Dr Naomi Scott
BA Hons, MA, PhD
Expertise
Current positions
A.G. Leventis Research Associate Fellowship in Ancient Greek Studies
Department of Classics & Ancient History
Contact
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Research interests
Some of my key publications are available below
'Jokes in Greek Comedy: From Puns to Poetics', Bloomsbury, 2023
'Metaphors and Jokes in the Fragments of Cratinus', Arethusa 52(3), 2019
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Crowdsourcing Julius Pollux's Onomasticon
Principal Investigator
Description
This project aims to create an online edition and translation of Julius Pollux's Onomasticon. Currently this important ancient encyclopaedia, written in the 2nd century A.D., is only accessible in the…Managing organisational unit
Department of Classics & Ancient HistoryDates
01/11/2023
Publications
Selected publications
21/09/2023Jokes in Greek Comedy
Jokes in Greek Comedy
Metaphors and Jokes in the Fragments of Cratinus
Arethusa
Flying too Close to the Sun: Dramatic Illusion and Theatrical Failure in Aristophanes' Peace
Phoenix
‘DON'T LET ME BECOME A COMIC SHIT-POT!’: SCATOLOGY IN ARISTOPHANES’ ASSEMBLYWOMEN
Greece & Rome
Recent publications
12/09/2023‘DON'T LET ME BECOME A COMIC SHIT-POT!’: SCATOLOGY IN ARISTOPHANES’ ASSEMBLYWOMEN
Greece & Rome
Jokes in Greek Comedy
Jokes in Greek Comedy
Review of I.C. STOREY Aristophanes: Peace. London: Bloomsbury, 2019.
Journal of Hellenic Studies (JHS)
Flying too Close to the Sun: Dramatic Illusion and Theatrical Failure in Aristophanes' Peace
Phoenix
Metaphors and Jokes in the Fragments of Cratinus
Arethusa