of the UNC Language Assembly (2022-). In Spring 2004, he received the University Award for Outstanding Teaching.
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
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East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858-4353
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