Dr. Thomas Phillips

Biography

Thomas Phillips is a Visiting Associate Professor at the Humanities Program at Yale University, specializing in classical studies and literary criticism. His primary academic interests involve poetic form, worldmaking, and the ethical implications involved in these areas. He has authored several scholarly works focusing on the literary reception of Pindar from antiquity and the poetic configurations affecting temporal experiences in the context of the Hellenistic poet Apollonius of Rhodes. In addition to his extensive work on ancient authors, he is currently exploring the Hellenism of P. B. Shelley as well as the representation of landscapes within Occidental poetry and art, alongside the works of Homer and Housman. Phillips holds degrees including a BA, MSt, and DPhil from the University of Oxford and has published notable works in various journals and collections, such as 'What Thou Art Know Pindar Romanticism' and 'Untimely Epic: Apollonius Rhodius’ Argonautica.'

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