Classical Studies Faculty Directory
Hanne Eisenfeld
Assistant Professor
Hanne Eisenfeld
Ph.D.
Contact
Email: eisenfel@bc.edu
Courses
I teach courses on Greek and Latin literature and civilization including "Classical Mythology," "Death, Dying, and Afterward in Ancient Greece," and "Dangerous Women in Classical Literature." I also teach Greek and Latin language courses at all levels and I have been known to offer some extra Latin poetry during office hours. My language courses include advanced seminars on Homer's Iliad, Euripides' Bacchae, and the goddess Aphrodite in Greek poetry.
Research Interests
I specialize in archaic and classical Greek poetry and Greek religion and myth. I am particularly interested in how these fields - divided into different categories in modern scholarship - were not so separable for the Greeks themselves. My current project focuses on a set of mythical figures in Pindar's victory odes who challenge the boundaries between mortality and immortality. I argue that these myths engaged with contemporary religious contexts in order to reassert the boundaries between humans and gods and to celebrate the victor's humanity.