Honorary Research Associate
BA (Hons), PhD (Monash University)
| Contact Campus | Off-Campus |
| Telephone | +61 3 6226 2544 |
| Fax | +61 3 6226 2392 |
| Peter.Davis@utas.edu.au |
University of Tasmania 1975 - present
'The Fabrication of Tradition: Horace, Augustus, and the Secular Games' Ramus 30 (2001) 111-27
'The Colonial Subject in Ovid's Exile Poetry' American Journal of Philology 123 (2002) 257-73
Seneca: Thyestes (Duckworth: London, 2003)
Ovid and Augustus: A Political Reading of Ovid's Erotic Poetry (Duckworth: London, 2006)
Please refer to the Full Publications List/WARP Page for further information on Peter's publications
Peter Davis works on Greek and Roman literature. He is especially interested in Latin poetry of the early empire. He has published two books on Seneca's tragedies and a book on Ovid. He is currently working on a book on Roman epic.