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Robert Groves

  • Associate Professor of Practice, Religious Studies / Classics
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 621-1689
  • Learning Services Building, Rm. 211
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • groves@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Biography

I'm a midwest transplant, who grew up in Ohio, Pennsylvania, and attended high school in Minnesota, before attending the University of Wisconsin-Madison.   After 2 years teaching English in Osaka, Japan, I completed my M.A. and Ph.D. at UCLA.  I also served as a lecturer for one year at UCLA, before I accepted a position here at the University of Arizona.

I live in Tucson, with my dog Andie (Andromeda), and sing with and serve on the board of Reveille Men's Chorus. 

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Classics
    • University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
    • "Cross-Language Communication in Heliodorus' Aethiopica"

Awards

  • Technology Innovations in Digital Learning Seed Grant
    • University of Arizona, Office of Digital Learning, Summer 2021
  • 2020 SCS Award for Excellence in Teaching at the College level
    • Society for Classical Studies, Fall 2020
  • Pilot Project Development Award.
    • Center for Digital Humanities, Spring 2019

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Interests

Teaching

Classical MythologyAmerican Reception of AntiquityAncient Greek DramaThe Ancient NovelAncient Greek Language (at all levels)Ancient Greek HistoryAncient Greek Oratory

Research

Multilingualism in the Ancient World (and its representation)The Greek NovelModern Performance of Ancient Drama

Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Elem Classical Greek I
    GRK 101 (Fall 2025)
  • The Ancient Novel
    CLAS 352 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Intns Beg Classic Greek
    GRK 112 (Summer I 2025)
  • Classical Mythology
    CLAS 160D2 (Spring 2025)
  • Family Feuds: Greek Tragedy
    CLAS 346 (Spring 2025)
  • Read Ancient Grk Poetry
    GRK 433 (Fall 2024)
  • Read Ancient Grk Poetry
    GRK 533 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Contexts: CLAS Study Abroad
    CLAS 201 (Summer I 2024)
  • Intns Beg Classic Greek
    GRK 112 (Summer I 2024)
  • Honors Thesis
    CLAS 498H (Spring 2024)
  • Inter Classical Greek II
    GRK 202 (Spring 2024)
  • Intermediate Latin I
    LAT 201 (Spring 2024)
  • Intermediate Latin II
    LAT 202 (Spring 2024)
  • Read Ancient Grk Orators
    GRK 439 (Spring 2024)
  • Read Ancient Grk Orators
    GRK 539 (Spring 2024)
  • Elementary Latin I
    LAT 101 (Fall 2023)
  • Honors Thesis
    CLAS 498H (Fall 2023)
  • Independent Study
    CLAS 499 (Fall 2023)
  • Intermediate Latin I
    LAT 201 (Fall 2023)
  • Intermediate Latin II
    LAT 202 (Fall 2023)
  • Lit. of the Ancient Greeks
    CLAS 301A (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Contexts: CLAS Study Abroad
    CLAS 201 (Summer I 2023)
  • Intns Beg Classic Greek
    GRK 112 (Summer I 2023)
  • Family Feuds: Greek Tragedy
    CLAS 346 (Spring 2023)
  • Independent Study
    CLAS 499 (Spring 2023)
  • Intermediate Latin I
    LAT 201 (Spring 2023)
  • Intermediate Latin II
    LAT 202 (Spring 2023)
  • Elementary Latin I
    LAT 101 (Fall 2022)
  • Elementary Latin II
    LAT 102 (Fall 2022)
  • Intermediate Latin I
    LAT 201 (Fall 2022)
  • Intermediate Latin II
    LAT 202 (Fall 2022)
  • Thesis
    CLAS 910 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Contexts: CLAS Study Abroad
    CLAS 201 (Summer I 2022)
  • Intns Beg Classic Greek
    GRK 112 (Summer I 2022)
  • Elementary Latin II
    LAT 102 (Spring 2022)
  • Inter Classical Greek II
    GRK 202 (Spring 2022)
  • Intermediate Latin II
    LAT 202 (Spring 2022)
  • Rdngs In Greek Historian
    GRK 430 (Spring 2022)
  • Rdngs In Greek Historian
    GRK 530 (Spring 2022)
  • Thesis
    CLAS 910 (Spring 2022)
  • Elementary Latin I
    LAT 101 (Fall 2021)
  • Independent Study
    CLAS 399 (Fall 2021)
  • Intermediate Latin I
    LAT 201 (Fall 2021)
  • Lit. of the Ancient Greeks
    CLAS 301A (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Intns Beg Classic Greek
    GRK 112 (Summer I 2021)
  • Word Roots:Science & Med Terms
    CLAS 116B (Summer I 2021)
  • Elementary Latin II
    LAT 102 (Spring 2021)
  • Inter Classical Greek II
    GRK 202 (Spring 2021)
  • Intermediate Latin II
    LAT 202 (Spring 2021)
  • Thesis
    CLAS 910 (Spring 2021)
  • Elementary Latin I
    LAT 101 (Fall 2020)
  • Greek Reading Course
    GRK 402 (Fall 2020)
  • Greek Reading Course
    GRK 502 (Fall 2020)
  • Intermediate Latin I
    LAT 201 (Fall 2020)
  • Prose of Roman Republic
    LAT 400 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Contexts: CLAS Study Abroad
    CLAS 201 (Summer I 2020)
  • Intns Beg Classic Greek
    GRK 112 (Summer I 2020)
  • Ancient Greek Drama
    CLAS 346 (Spring 2020)
  • Applied and Engaged Classics
    CLAS 397 (Spring 2020)
  • Elem Classical Greek II
    GRK 102 (Spring 2020)
  • Elementary Latin II
    LAT 102 (Spring 2020)
  • Inter Classical Greek II
    GRK 202 (Spring 2020)
  • Intermediate Latin II
    LAT 202 (Spring 2020)
  • Meet the Ancients: Greece/Rome
    CLAS 160B1 (Spring 2020)
  • Thesis
    CLAS 910 (Spring 2020)
  • Elem Classical Greek I
    GRK 101 (Fall 2019)
  • Elementary Latin I
    LAT 101 (Fall 2019)
  • Independent Study
    CLAS 599 (Fall 2019)
  • Intermediate Latin I
    LAT 201 (Fall 2019)
  • Read Ancient Grk Orators
    GRK 439 (Fall 2019)
  • Read Ancient Grk Orators
    GRK 539 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Ancient Greek Drama
    CLAS 346 (Summer I 2019)
  • Classical Mythology
    CLAS 160D2 (Summer I 2019)
  • Intns Beg Classic Greek
    GRK 112 (Summer I 2019)
  • Word Roots:Science & Med Terms
    CLAS 116B (Summer I 2019)
  • Applied and Engaged Classics
    CLAS 397 (Spring 2019)
  • Elementary Latin II
    LAT 102 (Spring 2019)
  • Inter Classical Greek II
    GRK 202 (Spring 2019)
  • Intermediate Latin II
    LAT 202 (Spring 2019)
  • Meet the Ancients: Greece/Rome
    CLAS 160B1 (Spring 2019)
  • Word Roots:Science & Med Terms
    CLAS 116B (Spring 2019)
  • Applied and Engaged Classics
    CLAS 397 (Fall 2018)
  • Elementary Latin I
    LAT 101 (Fall 2018)
  • Iliad, Odyssey, Epic Tradition
    CLAS 342 (Fall 2018)
  • Independent Study
    LAT 199 (Fall 2018)
  • Intermediate Latin I
    LAT 201 (Fall 2018)
  • Word Roots:Science & Med Terms
    CLAS 116B (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Intns Beg Classic Greek
    GRK 112 (Summer I 2018)
  • Ancient Greek Drama
    CLAS 346 (Spring 2018)
  • Classical Mythology
    CLAS 160D2 (Spring 2018)
  • Independent Study
    CLAS 499 (Spring 2018)
  • Rdngs In Greek Historian
    GRK 430 (Spring 2018)
  • Rdngs In Greek Historian
    GRK 530 (Spring 2018)
  • Classical Mythology
    CLAS 160D2 (Fall 2017)
  • Classical Tradition II
    CLAS 221 (Fall 2017)
  • The Classical Tradition
    CLAS 220 (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Intns Beg Classic Greek
    GRK 112 (Summer I 2017)
  • Ancient Greek Drama
    CLAS 346 (Spring 2017)
  • Classical Mythology
    CLAS 160D2 (Spring 2017)
  • Greek Reading Course
    GRK 402 (Spring 2017)
  • Greek Reading Course
    GRK 502 (Spring 2017)
  • Internship
    HUMS 393 (Spring 2017)
  • Thesis
    CLAS 910 (Spring 2017)
  • America + Antiquity
    CLAS 160D1 (Fall 2016)
  • Honors Independent Study
    CLAS 399H (Fall 2016)
  • The Classical Tradition
    CLAS 220 (Fall 2016)
  • Word Roots:Science & Med Terms
    CLAS 116B (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Mediterranean Craft Tech & Env
    ANTH 341-SA (Summer I 2016)
  • Inter Classical Greek II
    GRK 202 (Spring 2016)
  • Rdngs In Greek Historian
    GRK 430 (Spring 2016)
  • Rdngs In Greek Historian
    GRK 530 (Spring 2016)

