Professor Matthew Fox
- Professor (Classics)
telephone:
01413305583
email:
Matthew.Fox@glasgow.ac.uk
R320 Level 3, Classics, 65 Oakfield Avenue, Glasgow G12 8LP
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2321-2618Research interests
My research focuses on ancient historical thinking, and on how both Romans and Greeks used history as a medium for reflection. My monographs and shorter pieces explore the interplay between myth and history, and the role of history in shaping ideology at Rome. My work on Dionysius of Halicarnassus has also been influential. I work too in the field of Classical Reception, especially in the eighteenth century, and on ancient gender and our own interaction with it. My next big project centres on Roman ideas of materialism, and is supported by a Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship, which ran from 2014-2017.
In 2018 I took part in an episode of the radio series, The Digital Human, talking about ancient oracles. You can listen to the episode here.
Publications
2024
Lindberg, M. and [Translator] Fox, M. (2024) GRAFFITI [Libretto, translated from the Latin into English]. [Compositions]
2023
Fox, M. (2023) Latin critical theory in the early eighteenth century. In: Verhaart, F. and Brockliss, L. (eds.) The Latin Language and the Enlightenment. Series: Oxford University studies in the enlightenment. Liverpool University Press: Liverpool, pp. 183-208. ISBN 9781802077735
Fox, M. (2023) Cicero and the evolution of philosophical dialogue. In: Garani, M., Konstan, D. and Reydams-Schils, G. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Roman Philosophy. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press: New York, pp. 159-172. ISBN 9780199328383 (hardback); 9780197639832 (online); 9780197639825 (epub) (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328383.013.10)
2020
Fox, M. (2020) Disbelief at Rome: A reappraisal. In: Edelman-Singer, B., Niklas, T., Spittler, J. and Walt, L. (eds.) Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, Germany. ISBN 9783161592492 (doi: 10.1628/978-3-16-159249-2)
2018
Fox, M. (2018) The prehistory of the Roman polis in Dionysius. In: Hunter, R. and de Jonge, C. C. (eds.) Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome: Rhetoric, Criticism and Historiography. Series: Greek culture in the Roman world. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 180-200. ISBN 9781108474900
2016
Fox, M. (2016) Portraits of Ladies. Frieze Masters, 5, pp. 78-81.
O'Reilly, S., Rogers, M., Fox, M. , Le Feuvre, L. and Gray, D. (2016) In conversation. In: Armstrong, G. (ed.) The Virtues of Things. Series: Essays on sculpture (75). The Henry Moore Institute: Leeds. ISBN 9781905462544
Fox, M. (2016) Cicero and historicism: controversies in Cicero’s reception in the eighteenth century. In: Manuwald, G. (ed.) The Afterlife of Cicero. Series: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies supplement (135). Institute of Classical Studies: London, pp. 144-161. ISBN 9781905670642
2015
Fox, M. (2015) Winckelmann's legacy: decorum, textuality, and national stereotype in the eighteenth-century reception of homosexuality. In: Ingleheart, J. (ed.) Ancient Rome and the Construction of Modern Homosexual Identities. Series: Classical presences. Oxford University Press: Corby, pp. 74-92. ISBN 9780199689729 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199689729.003.0004)
Fox, M. (2015) The bisexuality of Orpheus. In: Masterson, M., Sorkin Rabinowitz, N. and Robson, J. (eds.) Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Series: Rewriting antiquity. Routledge: Oxford, pp. 335-351. ISBN 9780415519410
Fox, M. (2015) Plutarch’s Numa and the rhetoric of aetiology. In: Ash, R., Mossman, J. and Titchener, F. B. (eds.) Fame and Infamy: Essays for Christopher Pelling on Characterization in Greek and Roman Biography and Historiography. Oxford University Press: Corby, pp. 177-192. ISBN 9780199662326
2014
Fox, M. (2014) The representation of the regal period in Livy. In: Mineo, B. (ed.) A Companion to Livy. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 286-297. ISBN 9781118301289 (doi: 10.1002/9781118339015.ch22)
2013
Fox, M. (2013) Manners and method in classical criticism of the early eighteenth century. Cambridge Classical Journal, 59, pp. 98-124. (doi: 10.1017/S1750270513000080)
