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A Perfect Murder: The Hypsipyle Epyllion (2016)
Book Chapter
Heslin, P. (2016). A Perfect Murder: The Hypsipyle Epyllion. In N. Manioti (Ed.), Family in Flavian epic (89-121). Brill Academic Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004324664_006

This piece builds upon two well-established approaches to Book 5 of Statius’ Thebaid: Hypsipyle as a sophisticated and potentially unreliable narrator of her own experiences and Nemea as a place of particularly Callimachean resonance. I argue that St... Read More about A Perfect Murder: The Hypsipyle Epyllion.

Ovid’s Cycnus and Homer’s Achilles’ Heel (2016)
Book Chapter
Heslin, P. (2016). Ovid’s Cycnus and Homer’s Achilles’ Heel. In L. Fulkerson, & T. Stover (Eds.), Repeat Performances: Ovidian Repetition and the Metamorphoses. University of Wisconsin Press

The Museum of Augustus : The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii, The Portico of Philippus in Rome, and Latin Poetry (2015)
Book
Heslin, P. (2015). The Museum of Augustus : The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii, The Portico of Philippus in Rome, and Latin Poetry. J. Paul Getty Museum

In the Odes, Horace writes of his own work, “I have built a monument more enduring than bronze,”—a striking metaphor that hints at how the poetry and built environment of ancient Rome are inextricably linked. This fascinating work of original scholar... Read More about The Museum of Augustus : The Temple of Apollo in Pompeii, The Portico of Philippus in Rome, and Latin Poetry.

Metapoetic Pseudonyms in Horace, Propertius and Ovid (2011)
Journal Article
Heslin, P. (2011). Metapoetic Pseudonyms in Horace, Propertius and Ovid. The Journal of Roman Studies, 101, 51-72. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0075435811000062

Two poets addressed by Propertius in his first book are in fact pseudonyms. Ponticus was formed on the model of Horace's Alpinus to designate someone who embodies the antithesis of the poet's Callimachean sensibilities. Bassus is none other than Hora... Read More about Metapoetic Pseudonyms in Horace, Propertius and Ovid.

Virgil’s Georgics and the Dating of Propertius’ First Book (2010)
Journal Article
Heslin, P. (2010). Virgil’s Georgics and the Dating of Propertius’ First Book. The Journal of Roman Studies, 100, 54-68. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0075435810000055

This article re-examines a passage in the first book of Propertius which has generally been interpreted as establishing that the collection was published after Actium. In fact, these lines do not necessarily allude to Antony's defeat, but fit even be... Read More about Virgil’s Georgics and the Dating of Propertius’ First Book.

Augustus, Domitian, and the So-called Horologium Augusti (2007)
Journal Article
Heslin, P. J. (2007). Augustus, Domitian, and the So-called Horologium Augusti. The Journal of Roman Studies, 97, 1-20

Buchner’s reconstruction of the Horologium Augusti continues to be influential, despite fatal flaws demonstrated by Rodrίguez-Almeida and Schütz; so we begin by reviewing the state of the evidence. There is no credible indication that Augustus or his... Read More about Augustus, Domitian, and the So-called Horologium Augusti.

The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid (2005)
Book
Heslin, P. (2005). The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.2277/0521851459

Statius' Achilleid is a playful, witty, and open-ended epic in the manner of Ovid. As we follow Achilles' metamorphosis from wild boy to demure girl to lover to hero, the poet brilliantly illustrates a series of contrasting codes of behavior: male an... Read More about The Transvestite Achilles: Gender and Genre in Statius' Achilleid.