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Faculty of Classics

 

Research

Greek rhetoric; Attic oratory; Ancient Greek medicine; knowledge construction and communication; papyrology; and textual criticism.

Publications

Key publications: 
  • Maltagliati, G. 2023. 'The Rhetoric of Transparency: Telling Knowledge in Ancient Medical and Forensic Texts’, Rhetorica 41 (3), 225-249. 
  • Maltagliati, G. 2020 ‘Persuasion through Proximity and Distance in Historical Examples’, the Attic Orators’ GRBS 60, 68-97.
  • Maltagliati, G. 2020 ‘Manipolare il passato, prefigurare il futuro: esempi storici ed emozioni nell’ oratoria deliberativa attica’, Rhesis, 11, 290-98.
  • Maltagliati, G. 2020. POxy5488 and 5490, The Oxyrhynchus Papyri LXXXV, 41-3.
College Associate Professor in Classics and Fellow, Downing College
Director of Studies, Downing College

Contact Details

Faculty of Classics
Sidgwick Avenue
CB3 9DA
Not available for consultancy

Latest news

Teaching Associate in Classical Art and Archaeology

27 February 2026

The Faculty of Classics is seeking to appoint a temporary Teaching Associate in Classical Art and Archaeology from 1 October 2026 for twelve months. The post is open to those at any stage of their career, with a primary research and teaching interest in any area of Classical Archaeology. The Faculty is particularly...

Kennedy Professorship of Latin

19 January 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Professor Christopher Whitton has accepted election to the Kennedy Professorship of Latin from 1 October 2026.

Professor Nicholas Zair awarded Leverhulme Research Fellowship

8 January 2026

The Faculty is pleased to announce that Professor Nicholas Zair has been awarded a 3 year Leverhulme Major Research Fellowship from 2026-2029 for his project Understanding Oscan. The Fellowship will allow Nick to spend the next three years working on Oscan, which was spoken widely across Southern Italy between the fifth...

Dr Ben Gray, Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient History)

20 October 2025

The Faculty is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Ben Gray ( Birkbeck, University of London) as Assistant Professor in Classics (Ancient History) from 1st January 2026.