Fox, M. (2013) Cicero during the Enlightenment. In: Steel, C. (ed.) Cambridge Companion to Cicero. Series: Cambridge companions to literature. Cambridge University Press, pp. 318-336. (doi: 10.1017/CCO9781139048750.021)
2011
Fox, M. (2011) Pompeii in Roberto Rossellini's 'Journey to Italy'. In: Hales, S. and Paul, J. (eds.) Pompeii in the Public Imagination from its Rediscovery to Today. Series: Classical Presences. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 286-300. ISBN 9780199569366
Fox, M. (2011) Cicero: gentleman and orator: metaphors in eighteenth century reception. In: Parker, J. and Matthews, T. (eds.) Tradition, Translation, Trauma: The Classic and the Modern. Series: Classical Presences. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 91-108. ISBN 9780199554591
Fox, M. (2011) The myth of Rome. In: Dowden, K. and Livingstone, N. (eds.) A Companion to Greek Mythology. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester, pp. 243-263. ISBN 9781405111782
Fox, M. (2011) The style of the past: Dionysius of Halicarnassus in context. In: Schmitz, T. and Wiater, N. (eds.) The Struggle for Identity: Greeks and their Past in the First Century BCE. Franz Steiner Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 93-114. ISBN 9783515096713
2009
Fox, M. (2009) Heraclides of Pontus and the philosophical dialogue. In: Fortenbaugh, W.W. and Pender, E.E. (eds.) Heraclides of Pontus: Discussion. Series: Rutgers University studies in classical humanities, 15 (15). Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick, USA, pp. 41-67. ISBN 9781412807982
Fox, M. (2009) Translatio Ciceronis. In: Kofler, W., Schaffenrath, F. and Toechterle, K. (eds.) Pontes V: Ubersetzung als Vermittlerin antiker Literatur. Series: Comparanda (11). Studien Verlag: Innsbruck, Austria, pp. 245-256. ISBN 9783706546430
2008
Fox, M. (2008) Words and deeds. The power and weakness of Cicero's oratory. Omnibus, 55, pp. 21-23.
2007
Fox, M. (2007) Cicero's philosophy of history. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199211920 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211920.001.0001)
2006
Fox, M. (2006) Rhetoric and literature at Rome. In: Dominik, W. and Hall, J. (eds.) A Companion to Roman Rhetoric. Blackwell, pp. 369-381. ISBN 1405120916
2005
Fox, M. (2005) Die Rezeption der Rhetorik innerhalb der Geschgichtsschreibung: von Thukydides bis Edurad Schwartz. In: Tochterle, K. and Kofler, W. (eds.) Pontes 3: Die antike Rhetorik in der europaischen Geistesgeschichte. Studien verlag, pp. 360-371. ISBN 9783706541565
2001
Fox, M. (2001) Dionysius, Lucian, and the prejudice against rhetoric in history. Journal of Roman Studies, 91, pp. 76-93.
2000
Fox, M. (2000) Dialogue and irony in Cicero: reading de Republica. In: Sharrock, A. and Morales, H. (eds.) Intratextuality: Greek and Roman Textual Relations. Oxford Univeristy Press: Oxford, pp. 263-286. ISBN 0199240930
Fox, M. (2000) Satyrs and hetaerae: looking for gender in Attic vases. In: Donald, M. and Hurcombe, L. (eds.) Gender and Material Culture in Archaeological Perspective. Series: Studies in gender and material culture. Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 114-117. ISBN 9780333643327
1999
Fox, M. (1999) Propertius 4.9 and the toils of historicism. Materiali e Discussioni per L'Analisi dei Testi Classici, 43, pp. 157-176.
1998
Fox, M. (1998) The constrained man. In: Foxhall, L. and Salmon, J. (eds.) Thinking Men: Masculinity and its Self-Representation in the Classical Tradition. Series: Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society (7). Routledge: London, pp. 6-22. ISBN 9780415146357
Fox, M. (1998) Transvestite Hercules at Rome. In: Cleminson, R. and Allison, M. (eds.) In/visibility: Gender and Representation in a European Context. Series: Interface: Bradford studies in language, culture and society (3). Dept. of Modern Languages, University of Bradford: Bradford, West Yorkshire, pp. 1-22. ISBN 0261-0353
1996
Fox, M. (1996) Greek and Roman Hercules: moments in pre-historical imperialism. Kunapipi, 18(1), pp. 9-21.
Fox, M. (1996) Roman Historical Myths: the Regal Period in Augustan Literature. Series: Oxford classical monographs. Clarendon Press: Oxford. ISBN 0198150202
1993
Fox, M. (1993) History and rhetoric in Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Journal of Roman Studies, 83, pp. 31-47.