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Scholarly Contributions

Journals/Publications

  • Groves, R. (2021). AN INTRODUCTION TO EURIPIDES’ ELECTRA - (R.) Rehm Euripides: Electra. Pp. vi + 189, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. Cased, £70, US$95. ISBN: 978-1-350-09567-0.. Classical Review, 71(2), 305-307. doi:10.1017/s0009840x2100202x
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    AN INTRODUCTION TO EURIPIDES’ ELECTRA - (R.) Rehm Euripides: Electra. Pp. vi + 189, ills. London and New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021. Cased, £70, US$95. ISBN: 978-1-350-09567-0. - Volume 71 Issue 2
  • Groves, R. (2015). Statues and Stories: Ovid's Metamorphosis of Hermaphroditus. Classical World.
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    ABSTRACT: Prior to Ovid's Metamorphoses, Hermaphroditus was largely the subject of visual artists' work, rather than poets'. Statues make the revelation of the god's identity a humorous and surprising focal point, and encourage attention to the artistry which causes confusion. I read Ovid in the light of the sculptural tradition and argue that Ovid manipulates the readers’ responses to create an experience parallel to the viewing of Hermaphroditus. Ovid ensures a surprise ending and encourages rewinding and examining the deception, replicating in text the experience of the visual encounter, changing Hermaphroditus from a static statue to a dynamic character.
  • Groves, R. (2016). From Statue to Story: Ovid's Metamorphosis of Hermaphroditus. Classical World, 109(3), 321-356. doi:10.1353/clw.2016.0032
    More info
    Prior to Ovid’s Metamorphoses , Hermaphroditus was a popular subject of sculpture but never of extended mythological narrative. Statues make the discovery of the god’s identity a humorous and surprising focal point and encourage attention to the artistry that conveys the discover’s confusion. I read Ovid in the light of the sculptural tradition and argue that Ovid manipulates the readers’ responses to create an experience parallel to the viewing of Hermaphroditus. Ovid ensures a surprise ending and encourages rewinding and examining the deception, replicating in text the experience of the visual encounter and changing Hermaphroditus from a static statue to a dynamic literary character.

Presentations

  • Groves, R. (2022, January). Story Map: A New Narrative Mapping Tool. Annual Meeting of the Society for Classical Studies. Virtual: Society for Classical Studies.
    More info
    Lightning talk presenting digital tool developed as part of COH-Digital Humaniites seed grant.
  • Groves, R., & Burns, K. (2021, October). Facing our Fears: “The Gladiator” as a Case Study in Classics and Race. Ancient Drama in Performance VI. Lynchburg Virginia: Randolph College Center for Ancient Drama.
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    Invited Keynote talk.
  • Groves, R. (2018, October). Rescripting Senecan Performability in Agamemnon Act 1. Ancient Drama in Performance V. Lynchburg, VA: The Center for Ancient Drama.
  • Groves, R. (2017, April). "Next to Normal:" An Interior Oresteia. Classical Association of the Middle-West and South. Kitchener, Ontario: CAMWS.
  • Groves, R. (2016, November). Glossed in Translation: Some Multilingual Moments in Ancient Greek Literature. Arizona in Italy/ Dorrance Foundation Lecture Series. Centro Studi di Orvieto: Arizona in Italy, Dorrance Foundation.
  • Groves, R. (2014, April). "Cassandra Barbarophonos: Aeschylus at the Language Barrier”. CAMWS 2014. Waco, Texas: Classical Association of the Middle West and South.
  • Groves, R. (2014, January). Statues and Stories: Hermaphroditus in Art and in Ovid. AIA Tucson Lecture Series. Tucson, Arizona: Archaeological Institute of America.

Creative Productions

  • Groves, R. (2014. Rudens: The Musical!. APA Conference 2014. Chicago, IL: APA Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance (CAMP).
    More info
    A fully realized, staged reading of Plautus' "Rudens" presented with music and songs. I played the character of Gripus in the production, and now possess a DVD of the production.

Creative Performances

  • Groves, R. (2021. Euripides' Helen. CAMP performance: Society for Classical Studies. Virtual: Society for Classical Studies.
  • Groves, R. (2020. Cato: a Tragedy (Rob Groves, Director). CAMP performance: Society for Classical Studies. Washington D.C., Marriot Marquis Hotel: SCS Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance.
  • Groves, R. (2016. Plautus' Truculentus. Society for Classical Studies. Toronto, Ontario: Society for Classical Studies, Committee on Ancient and Modern Performance.

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