Associate Professor of Classics

Overview

Stephen Kidd specializes in Greek literature of the classical and imperial periods. His first book Nonsense and Meaning in Ancient Greek Comedy (Cambridge, 2014) asks why comedy, unlike other genres, gives rise to the perception that some part of it is not meaningful (“just silly”, “just funny”) despite the fact that new meanings continue to be discovered year after year. His second book, Play and Aesthetics in Ancient Greece (Cambridge, 2019), explores the ancient Greek concept of play (paidia)--especially in Plato and Aristotle--and its relationship to literature, theater, visual arts, and music. Now he is writing a book titled Living Life as Fiction: Lucian on Reading, Performing, and the Difference.

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