Articles
Fox, M. (2016) Portraits of Ladies. Frieze Masters, 5, pp. 78-81.
Fox, M. (2013) Manners and method in classical criticism of the early eighteenth century. Cambridge Classical Journal, 59, pp. 98-124. (doi: 10.1017/S1750270513000080)
Fox, M. (2008) Words and deeds. The power and weakness of Cicero's oratory. Omnibus, 55, pp. 21-23.
Fox, M. (2001) Dionysius, Lucian, and the prejudice against rhetoric in history. Journal of Roman Studies, 91, pp. 76-93.
Fox, M. (1999) Propertius 4.9 and the toils of historicism. Materiali e Discussioni per L'Analisi dei Testi Classici, 43, pp. 157-176.
Fox, M. (1996) Greek and Roman Hercules: moments in pre-historical imperialism. Kunapipi, 18(1), pp. 9-21.
Fox, M. (1993) History and rhetoric in Dionysius of Halicarnassus. Journal of Roman Studies, 83, pp. 31-47.
Books
Fox, M. (2007) Cicero's philosophy of history. Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199211920 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199211920.001.0001)
Fox, M. (1996) Roman Historical Myths: the Regal Period in Augustan Literature. Series: Oxford classical monographs. Clarendon Press: Oxford. ISBN 0198150202
Book Sections
Fox, M. (2023) Latin critical theory in the early eighteenth century. In: Verhaart, F. and Brockliss, L. (eds.) The Latin Language and the Enlightenment. Series: Oxford University studies in the enlightenment. Liverpool University Press: Liverpool, pp. 183-208. ISBN 9781802077735
Fox, M. (2023) Cicero and the evolution of philosophical dialogue. In: Garani, M., Konstan, D. and Reydams-Schils, G. (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Roman Philosophy. Series: Oxford handbooks. Oxford University Press: New York, pp. 159-172. ISBN 9780199328383 (hardback); 9780197639832 (online); 9780197639825 (epub) (doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199328383.013.10)
Fox, M. (2020) Disbelief at Rome: A reappraisal. In: Edelman-Singer, B., Niklas, T., Spittler, J. and Walt, L. (eds.) Sceptic and Believer in Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Series: Wissenschaftliche Untersuchungen zum Neuen Testament. Mohr Siebeck: Tübingen, Germany. ISBN 9783161592492 (doi: 10.1628/978-3-16-159249-2)
Fox, M. (2018) The prehistory of the Roman polis in Dionysius. In: Hunter, R. and de Jonge, C. C. (eds.) Dionysius of Halicarnassus and Augustan Rome: Rhetoric, Criticism and Historiography. Series: Greek culture in the Roman world. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, pp. 180-200. ISBN 9781108474900
O'Reilly, S., Rogers, M., Fox, M. , Le Feuvre, L. and Gray, D. (2016) In conversation. In: Armstrong, G. (ed.) The Virtues of Things. Series: Essays on sculpture (75). The Henry Moore Institute: Leeds. ISBN 9781905462544
Fox, M. (2016) Cicero and historicism: controversies in Cicero’s reception in the eighteenth century. In: Manuwald, G. (ed.) The Afterlife of Cicero. Series: Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies supplement (135). Institute of Classical Studies: London, pp. 144-161. ISBN 9781905670642
Fox, M. (2015) Winckelmann's legacy: decorum, textuality, and national stereotype in the eighteenth-century reception of homosexuality. In: Ingleheart, J. (ed.) Ancient Rome and the Construction of Modern Homosexual Identities. Series: Classical presences. Oxford University Press: Corby, pp. 74-92. ISBN 9780199689729 (doi: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199689729.003.0004)
Fox, M. (2015) The bisexuality of Orpheus. In: Masterson, M., Sorkin Rabinowitz, N. and Robson, J. (eds.) Sex in Antiquity: Exploring Gender and Sexuality in the Ancient World. Series: Rewriting antiquity. Routledge: Oxford, pp. 335-351. ISBN 9780415519410
Fox, M. (2015) Plutarch’s Numa and the rhetoric of aetiology. In: Ash, R., Mossman, J. and Titchener, F. B. (eds.) Fame and Infamy: Essays for Christopher Pelling on Characterization in Greek and Roman Biography and Historiography. Oxford University Press: Corby, pp. 177-192. ISBN 9780199662326
