Research

Detail from Raphael's Parnassus: Horace, Ovid, and Jacopo Sannazaro in conversation, Vatican
Detail from Raphael's Parnassus: Horace, Ovid, and Jacopo Sannazaro in conversation, Vatican

Research in Classical Philology in Eichstätt covers the literature and culture of Roman antiquity and late antiquity.

Our main focus areas in research are as follows:

  • Augustan poetry
  • Reception of Greek philosophy in Rome
  • Imperial historiography
  • Ancient and late antique rhetoric
  • Late antique literature
  • Literary and cultural theory
  • Ovid
  • Lucan
  • Seneca
  • Plutarch

An insight into current research projects in classical studies and more detailed information is provided on our German website.