Research
By Edith Hall.
The Iliad, Poem of the Anthropocene (Yale University Press, 2025)
Medea: A Life in Five Acts (Yale University Press, 2026)
Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me (Yale University Press, 2024)
Aeschylus’ Agamemnon: Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Aris & Phillips at Liverpool University Press)
A Very Short Introduction to Sophocles (OUP)
Aristophanic Comedy in its Own Space and Time
Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in British Secondary Education (Liverpool University Press, co-authored with Arlene Holmes-Henderson)
Time, Tense and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature (co-edited with Connie Bloomfield-Gadêlha). Oxford University Press.
Aristotle Beyond the Academy in Britain and Ireland 1660-1922
This research project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust 2022-6, asks when, how and where Aristotle has been present in public life, public speaking and discussion of science in dimensions of social life in Britain and Ireland from 1660. The triple focus is on politics and law, rhetoric and natural science. Website here: https://aristotlebeyond.co.uk
Aristoteles Pezographos:
The Writing Styles of Aristotle and their Contribution to the Evolution of Ancient Greek Prose
This research project, funded by a UKRI Frontier Research Grant 2023-8, assesses Aristotle’s innovative and sometimes experimental styles of writing across his entire oeuvre, assessing his relationship with previous Greek literature, his imagery, use of rhetorical figures, vocabulary, especially in relation to emotion, his influence on later Peripatetic writing and the observations made about his styles in ancient commentaries.
Classics and Class in the North-East
This research initiative aims at bring Classics and communities together in the North-East of England. It both celebrates the history of non-elite response to the Greeks and Romans in the past and nurtures enjoyment and study of classical material today. Its outputs include an edited volume, a documentary film with public participation, outreach events and this website.
Phoenician Dido and the Afterlives of the Aeneid’s Women
In collaboration with playwright and theatre director Dr Magdalena Zira, Durham Institute of Advanced Study Fellow 2023, Edith Hall is researching the alternative, Phoenician traditions about this great Levantine quester and Carthaginian queen. Zira’s new play will be workshopped in Durham and performed in staged readings in Autumn 2023. A companion conference, which will result in a co-edited volume, will be held on the reception of all the women in the Aeneid on December 15th-16th.
The Iliad, Poem of the Anthropocene (Yale University Press, 2025)
Medea: A Life in Five Acts (Yale University Press, 2026)
Ancestral Suicide and the Ancient Greeks (Yale University Press, 2024)
Aeschylus’ Agamemnon: Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary (Aris & Phillips at Liverpool University Press)
A Very Short Introduction to Sophocles (OUP)
Aristophanic Comedy in its Own Space and Time
Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in British Secondary Education (Liverpool University Press, co-authored with Arlene Holmes-Henderson)
Time, Tense and Genre in Ancient Greek Literature (co-edited with Connie Bloomfield-Gadêlha). Oxford University Press.
Translation of Sophocles’ Oedipus Tyrannus for the OCR A Level in Classical Civilisation ‘Greek Theatre’ module. OCR Oedipus
Annotated translation of Aristophanes’ Frogs for the OCR A Level in Classical Civilisation ‘Greek Theatre’ module. OCR Frogs
Aristotle beyond the Academy in Britain and Ireland since the Restoration
This research project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust 2022-6, asks when, how and where Aristotle has been present in public life, public speaking and discussion of science in dimensions of social life in Britain and Ireland from 1660. The triple focus is on politics and law, rhetoric and natural science. Website here: https://aristotlebeyond.co.uk
Aristoteles Pezographos:
The Writing Styles of Aristotle and their Contribution to the Evolution of Ancient Greek Prose
This research project, funded by a UKRI Frontier Research Grant 2023-8, assesses Aristotle’s innovative and sometimes experimental styles of writing across his entire oeuvre, assessing his relationship with previous Greek literature, his imagery, use of rhetorical figures, vocabulary, especially in relation to emotion, his influence on later Peripatetic writing and the observations made about his styles in ancient commentaries. Website coming soon.
Classics and Class in the North-East
This research initiative aims to bring Classics and communities together across the North-East of England. It celebrates the history of non-elite access to the ancient Greeks and Romans while fostering enjoyment and study of classical material. The outputs do or will include an edited volume, outreach activities, a documentary film with public participation and the activity website here: https://classicsandclassinthenortheast.co.uk/
Phoenician Dido and the Afterlives of the Aeneid’s Women
With playwright and theatre director Dr Magdalena Zira, Durham Institute of Advanced Study Fellow 2023, Edith is researching the background to Zira’s new play which dramatises the alternative, Phoenician traditions about this great quester and queen. Staged readings will take place in the autumn of 2023 and a conference on the reception of all the women in the Aeneid will take place on December 15th-16th.