Fox, M. (2014) The representation of the regal period in Livy. In: Mineo, B. (ed.) A Companion to Livy. John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, pp. 286-297. ISBN 9781118301289 (doi: 10.1002/9781118339015.ch22)
Fox, M. (2013) Cicero during the Enlightenment. In: Steel, C. (ed.) Cambridge Companion to Cicero. Series: Cambridge companions to literature. Cambridge University Press, pp. 318-336. (doi: 10.1017/CCO9781139048750.021)
Fox, M. (2011) Pompeii in Roberto Rossellini's 'Journey to Italy'. In: Hales, S. and Paul, J. (eds.) Pompeii in the Public Imagination from its Rediscovery to Today. Series: Classical Presences. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 286-300. ISBN 9780199569366
Fox, M. (2011) Cicero: gentleman and orator: metaphors in eighteenth century reception. In: Parker, J. and Matthews, T. (eds.) Tradition, Translation, Trauma: The Classic and the Modern. Series: Classical Presences. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 91-108. ISBN 9780199554591
Fox, M. (2011) The myth of Rome. In: Dowden, K. and Livingstone, N. (eds.) A Companion to Greek Mythology. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester, pp. 243-263. ISBN 9781405111782
Fox, M. (2011) The style of the past: Dionysius of Halicarnassus in context. In: Schmitz, T. and Wiater, N. (eds.) The Struggle for Identity: Greeks and their Past in the First Century BCE. Franz Steiner Verlag: Stuttgart, Germany, pp. 93-114. ISBN 9783515096713
Fox, M. (2009) Heraclides of Pontus and the philosophical dialogue. In: Fortenbaugh, W.W. and Pender, E.E. (eds.) Heraclides of Pontus: Discussion. Series: Rutgers University studies in classical humanities, 15 (15). Transaction Publishers: New Brunswick, USA, pp. 41-67. ISBN 9781412807982
Fox, M. (2009) Translatio Ciceronis. In: Kofler, W., Schaffenrath, F. and Toechterle, K. (eds.) Pontes V: Ubersetzung als Vermittlerin antiker Literatur. Series: Comparanda (11). Studien Verlag: Innsbruck, Austria, pp. 245-256. ISBN 9783706546430
Fox, M. (2006) Rhetoric and literature at Rome. In: Dominik, W. and Hall, J. (eds.) A Companion to Roman Rhetoric. Blackwell, pp. 369-381. ISBN 1405120916
Fox, M. (2005) Die Rezeption der Rhetorik innerhalb der Geschgichtsschreibung: von Thukydides bis Edurad Schwartz. In: Tochterle, K. and Kofler, W. (eds.) Pontes 3: Die antike Rhetorik in der europaischen Geistesgeschichte. Studien verlag, pp. 360-371. ISBN 9783706541565
Fox, M. (2000) Dialogue and irony in Cicero: reading de Republica. In: Sharrock, A. and Morales, H. (eds.) Intratextuality: Greek and Roman Textual Relations. Oxford Univeristy Press: Oxford, pp. 263-286. ISBN 0199240930
Fox, M. (2000) Satyrs and hetaerae: looking for gender in Attic vases. In: Donald, M. and Hurcombe, L. (eds.) Gender and Material Culture in Archaeological Perspective. Series: Studies in gender and material culture. Macmillan: Basingstoke, pp. 114-117. ISBN 9780333643327
Fox, M. (1998) The constrained man. In: Foxhall, L. and Salmon, J. (eds.) Thinking Men: Masculinity and its Self-Representation in the Classical Tradition. Series: Leicester-Nottingham studies in ancient society (7). Routledge: London, pp. 6-22. ISBN 9780415146357
Fox, M. (1998) Transvestite Hercules at Rome. In: Cleminson, R. and Allison, M. (eds.) In/visibility: Gender and Representation in a European Context. Series: Interface: Bradford studies in language, culture and society (3). Dept. of Modern Languages, University of Bradford: Bradford, West Yorkshire, pp. 1-22. ISBN 0261-0353
Compositions
Lindberg, M. and [Translator] Fox, M. (2024) GRAFFITI [Libretto, translated from the Latin into English]. [Compositions]
Grants
Leverhulme Major Research Fellow, 2014-2017: Roman Materialism.
Supervision
I would welcome enquiries from potential research students in the following areas: ancient philosophy of history; Latin literature of the late republican and Augustan periods; Dionysius of Halicarnassus; the intersection of historiography and rhetoric; gender; Classical Reception.
