Patricia A. Johnston

Title

Professor of Classical Studies

Classical Studies
English
Religious Studies

Expertise

Latin and Greek Languages and Literatures; Vergil; Sophocles; Presocratic Philosophers;Classical Myth and Religion,

Degrees

University of California, Berkeley, Ph.D.

University of California, Berkeley, M.A.

University of California, Los Angeles, B.A.

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Contact

Email:	johnston@brandeis.edu
Phone:	781-736-2182
Office:	Mandel Center for the Humanities, 216

Awards and Honors

Invited to be the main speaker at Case Western University's week-long celebration of Vergil's Aeneid. My translation of the Aeneid will be the main text used for the week, which will culminate with my (invited) lecture on April 26, 2013. (2013)

Brandeis Representative at Trienniel Meeting of Phi Beta Kappa in West Palm Beach, Florida (2012)

Invited Speaker at the University of Athens, Greece (2011)

Theodore and Jane Normal Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects, Brandeis University (2011)

Keynote Speaker, Massachusetts Foreign Language Assn., April 2010. (2010)

Special Award from the Vergilian Society for contributions to the Society, as President, Vice President, and for editing Vergilius for 7 years, and especially for creating and organizing Vergilian Society Symposia Cumana from 1995 through 2011. (2010)

Editor, Vergilius, 2003-2009 (2003)

Director, Symposia Cumana, Vergilian Society, 1995-2012 (1995)

President, Vergilian Society, 1995-1996 (1995 - 1996)

Treasurer Phi Beta Kappa, Mu of Massachusetts chapter, 1990-present) (1990)

President, Phi Beta Kappa, Mu of Massachusetts (1989) (1989)

Sloan Faculty Grant to develop Latin Tutorial software (1986)

Phi Beta Kappa, Eta of California (1967)

Courses Taught

CLAS	190b	Ancient Mysteries, Cults, and Myths
CLAS	250b	Capstone Course
LAT	10a	Beginning Latin
LAT	20b	Continuing Latin
LAT	115a	Roman Drama
LAT	116b	Roman Satire
LAT	117a	Lucretius, De Rerum Natura
LAT	118a	Latin Lyric and Elegiac Poetry
LAT	119b	Ovid: Metamorphoses
LAT	120a	Vergil
LAT	125a	Medieval Latin

Scholarship

Johnston, Patricia A, Attilio Mastrocinque, and Giovanni Casadio, edds.( and contributors). The Role of Animals in Ancient Myth and Religion. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015. (forthcoming)

Johnston, Patricia A and Casadio, Giovanni, edds. (and contributors). “Diana, Artemis and Related Cults in Ancient Greece and Italy”. 2014. (forthcoming)

Johnston, Patricia A and Casadio, Giovanni, edds. (and contributors). “Diana, Artemis and Related Cults in Ancient Greece and Italy”. (forthcoming). Univ. of Texas Press, 2012. (forthcoming)

Johnston, Patricia A. ""Martial"." OBO (Oxford Bibliographies Online) (2012): <Oxford Bibliographies Online>. (forthcoming)

Johnston, Patricia A. ""Roman Epigram and Satire"." OBO (Oxford Bibliographies Online) (2012): <OBO (Oxford Bibliographies Online)>. (forthcoming)

Johnston, Patricia A.. "Five separate articles: Aetna; charon; Euyrydice; Lipara; Polites." The Vergil Encyclopedia. Ed. Richard Thomas, ed.. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2012 (forthcoming)

Johnston, Patricia A/ Sophia Papaioannou. "Et in Arcadia Ego: Papers of the Symposium Cumanum 2011". University of Texas, 2012. (forthcoming)

Johnston, Patricia A., ed. "Huc pater O Lenaee veni: The Cultivation of Wine in Vergil’s Georgics,”. 2008. (forthcoming)

Johnston, Patricia A, ed. R. Ganiban. Vergil, Aeneid Books 1-6. first ed. Newburyport, MA: Focus Publishing, 2012.

Johnston, Patricia A. "Director's Report on the Symposium Cumanum, 2011." Vergilius 57. (2012): 179-187.

