Dr Nicolas Wiater
Research Interests
Late 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. I also have a strong interest in early Greek poetry, which is currently the focus of my research as I am working on a monograph on representations of violence in early Greek poetry. I am also preparing a sample commentary on Polybius III which I have been invited to submit for the Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics series, and I am preparing various articles on Dionysius of Halicarnassus.
Publications
Dionysius von Halikarnass, Römische Frühgeschichte, Bd. I
Wiater, N.
2012
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.
& Whitmarsh, T.
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
Wiater, N. (ed.)
& Schmitz, T. A. (ed.)
2011
Stuttgart
: Franz Steiner Verlag
.
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
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
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
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
The Struggle for Identity
. 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
The Struggle for Identity
. 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
Antike – Lyrik – Heute
. 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
Speaker and Narrator: Speeches and Historical Narrative in Polybius's Histories
Wiater, N.
2010
Stimmen der Geschichte
. Pausch, D. (ed.). Berlin
: Walter de Gruyter
p. 69-107.
(Beiträge zur Altertumskunde).
Research output
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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
Melpomène dans tous ses états. Le tragique hors de la tragédie dans la litterature latine
. Lefèbvre, L. & Glinatsis, R. (eds.).
1
.
26 p.
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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
Streitkultur
. 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
Reading the Jewish War: Narrative Technique and Historical Interpretation in Josephus’ Bellum Judaicum.
Wiater, N.
2010
In :
Materiali e Discussioni
.
64
, p. 145-85.
Research output
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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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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.
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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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
For further information on publications, please view my profile on the university's research portal.
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.
