Dr Nicolas Wiater
Research Interests
My main research interest are Hellenistic and early Imperial Greek literature and culture, esp. historiography (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Polybius, Diodorus, Josephus) and literary criticism (Dionysius of Halicarnassus); Greek intellectual culture and cultural identity; modern theoretical approaches and ancient literature. Even after the monograph (The Ideology of Classicism. Language, History, and Identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus, de Gruyter 2011), I am still fascinated by Dionysius and Greek classicism in Augustan Rome. I am working on various articles on his works and am preparing the first German translation of his Roman Antiquities since the 18th century. However, the focus of my current is on Polybius' Histories, especially the third book on which I am preparing a new commentary (the first since 1957).
Publications
Dionysius von Halikarnass, Römische Frühgeschichte, Bd. I
Wiater, N. (Translator)
2013
Hiersemann Verlag
. (Bibliothek der griechischen Literatur).
Research output
:
Book/Report
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Book
Martin Braun, Griechischer Roman und Hellenistische Geschichtsschreibung. Frankfurt a.M. 1934
Wiater, N. (Translator)
& Whitmarsh, T. (Translator)
2012
Barkhuis
.
120 p.
(Ancient Narrative).
Research output
:
Book/Report
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Book
The Struggle for Identity: Greeks and their Past in the First Century BCE
Schmitz, T. A. (ed.) &
Wiater, N. (ed.)
2011
Stuttgart:
Franz Steiner Verlag
.
305 p.
Research output
:
Book/Report
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Book
The Ideology of Classicism: Language, History, and Identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Wiater, N.
2011
1 ed.
Berlin:
Walter de Gruyter
.
395 p.
(Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte).
Research output
:
Book/Report
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Book
Kissing
Wiater, N.
2012
In:
Encyclopedia of Ancient History.
Wiley-Blackwell
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Greek Language and Dialects (Classical Times)
Wiater, N.
2012
In:
Encyclopedia of Ancient History.
Wiley-Blackwell
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary
Myth in Context: Knowledge, Power and the Creation of Tradition in Diodorus and Strabo
Wiater, N.
2012
In:
La fabrique du mythe à l'époque imperiale.
Pfaff, M. (ed.). Turnhout:
Brepols
,
15 p.
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Conference contribution
Writing Roman History – Shaping Greek Identity: The Ideology of Historiography in Dionysius of Halicarnassus
Wiater, N.
2011
In:
The Struggle for Identity: Greeks and their Past in the First Century BCE.
Wiater, N. & Schmitz, T. A. (eds.). Stuttgart:
Franz Steiner Verlag
,
p. 61-91.
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Conference contribution
Introduction: Approaching Greek Identity
Wiater, N.
& Schmitz, T. A.
2011
In:
The Struggle for Identity: Greeks and their Past in the First Century BCE.
Wiater, N. & Schmitz, T. A. (eds.). Stuttgart:
Franz Steiner Verlag
,
p. 15-45.
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Chapter
Der utopische Körper: Die Interpretation frühgriechischer Lyrik am Beispiel von Sappho frg. 31LP
Wiater, N.
2010
In:
Antike – Lyrik – Heute: Zur Präsenz griechische und lateinischer Lyrik in deutschsprachiger Lyrik und Altphilologie der Gegenwart.
Elit, S., Reents, F. & Bremer, J. (eds.). Remscheid:
Gardez!
,
p. 23-49.
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Conference contribution
Speeches and Historical Narrative in Polybius’ Histories: Approaching Speeches in Polybius
Wiater, N.
2010
In:
Stimmen der Geschichte: Funktionen von Reden in der antiken Historiographie.
Pausch, D. (ed.). Berlin:
Walter de Gruyter
,
p. 69-107.
(Beiträge zur Altertumskunde).
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Conference contribution
Tragedies to Laugh at: Lucian on the Failures of Mimesis
Wiater, N.
2009
In:
Melpomène dans tous ses états. Le tragique hors de la tragédie dans la litterature latine.
Lefèbvre, L. & Glinatsis, R. (eds.).
Vol. 1
,
26 p.
Research output
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Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Conference contribution
Zankapfel Klassiker: Streit und Gelehrtenkontroverse als Konstituenten des griechischen Klassizismus im ersten Jahrhundert v. Chr. in den Schriften des Dionysius von Halikarnass
Wiater, N.
