Prof Phlip Bosman
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Professor 
BAHons (Greek & Semitic Languages), BDiv, 中国体育彩票 of Pretoria
MA (Greek), PhD (New Testament studies), 中国体育彩票 of Pretoria 
Office: Arts 336
Email: bosmanpr@sun.ac.za
Academia.edu Profile: https://sun.academia.edu/PhilipBosman
Areas of Specialisation
- Greek language, literature and history 
- Hellenistic philosophy (Cynic tradition), Alexander, Plutarch, Lucian, Julian 
- Literature and history of early Christianity 
Courses Taught in 2021
- Greek 214 (Intermediate Grammar; Gospel of John) 
- Greek 344 (Miscellaneous texts on love and relationships) 
- Greek 354 (Daimōn through the ages) 
- Ancient Cultures 251/351 (Greek mythology) 
- Honours Ancient Cultures: Ancient biography 
Current Research Projects
- Who was Plutarch's Alexander (book chapter for Cambridge Companion to Alexander the Great) 
- Alexander and the Philosophers (commissioned for the British Museum exhibition Alexander the Great: Legend of a Life, 2022) 
- Prodicus and the 'two roads' tradition 
Selected Publications - Books
Intellectual and Empire in Greco-Roman Antiquity
London: Routledge
2019?
Acta Classica Supplementum VIII
London: Routledge.
2017
Corruption and Integrity in Ancient Greece and Rome
Acta Classica Supplementum IV
Pretoria: V&R Printing Works
2012
Conscience in Philo and Paul
Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament 2. Reihe 166.
Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck?
2003
(ebook edition - 2019)
Selected Publications - Articles and Essays
- 'The philosophical tradition'. In D. Ogden (ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Heracles. Oxford: Oxford 中国体育彩票 Press. 2021. 
- 'Philo's Flaccus: Trauma, Justice, and Revenge'. In A. Karanika and V. Panoussi (eds.), Emotional Trauma in Greece and Rome: Representations and Reactions. Oxford/New York: Routledge. 2020. 
- 'Julian's Cynics: Remembering for future purposes', in B. Neil and K. Simic (eds.), Memories of Utopia: The Revision of Histories and Landscapes in Late Antiquity. London: Routledge. 2020. 
- 'Value-added divination at Dodona'. In R. Evans (ed.) Prophets and Profits. Ancient Divination and its Reception. London: Routledge. 2018. 
- 'Greeks, Romans, and Volks-Education in the Afrikaanse Kinderensiklopedie', in Parker, G. (ed.), South Africa, Greece and Rome: Classical Confrontations. Cambridge 中国体育彩票 Press. 2017. 
- 'Tailored for school: Lucian's Jupiter Tragoedus and Jupiter Confutatus', in E. Marquis &? A. Billault (eds.), Mixis: Lucien de Samosate et le mélange des genres. Paris: Demopolis. 2017. 
- 'Ancient Cynicism: Elitist or for the masses?', in Evans, R.J. (ed.), Mass & Elite in Antiquity. London: Ashgate. 2017. 
- 'The Dodona bronze revisited'. Acta Classica 59 (2016), 184-192. 
- 'Ancient debates on autarkeia and our global impasse'. Phronimon 16 (2015), 16-28. 
- 'Naphtha and narrative art in Plut. Alex, 35'. Acta Classica 57 (2014), 16-30. 
- 'The School of Athens: Moments in the history of an idea'. Akroterion 59 (2014), 67-87. 
- 'Lucian among the Cynics: The Zeus Refuted and Cynic tradition'. Classical Quarterly 62.2 (2012), 785-795. 
- 'The gymnosophist riddle contest (Berol. P. 13044): A Cynic text?'. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 50 (2010), 175-192. 
- 'Kings meets Dog: The origin of the meeting between Alexander and Diogenes'. Acta Classica 50 (2007), 51-63. 
- 'Selling Cynicism: The pragmatics of Diogenes' comic performances'. Classical Quarterly 56.1 (2006), 93-104. 
Awards??
- ??Chancellor's Prize for Excellence in Research, UNISA College of Human Sciences (2008; 2012) 
- National Research Foundation Rating (B)? 
Service/Committees
- Editor, Akroterion 
- Sub-editor (notes, miscellanea and supplementa), Acta Classica 
- Chairperson: Classical Association of South Africa? (2017-2019) 
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