Probert Philomen

Probert Philomen is a University Lecturer in Classical Philology and Linguistics at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. He holds a D.Phil. in Comparative Philology from Oxford (supervised by Anna Morpurgo Davies) and has held significant fellowships, including the AHRC Leadership Fellowship (2015–2017) and a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship (2012). His research focuses on linguistic theory, prosody, Indo-European historical linguistics, and ancient Greek and Latin grammarians.

Education:

• 1997–1999: D.Phil. in Comparative Philology, St John’s College, Oxford
• 1991–1997: B.A. and M.Phil. in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology at Exeter College, Oxford

Research Interests:

• Linguistic theory with emphasis on prosody
• Indo-European historical and comparative linguistics
• Diachronic syntax and ancient grammatical traditions
• Analysis of Greek, Latin, and Anatolian languages and literatures

Recent Work Trends: Recent articles explore ancient Greek syntax (e.g., relative clauses), inscriptional evidence, and theoretical approaches to prosody and accentuation. Collaborative work includes studies on Roman colloquial language and Mycenaean case systems.

Awards:

• Conington Prize (2002) for an Oxford dissertation
• Teaching Award from the Oxford Learning Institute (2006)

Labs/Teams: Active in the Linguistics and Philology department at Oxford, contributing to interdisciplinary research on ancient languages and their historical contexts.