Research

Corinne Pache, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, received her B.A. from Hunter College, and her Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her research interests include Greek archaic poetry — especially Homer and the Homeric Hymns — Greek religion and myth, and the modern reception of ancient poetry. Current research projects include A Moment's Ornament: The Poetics of Nympholepsy in Ancient Greece, a study of mythic narratives of goddesses who fall in love with mortal men and the intersection between poetry and cult in ancient Greece, and Odysseys: Nostos and Nostalgia from Homer to Volver, a monograph on the reception of Homer’s Odyssey in the 20th and 21st century.

Teaching

Dr. Pache teaches courses on Greek literature, religion, and history, as well as on the reception of ancient epic in modern literature and film. Recent courses include:

• Greek 3301: Homer and Greek Epic
• History 3310: Archaic and Classical Greek History
• Humanities 1600: Readings from Western Cultures

Selected Publications

• “The Death of the Hero.” Essay in Heroes: Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, ed. by Sabine Albersmeier. Baltimore, Md: Walters Art Museum (2009).
• “Déesses à la fin de la Théogonie,” Mètis 6 (2008).
• “'The Rest is Memory': Louise Glück's Odyssey from Nostos to Nostalgia,” Classical and Modern Literature 28 (2008).
• “Singing Heroes: The Poetics of Hero Cult in the Heroikos,” in Philostratus's Heroikos: Religion and Cultural Identity in the Third Century C.E., ed. by Ellen Aitken and Jennifer Maclean, Society of Biblical Literature (2004).
• Baby and Child Heroes in Ancient Greece. University of Illinois Press (2004).

Awards

• Poorvu Family Award for Interdisciplinary Teaching, Yale University, 2008.
• Center for Hellenic Studies Fellowship, Washington, D.C., 2003-2004.
• Whiting Fellowship for Dissertation Completion, 1998-1999.