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Alan D. Booth
Department of Classics

SSHRC General Research Grants
- ($800.00) Age-designation in antiquity/The emergence of the liberal curriculum in antiquity/the Elagaic poet and Roman reality.
- ($800.00) Age-designation in antiquity. The emergence of the liberal curriculum in antiquity/The elegiac poet and Roman reality. June 1992.
Research Grants
- ($500.00) Office of the Dean of Humanities: La durée de la grossesse selon les auteurs antiques et leurs interprétes modernes/Comment les magistrats romains se préparaient-ils à leurs devoirs juridiques à l'époque de la République?, November 1993.
Other Publications
- "The age for reclining and its attendant perils," W.J. Slater (ed.), Dining in a classical context, University of Michigan Press, 1991, pp. 105 - 120.
- "The academic career of Ausonius," reprinted M.J.Joachim (ed.), Ausonius, Wege der Forschung series, Darmstadt, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellshaft, 1991, pp. 34 - 54.
- "Confusion on the chronological record of General Brock's life," Ontario History 83, 1991, pp. 224 - 229.
- "Roman humanism," The question of humanism: challenges and possibilities, Buffalo: Prometheus Press, 1991, pp. 41 - 57.
- "The Latin lover and his mistress: facts and fictions", in C.A. Abrahams and Barry W.K. Joe (eds.), Truth and/or fiction in the humanities: Brock University's third annual humanities symposium (Brock University 1992) 92-99.
- "Pièges du passage du français à l'anglais", Cahiers des ètudes anciennes 28 (1993) 159-161.
Reviews
- Review of D. Gallop, Parmenides of Elea fragments (University of Toronto Press 1984/1991) in the Canadian Book Review Annual (1991) 93-94.
- Review of T.M. Robinson, Herc\aclitus fragments (University of Toronto Press 1987/1991) in the Canadian Book Review Annual (1991) 90-91.
- Review of S. Elkhadem, The concise dictionary of Greek, Roman, Norse and Egyptian mythology (Fredericton 1991) in the Canadian Book Review Annual (1991) 10-11.
- Review of B. Inwood, The poem of Empedocles (University of Toronto Press 1992) in the Canadian Book Review Annual (1992) 99-100.
Paper Presentations
- "The chronology of General Brock's life: some lessons for the classicist," Classical Association of Canada, May 1991.
- "Roman influences on the liberal curriculum," York University, November 1991.
- "Greek Scouts and Roman soldiers," Classical Association of the Canadian West, February 1992.
- "Who then educated the ancient world: classical Athens or imperial Rome?," Carleton University, March 1993.
- "The age of the elegaic lover," University of Ottawa, March 1993.
- "The formation of Trimalchio," Classical Association of Canada, Carleton University, June 1993.
- "Who then educated the ancient world: classical Athens or imperial Rome?," Carleton University, March 1993.
- "The age of the elegaic lover," University of Ottawa, March 1993.
- "The formation of Trimalchio," Classical Association of Canada, June 1993.
- "Trimalchio and Roman realities," McMaster University, November 1993.
- "The formation of the vir bonus in 'Quintilian,' " Colloquium on ancient rhetoric, Carleton University, April 1994.
Papers Presented at Brock University
- "The Latin lover and his Mistress: Facts and Fictions," Third Annual Humanities Symposium, December 1991.