Published on April 4, 2012 by Philip Poole  

By Tully Taylor

Steven Epley, associate professor in Â鶹¹û¶³'s Department of English, was on the program at the Association of Core Texts and Courses conference March 29-April 1 in Milwaukee, Wisc.               

Epley presented "The Most Lamentable Tragedy of Aristagoras: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Book Five of Herodotus' Histories." Epley showed how the particular section can been seen as a " sort of mini-Greek-tragedy." The approach could help students in core texts classes understand why Herodotus placed emphasis on the protagonist's strengths and weaknesses opposed to geopolitics, he noted.

Epley joined Â鶹¹û¶³'s faculty in 1992.

 

Tully Taylor is a senior journalism and mass communication major and a news and feature writer in Â鶹¹û¶³'s office of marketing and communication.

 
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.