David Davies received his PhD from the State University of New York, Buffalo. He is a scholar on the classical traditions of English and Greek literature.
- Milton
- Classical Traditions in English Literature
- Philosophical Foundations of Literary Criticism
- Classical Tragedy & Comedy
- Classical Epic
- Roman Lyric Poetry
- Founder and Director of Latin in Rome (1997-2006)
- BA (Philosophy and History): University of Rochester
- MA (Classics): University of Rochester
- PhD (Classics): State University of New York at Buffalo
English:
- ENG 1301: Literary Tradition I
- ENG 1302: Literary Tradition II
- ENG 2311: Literary Tradition III
- ENG 2312: Literary Tradition IV
- ENG 3326: Early Modern Literature
- ENG 4360: American Literature
- ENG 4362: Twentieth Century Literature
- ENG 6316: Pastoral Poetry
- ENG 6333: Milton
- ENG 6344: Tragedy & Comedy
- ENG 6360: Literary Criticism and Theory
- IPS 8341: Dante & Milton (with John Alvis)
Classics:
- CLG 1301: Elementary Greek I
- CLG 1302: Elementary Greek II
- CLG 2311: Intermediate Greek
- CLG 3325: Historians: Xenophon
- CLL 2312: Intermediate Latin II (Catullus & Vergil)
- CLL 3332/5301: Cicero De Officiis
- CLL 3334: St. Augustine: The Commentaries on Genesis
Publications
- "Eve's First Words: Ovidian Wit, Platonic Self-Knowledge & Milton's Translations in Paradise Lost 4.440-491." Classical and Modern Literature Vol. 27 No. 2 (Winter 2008).
- "Becoming Dear: A Gift of Nature and the Work Called Providence in the First Conversations of Adam and Eve in Paradise Lost" (forthcoming).
- Davies, D.O. et al. Agnellus of Ravenna, Arethusa Monograph VIII, SUNY at Buffalo, (1981).
- Davies, D.O. and Dowling, P. "Shrewd books, with dangerous Frontispieces': Areopagitica's Motto," Milton Quarterly Vol. 20, no. 2 (May 1986).
- "Michael Davis' The Poetry of Philosophy: Aristotle's Poetics," Rowman and Littlefield, Lanham : 1992, in the Review of Politics.