2008
In:
Streitkultur: Okzidentale Traditionen des Streites in Literatur, Geschichte und Kunst.
Baumann, U., Steiner-Weber, A. & Becker, A. (eds.). Göttingen:
Vandenhoek und Ruprecht: Bonn University Press
,
p. 1-29.
(Super alta perennis).
Research output
:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
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Conference contribution
Polybius on Speeches in Timaeus: Syntax and Structure in Histories 12.25a
Wiater, N.
2014
In :
The Classical Quarterly
.
Research output
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Contribution to journal
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Article
Reading the Jewish War: Narrative Technique and Historical Interpretation in Josephus’ Bellum Judaicum.
Wiater, N.
Jan-2010
In :
Materiali e Discussioni per l'analisi dei testi classici
.
64
,
p. 145-185.
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Contribution to journal
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Article
Geschichte als imaginäres Museum: Zum Geschichtsmodell in Diodors Bibliotheke.
Wiater, N.
2006
In :
Würzburger Jahrbücher für die Altertumswissenschaft
.
NF 30
,
p. 59-85.
Research output
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Contribution to journal
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Article
Geschichtsschreibung und Kompilation: Diodors historiographische Arbeits-methode und seine Vorstellungen von zeitgemäßer Geschichtsschreibung.
Wiater, N.
2006
In :
Rheinisches Museum
.
149
,
p. 248-71.
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Contribution to journal
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Article
Eine poetologische Deutung des σηκός in Simon. Fr. 531 PMG
Wiater, N.
2005
In :
Hermes
.
133
,
p. 44-55.
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Article
Jennifer R. Ballengee, The Wound and the Witness. The Rhetoric of Torture. Albany: State University of New York Press, 2009.
Wiater, N.
7-Apr-2012
In :
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
.
Research output
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Contribution to journal
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Book/Film/Article review
Thorsten Fögen, Wissen, Kommunikation und Selbstdarstellung: Zur Struktur und Charakteristik römischer Fachtexte der frühen Kaiserzeit. Zetemata 134. München: Beck 2009
Wiater, N.
2010
In :
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
.
2010.12.27
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Book/Film/Article review
Diodore de Sicile. Bibliothèque historique. Fragments livres XXI-XXVI, ed. P. Goukowsky. Paris: Budé 2006
Wiater, N.
2009
In :
GNOMON-KRITISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR DIE GESAMTE KLASSISCHE ALTERTUMSWISSENSCHAFT
.
81
,
p. 300-306.
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Book/Film/Article review
Erich S. Gruen (ed.), Cultural Borrowings and Ethnic Appropriations in Antiquity. Stuttgart 2005
Wiater, N.
2007
In :
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
.
2007.07.46
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Book/Film/Article review
Klaus Bringmann, Augustus. Darmstadt 2007
Wiater, N.
2007
In :
Frankfurter elektronische Rundschau zur Altertumskunde (FeRA)
.
5
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Contribution to journal
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Book/Film/Article review
W. Martin Bloomer, The Contest of Language. Before and Beyond Nationalism. Notre Dame, IN. 2005
Wiater, N.
2006
In :
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
.
2006.06.21
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Book/Film/Article review
Anouk Delcourt, Lecture des Antiquités Romaines de Denys d’Halicarnasse. Un historien entre deux mondes. Brussels 2005
Wiater, N.
2005
In :
Bryn Mawr Classical Review
.
2005.10.46
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Book/Film/Article review
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Teaching
The main focus of my teaching is Greek (currently Homer in GK2001/3 and 3021; Menander in GK1005; tutorials for CL1004) but I also enjoy teaching courses in Latin (Martial in LT2001,3). I am happy to supervise undergraduate or graduate dissertations in any of the areas outlined above.
Academic career
I did most of my studies in Germany, at Bonn University (M.A. 2004; Ph.D. 2008) where I was a lecturer in Classics from 2005-2010. I also spent plenty of time both at other German universities (Frankfurt and Heidelberg 2002) and abroad (Pisa 2002-2003; Cambridge 2006-2007). Last year I was Oldfather Visiting Scholar and held Feodor-Lynen Scholarship of the Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in the US.
