Tom Carpenter
91探花 faculty member since 1997
Education
Oxford University, Doctor of Philosophy, 1983; Harvard University, Master of Theological Studies, 1971; Johns Hopkins University, Bachelor of Arts, 1966
Specializations
- Greek Archaeology
- Greek religion and iconography
Courses Taught
- CLAR 2120: Roman Archaeology
- CLAR 3910: Ancient Rome: Development of the City from the 8th Century B.C. to the 4th Century A.D.
- CLAS 2340: Classical Mythology
- CLAS 2520: Classical Athens
- CLAS 2530: Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic World
- CLAS 2540: Rome Under the Caesars
- CLAS 2550: Pagan to Christian in Late Antiquity
- CLAS 3120: Greek Tragedy and Comedy
Publications
Books
The Italic People of Ancient Apulia: New Evidence from Pottery for Workshops, Markets, and Customs. ed. with K.M. Lynch and E.G.D. Robinson (Cambridge University Press, 2014) []
Dionysian Imagery in Fifth Century Athens (Oxford University Press, Clarendon, 1997) []
Masks of Dionysus, ed. with C. Faraone (Cornell University Press, 1993) []
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece (Thames and Hudson, World of Art Series, 1991) [] French edition: Les mythes dans l鈥檃rt grec 1997 [] Spanish edition: Arte y mito en la antigua grecia, 2000 Korean edition: 1998 Turkish edition: 2004 Greek edition: 2006 Japanese edition: 2013
Beazley Addenda, Additional References to ABV, ARV2 and Paralipomena, 2nd edition (Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1989) []
Dionysian Imagery in Archaic Greek Art (Oxford University Press, Clarendon, 1986, 2nd edition 1990) []
Summary Guide to the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum (Oxford University Press for the British Academy, 1984) []
Mythology, Greek and Roman, with R. Gula (Independent School Press, 1977 鈥 now Longman) []
Articles
"Regional Variation: Pelops and Chrysippus in Apulia" in J. Oakley ed. Athenian Potters and Painters III (Oxbow Books, 2014). []
"A Case for Greek Tragedy in Italic Settlements in 4th Century BC Apulia" in Carpenter et al., eds. The Italic People of Ancient Apulia: New Evidence from Pottery from Workshops, Markets, and Customs (Cambridge, 2014) []
"The Trojan War in Early Greek Art" in C. Tsagalis and M. Fantizzi eds. Cambridge Companion to the Greek Epic Cycle (Cambridge, forthcoming)
"Vase Painting as Evidence for Performance" in H. Roisman ed. Encyclopedia of Greek Tragedy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) []
"Dionysos and the Blessed on Apulian Red-Figured Vases" in R. Schlesier ed. A Different God: Dionysos in Ancient Polytheism (Berlin, 2011) 253-261 []
鈥淕ods in Apulia鈥 in J. Bremmer and A. Erskine (eds) The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations (Edinburgh, 2010) []
鈥淎pollo and the Apulians鈥 in L. Athanassaki, R. Martin, J. Miller eds. Apolline Politics and Poetics (Athens, 2009). []
鈥淭he Darius Painter: Text and Context鈥 in S. Schmidt and J. Oakley eds. Hermeneutik der Bilder: Beitr盲ge zur Ikonographie und Interpretation griechischer Vasenmalerei (Munich, 2009). []
鈥淧rolegomenon to the Study of Apulian Red-Figure Pottery鈥 American Journal of Archaeology 113 (2009) 27-38.
鈥淕reek Religion and Art鈥 in D. Ogden ed. Blackwell Companion to Greek Religion (Oxford, 2007) 398-420. []
鈥淚ntroduction and Discussion鈥 in E. Csapo and M. C. Miller eds., The Origins of the Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From Ritual to Drama. (Cambridge, 2007) 41-47, 108-117. []
鈥淚mages of Satyr Plays in South Italy鈥 in G. Harrison ed., Satyr Drama: Tragedy at Play (Classical Press of Wales, 2005) 219-236. []
鈥淭he Native Market for Red-Figure Vases in Apulia鈥 MAAR 48 (2003) 1-24.
鈥淎 Note on Greek Painting鈥 in A Garden of Greek Verse (Getty Museum, 2000). []
鈥淚mages and Beliefs: Thoughts on the Derveni Krater鈥 in G. Tsetskhladze, A. Snodgrass and A. Prag eds. Periplous, Papers on Classical Art and Archaeology Presented to Sir John Boardman (Thames and Hudson, 2000) 51 鈥 59. []
鈥淗armodios and Apollo in Fifth Century Athens. What鈥檚 in a Pose?鈥 in J. Oakley ed. Athenian Potters and Painters (American School of Classical Studies, Athens, 1997) 171 鈥 79. []
鈥淣ymphs, not Maenads鈥 abstract, American Journal of Archaeology 99 (1995) 314. [; restricted access]
鈥淎 Symposium of Gods鈥 in O. Murray ed. In Vino Veritas (Oxford, 1995) 145 鈥 63. []
鈥淭he Terrible Twins in Sixth Century Attic Art鈥 in J. Solomon ed. Apollo, Origins and Influences (University of Arizona Press, 1994) 61 鈥 79. []
鈥淭he Beardless Dionysus鈥 in Carpenter and Faraone eds. Masks of Dionysus(Cornell University Press, 1993) 185 鈥 206. []
鈥淭he Iconography of Phintias鈥 abstract, American Journal of Archaeology 92 (1988) 237. [; restricted access]
鈥淭he Tyrrhenian Group: Problems of Provenance鈥, Oxford Journal of Archaeology 3 (1984) 45-56.
鈥淭he Beazley Archive Computer Project鈥 with J. Boardman and D. Kurtz inPapers, Automatic Processing of Art History Data and Documents (Pisa, 1984) []
鈥淥n the Dating of the Tyrrhenian Group鈥 Oxford Journal of Archaeology 2 (1983) 279-93.
Reviews
Review of J. Mertens, How to Read Greek Vases in American Journal of Archaeology 114 (2011). [Link to full text via JSTOR; restricted access]
Review of A. Mitchell, Greek Vase-Painting and the Origins of Visual Humour in Classical Philology 106 (2011) 80-83. [; restricted access]
Review of O. Taplin, Pots & Plays, Interactions between Tragedy and Greek Vase-painting of the Fourth Century B.C. in American Journal of Archaeology112 (2008) 774-75. [; restricted access]
Review of R. Seaford, Dionysos in Classical Review 57 (2007) 541-42 [; restricted access]
Review of V. N酶skov, Greek Vases in New Contexts: the Collecting and Trading of Greek Vases in American Journal of Archaeology 108 (2004) 465-466. [; restricted access]
Review of D. Castaldo, Il Pantheon Musicale, Iconografia nella ceramica attic tra VI e IV secolo in Imago Musicae: The International Yearbook of Musical Iconography 20 (2003) 154-156. []
Review of A. Tempesta, Le raffigurazioni mitologiche sulla ceramica Greco-orientale arcaica in American Journal of Archaeology 106 (2002) 332-33. [; restricted access]
Review of M Anderson, The Fall of Troy in Early Greek Poetry and Art in American Journal of Philology 120 (1999) 453-55 [; restricted access]
Review of H.A.Shapiro, Myth into Art in Classical Philology 91 (1996) 384-88. [; restricted access]