John H. Starks, PhD
John H. Starks, Jr. is assistant professor of classical studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He received a BA in classics and mathematics from Washington and Lee University, an MA in classics and Latin, and PhD in classics with a historical emphasis from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He specializes in Greek and Roman comedy, Non-Western ethnicity in the classical world, Greek and Latin epigraphy, Roman historiography, and Latin rhetoric and oratory. Starks is the editor of Latin Laughs: A Production of Plautus' Poenulus (Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers, 1997).
Books by John H. Starks, PhD
Latin Laughs: A Production of Plautus' Poenulus
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- 978-0-86516-323-2
Kidnapping, romance, and a contest between lover and leno form the plot of Plautus' Poenulus, an ancient comedy that provides a rollicking good time for modern readers and audiences. Scripted in the original Latin and laced with modern props and jokes, the University of North Carolina's rendition captured the attention of both general and classical audiences.