BA (Xavier University), MA (University of Chicago), PhD, University of Chicago
Associate Professor of Classics, Emeritus

E-mail:   katherinemacgregor@rcn.com

Areas of Research and Publication:  Latin Paleography, the writings of Seneca the Younger, the Latin poet Manilius and the origins of astrology.

Recent Publications:
Articles:
-- “Noctes Manilianae: The ‘Terminal Ornament’ in Book III.” Mouseion Series III, vol. 5 (2005), 115-134.
-- “Was Manilius really a Stoic?” Illinois Classical Studies 30 (2005) 41-65. [Vol. 30 appeared in early 2007.]

Chapters in Books:
-- “L’Abbazia di Pomposa, centro originario della tradizione “E” delle tragedie di Seneca.” Chapter in Libri Manoscritti e a stampa da Pomposa all’Umanesimo, ed. Luigi Balsamo (Florence, Olschki 1985), 73-88.
-- “The Tigress and Her Cubs: Tracking down a Roman Anecdote.” Chapter in Daidalikon: Studies in Honor of Raymond V. Schoder, S.J., ed. Robert Sutton  (Chicago, Bolchazy-Carducci 1990) 213-27. On a popular Roman mosaic theme.

Reviews:
-- “Gladiator and Aristotle: Plot versus Spectacle.” reviewed in Classical Bulletin 77.1 (2001) 115-26.
Katharina Volk, Manilius and His Intellectual Background. reviewed in American Journal of Philology 131.1 (2010) 162-67.

Papers:
-- “The Essential Hitler and its Translation into English,” UIC Hillel, 17 Apr. 2007.

Work in Progress:
Manilius Astronomica: Prolegomena, Translation and Commentary. pp. ca. 550 (book format). [The translation is the first in verse since 1697. The commentary, now complete, is the first in English. The prolegomena, ca. 200, remain to be completed.]