| Staff |
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| Diana Burton |
| John Davidson |
| Judy Deuling |
| Peter Gainsford |
| Mark Masterson |
| Arthur Pomeroy |
| Babette Pütz |
| David Rosenbloom |
| Jeffrey Tatum |
| Matthew Trundle |
| Programme Administrator |
Diana Burton
Senior Lecturer
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Diana Burton teaches archaic art and myth, and researches thanatology, in the Classics programme of Victoria University of Wellington.
Diana is currently writing a book on the evasion of death in early Greek myth.
Teaching in 2010
Trimester 1
| GREE 315 | Advanced Greek Literature A |
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| CLAS 402 | Art: Death and Immortality in Greek Art |
Trimester 2
| CLAS 102 | Greek Art: Myth and Culture |
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| CLAS 402 | Art: Death and Immortality in Greek Art |
Other Teaching (Not Offered in 2010)
| CLAS 212/312 | Special Topic: Death & Dying in Ancient Greece |
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Current Research Projects
Diana Burton’s research speciality is immortalisation in archaic Greek myth.
She is also editing the proceedings of the 'Good Deaths, Bad Deaths' conference, held in London, July 2003, to be published as a BICS supplement.
Selected Publications
‘The gender of death’, in E. Stafford and J. Herrin (eds),
Personification in the Greek World, Aldershot: Ashgate (forthcoming)
- an examination of Greek personifications of death, and the reasons why
good death is male and female deaths tend to be terrible
‘Public memorials, private virtues: Women on classical Athenian
grave monuments’, Mortality, 8, 2003, pp 20-35
- another look at a longstanding problem: social motivations for the prominence
of women in classical Athenian grave monuments
'The death of gods in Greek succession myths', in F. Budelmann and P.
Michelakis (eds), Homer, Tragedy and Beyond: Essays in Honour of P.
E. Easterling, London: Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies,
2001, pp 43-56
- the relationship between dead or wounded gods and the Greek landscape
of which they have become a part
'Review of Sarah Iles Johnston, Restless Dead: Encounters Between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece, Berkeley, Ca: University of California Press, 1999', BMCR 00:04:21
'Review of Herbert Hoffmann, Sotades: Symbols of Immortality on Greek Vases, Oxford: Clarendon, 1997', BMCR 99.02.17.
Awards and Achievements
- January-March 2001, Fellowship at Institute of Classical Studies, London
Administrative Responsibilities
- Co-administrator, Classics slide collection.
- Postgraduate Coordinator
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