Johnston, Patricia A. "Jed Z. Buchwald, Diane Greco Josefowicz, The Zodiac of Paris: How an Improbable Controversy over an Ancient Egyptian Artifact Provoked a Modern Debate between Religion and Science." Princeton/Oxford: 2010. Pp. vi, 428, 71 figures. $35.00. ISB." BrynMawr Classical Review 2011.10.12: vol. On-line reviews 2012

Johnston, Patricia A. 2012: Director’s Report, “Diana, Artemis, and Related Cults in Ancient Greece and Italy”, Vergilius 58 (2012) 184-190.. 2012.

Johnston, Patricia A. "Vergil's Aeneid VI: Text and Commentary". 1st ed. Newburyport, MA: Focus Publishing, 2012.

Johnston, Patricia A. THE AENEID OF VERGIL. A NEW TRANSLATION, with explanatory notes, maps, pictures; written in dactylic hexameter.. first ed. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 2012.

Johnston, Patricia A. ""From Aetas Aurea to Domus Aurea: Roman Life, Literature, and Art Under the Julio Claudian Emperors." (A separate review of this symposium has appeared in the Chronache Ercolanese: Bolletino di Studi Latini XI,folio II. 735-739.)." Vergilius 56. (2011): 121-137.

Johnston, Patricia A.. ""Vergil's Evander and St. Omobono"." "The Etruscan Presence in Magna Graecia: Atti del Symposium cumanum Cuma 19-20 giugno 2003". Ed. Giuseppe Guadagno and Patricia A. Johnston. San Benevento, Italy: Vereja Edizioni, 2011. 109-122.

Johnston, Patricia A , Editor. Vergilius vol. 55 (2009). Dexter, MI: Vergilian Society, 2010.

Johnston, Patricia A. ""The Mystery Cults and Vergil's Georgics"." Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia. vol. I Ed. G. Casadio and P. A. Johnston. Austin: Univ. of Texas Press, 2010. 251-76.

Johnston, Patricia A. "Mater Matuta at Capua and at Rome." Organized and chaired panel on "Salvation in the Mystic Cults" at the annual meeting of CAM/WS. Oklahoma City OK. March 25, 2010.

Johnston, Patricia A. "BMCR 2010.08.19: Kenneth J. Reckford, Recognizing Persius. Martin Classical Lectures. Princeton/Oxford: 2009. Pp. x, 240. $45.00. ISBN 9780691141411. Reviewed by Patricia A. Johnston.." Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2010.08.19: vol. On-line review 2010

Johnston, Patricia A. "Director's Report. Symposium Cumanum 2009, "Poetry or Propaganda: What Was Vergil's Purpose in Writing the Aeneid"." Vergilius 55 (2009). (2010): 176-92.

Johnston, Patricia A. "“Allecto’s Descent into the Underworld (Aen. 7.565)”." Annual meeting of CAMWS (Classical of the Midwest and South) April 1-4, 2009.. Tucson, AZ,. April 3, 2009.

Johnston, Patricia A. and Giovanni Casadio. ""Introduction" to "Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia"." "Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia". vol. 1 Ed. Johnston, Patricia A. and Giovanni Casadio. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2010. 10-32.

Johnston, Patricia A/ Giovanni Casadio. Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia; NEW REVIEWS: Numen 58 (2011) 741-765; BMCR 2011/04.13. 1st edition ed. Austin, TX: University of Texas Press, 2010.

Johnston, Patricia A/ Giuseppe Guadagno. ""Introduction" to "The Etruscan presence in Magna Graecia: Atti del Symposium Cumanum. Cuma 19-20 Giugno 2003"; pp. 9-12.." Vereja Edizione, Benevento, Italy, 2010

Giovanni Casadio and Patricia A. Johnston, editors and contributors.

Johnston, Patricia A and Giovanni Casadio, edd.. " Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia". 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009.

Johnston, Patricia A. "Book review: Werner Suerbaum, Handbuch der illustrierten Vergil-Ausgaben 1502-1840: Geschichte, Typologie, Zyklen und kommentierter K......" Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2008.09.65 2008.09.65. (2009).

Johnston, Patricia A. "Director's Report: Symposium Cumanum 2008 "Greeks in Italy and Romans in Greece"." Vergilius 54. (2009): 228-241.

Johnston, Patricia A. "Review of "Vergil the Partisan: A Study in the Re-integration of the Classics" by Anton Powell." Vergilius 54. (2009): 186-88.

