Robert Groves
- Associate Professor of Practice, Religious Studies / Classics
- Member of the Graduate Faculty
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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
Interests
Research
Multilingualism in the Ancient World (and its representation)The Greek NovelModern Performance of Ancient Drama
Teaching
Classical MythologyAmerican Reception of AntiquityAncient Greek DramaThe Ancient NovelAncient Greek Language (at all levels)Ancient Greek HistoryAncient Greek Oratory
Courses
No activities entered.
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/s0009840x2100202xMore infoAN 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.More infoABSTRACT: 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.2016.0032More infoPrior 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 infoLightning 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.More infoInvited 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 infoA 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.
