Dr. Jon Solomon

Biography

Jon Solomon's research incorporates a variety of humanistic interests that range from classical philology to medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque adaptations of classics in contemporary cinema. His dissertation began with ancient Greek music theory and continued with papyrological and epigraphical studies of newly discovered fragments of ancient Greek music, culminating in a book-length translation and commentary on the Harmonics of Claudius Ptolemy. He has published several articles on ancient Greek poetry and offered metrical grammatical exegeses on works by Hesiod and Sophocles. Additionally, Solomon penned an essay on the Polyphemus episode in Homer's Odyssey. He has also ventured into ancient Greek medicine, contributing to the identification of "The Thucydides Syndrome" in the New England Journal of Medicine, and has published articles on ancient cookery. His work in Ancient World Cinema helped create a new subfield within classical studies and pedagogy. Solomon has authored numerous chapters in anthologies and journals focusing on modern films such as Gladiator, Troy, and Alexander, and he is currently preparing Volumes II and III of an edition of Boccaccio's Genealogy of the Pagan Gods for Harvard University Press.

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