Johnston, Patricia A. "“Huc pater O Lenaee veni: The Cultivation of Wine in Vergil’s Georgics” Republished in Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Vol. 101 (CMLC-101) 2008.." Journal of Wine Research vol. 10 no. 3 (1999): 207-21; Republished in Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Vol. 101 (CMLC-101) 2008. (2009).

Johnston, Patricia A., Editor. Vergilius 54 (2008). Dexter MI: The Vergilian Society.. Dexter MI: The Vergilian Society, 2009.

Johnston, Patricia A.. “The Mystery Cults and Vergil's Georgics,” ed. P. A. Johnston and G. Casadio. 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009.

Johnston, Patricia A. Vergilius 53 (2007). Dexter MI: The Vergilian Society.. 2008.

Johnston, Patricia A. ""Turnus, Horses, and Libertas," Vergilius 52 (2006): 20-31.." (2007).

Johnston, Patricia A. "R. Bedon and M. Polfer." Rev. of Être Romain: Hommages in Memoriam Charles Marie Ternes, by Robert Bedon and Michel Polfer.. Vergilius vol. 53 2007: 217-18.

Johnston, Patricia A. "Symposium Cumanum Report, "The Vergilian Tradition: Manuscripts, Texts And Reception, " Vergilius 52 (2006); pp. 245-61.." (2007).

Johnston, Patricia A. "Symposium Cumanum Report, "Vergil's Goddesses, Heroines and Peoples: Authenticating the Early Goddesses and Establishing the Roman Comman Identity"." Vergilius 53. (2007): 245-61.

Johnston, Patricia A. Editor. Vergilius 52 (2006). Dexter MI: The Vergilian Society.. 2007.

Johnston, Patricia A, ed. Turnus, Horses, and Libertas,”. 2006.

Johnston, Patricia A., Editor. Vergilius 51 (2005). Dexter MI: The Vergilian Society.. 2006.

Johnston, Patricia A and Phillip V. Stanley. Ancient Myth in Art and Literature. 1st ed. Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2005.

Johnston, Patricia A, M. Skinner, Jeffrey Fish, and David Armstrong, edds.. Vergil, Philodemus and the Augustans. , 2004. ISBN 1-931909-07-7 Reviews: Cronache Ercolanesi 35 (2005) 211-13; BMCR 2005.04.64.. Austin: University of Texas Press, Austin Texas, 2005.

Johnston, Patricia A., Balmuth, Miriam S., Chester, David K., edd.. "Cultural responses to the volcanic landscape : the Mediterranean and Beyond." Rev. of NEW REVIEWS.: Vergilius 52(2006) 241-4; Hayward Geological Magazine (2007) 144.5:893-4; Classical Review (2005) 57.2:512-14.. Colloquia and conference papers 8; Variation: Colloquia and conference papersno. 8. 01 APR 2005: xix, 345 p.

Johnston, Patricia A., Editor.. Vergilius 50 (2004). Dexter MI: The Vergilian Society.. 2005.

Johnston,Patricia A. ""Volcanoes in Classical Mythology," in Cultural Responses to the Volcanic Landscape." (2005): 297-310.

Johnston,Patricia A. "Volcanoes in Classical Mythology.” In The Human Response to the Volcanic Presence. Edd. M. S. Balmuth, D. K. Chester, P. A. Johnston, pp.:297-310.." Archaeological Institute of America, 2005

Johnston, Patricia A., Editor.. Editor. Vergilius vol. 49 (2003). Dexter, MI: Vergilian Society.. 2004.

Johnston,Patricia A, David Armstrong, Jeffrey Fish, and Marilyn Skinner, edds.. Philodemus, Vergil and the Augustan Poets. 1st ed. Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, 2004.

Johnston,Patricia A. "Symposium Cumanum 2004: Interactions of Indigenous and Foreign Cults in Magna Graecia,. 2004.

Johnston,Patricia A, Miriam Balmuth, David K. Chester, edd.. Cultural Responses to the Volcanic Landscape. Boston, MA: Archaelogical Institute of America, 2003.

Johnston, Patricia A. ""The Anger of Juno in Vergil’s Aeneid.”." MLA Approaches to Vergil’s Aeneid, edd. W. S. Anderson and Lorina N. Quartarone (2002) 123-130.: Modern Language Association, 2002

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