Sydnor Roy

Dr. Sydnor Roy is an Assistant Professor of Classics in the Department of Humanities at Marshall University. She holds a PhD in Classics from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Her research focuses on Greek and Roman historiography, identity in the Ancient Mediterranean, and Achaemenid Persia's interactions with classical civilizations. She has contributed significantly to the study of Herodotus and Thucydides, particularly in analyzing political structures, war ethics, and intercultural dynamics.

Her recent publications explore themes like Aeschylean tragedy, just war theory, and the representation of 'foreignness' in ancient Greek literature. She co-authored Race and Ethnicity in the Classical World: An Anthology of Primary Sources in Translation (Hackett 2013), a foundational text in classical race studies.

The trends in her scholarship emphasize interdisciplinary approaches to classical texts, bridging literary analysis, political philosophy, and socio-cultural studies. Her work frequently addresses how ancient narratives inform modern understandings of ethnicity, governance, and historical methodology.