Gwendolyn Compton-Engle
Professor
Background
Dr. Compton-Engle is Professor in the Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program, and has taught at John Carroll University since 2002. She served as Director of the University Core Curriculum from 2010-2013 and chaired the Department of Ancient and Modern Languages and Cultures from 2017-2021.
Areas of Expertise
- Ancient Greek and Roman Studies has a wide scope
- including the languages
- literature
- history
- religions
- art
- and archaeology of Greek and Roman cultures over a period of more than a millennium. While Dr. Compton-Engle has research expertise in Greek literature
- she enjoys teaching a wide range of courses that touch on many different aspects of ancient Mediterranean culture.
Research Interests
Greek literature, especially theater, is Dr. Compton-Engle's area of research expertise. She is interested in Greek comedy in performance, and in the relationship between tragedy and comedy in the 5th and 4th century BCE. Her article "Control of Costume in Three Plays of Aristophanes" won the Gildersleeve Prize for the best article in the American Journal of Philology in 2003. She has published Costume in the Comedy of Aristophanes (Cambridge 2015). Her most recent project involves the manipulation of clothing and armor in Homer's Iliad.
Education
Ph.D., Cornell UniversityB.A., St. Olaf College
Courses Taught
Dr. Compton-Engle loves to introduce students to ancient Greek and Latin languages and cultures. In addition to language courses, she also teaches Core courses such as Greek and Roman Theater, Power and Identity in the Roman Republic, Homer and the Epics of Troy, The Archaeology of Greece, and Greek and Roman Mythology. She also has created and co-led a two-week study tour in Greece.Publications
Recent Publications:"The Lentini Auge Vase as Paratragic Recognition Scene." Phoenix 78.1 (2024) 115-138.
"Gender: Assemblywomen." In A Companion to Aristophanes, ed. M. Farmer and J. Lefkowitz. Wiley-Blackwell 2024, 247-261.
"Holding the Baby: A Parody of Euripides' Auge at Philyllius Fr. 4." Classical Philology 116.4 (2021) 592-599.
