Eleni Manolaraki

Eleni Manolaraki is an Associate Professor of Classics at the University of South Florida's Department of World Languages. She holds a Ph.D. in Classics from Cornell University (2003). Prior to USF, she taught at Williams College and Washington University in St. Louis. Her research focuses on Roman literature, historiography, and Egypt's representation in classical texts. She co-authored A History of Rome (4th ed.) and published Noscendi Nilum Cupido: Imagining Egypt from Lucan to Philostratus, supported by NEH and USF grants.

Her work examines Roman epic poets (Lucan, Statius, Silius Italicus), Tacitus' historiography, and Pliny the Elder's natural history. She investigates themes like cultural appropriation of Egypt, imperial rhetoric, and scientific writing in antiquity. Additional research interests include ancient natural philosophy, tax systems, and Greco-Roman religious apologetics.

• Grants: NEH Summer Scholarship, USF Humanities Institute Grant
• Book Reviews: Over 20 scholarly reviews on Roman historiography and material culture studies