Publications

Books

  1. Ruffell, I. A., Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound (London: Bristol Classical Press/Bloomsbury Academic, 2012).

  2. ———, Politics and Anti-Realism in Athenian Old Comedy: the Art of the Impossible (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011).

Edited books

  1. Ruffell, I. A. & Hau, L. I. (eds.), Truth and History in the Ancient World: Pluralising the Past (London and New York: Routledge, 2016).

Articles

  1. M. Gerolemou & G. Kazantzidis (eds.), Iatromechanics (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, forthcoming).

  2. Ruffell, I. A., ‘Politics and power’, in M. Ewans (ed.), Cultural History of Comedy in Antiquity, volume I: Antiquity (2019).

  3. ———, ‘Conservative and radical: Aristophanic comedy and populist debate in democratic Athens’, in H. P. Foley, R. M. Rosen & E. Scharffenberger (eds.), Aristophanes and Politics, Columbia Studies in the Classical Tradition (Leiden: Brill, 2019).

  4. ———, ‘Rebooting antiquity's robots’, Argo 9 (Spring/Summer 2019), 17–20.

  5. ———, ‘Stop making sense: The politics of Aristophanic madness’, Illinois Classical Studies 43.2 (2018), 326–50.

  6. ———, ‘Prometheus’, in D. L. Clayman (ed.), Oxford Bibliographies Online (2018).

  7. ———, ‘Sexuality and gender’, in M. Revermann (ed.), A Cultural History of Theatre, volume One: Antiquity (London: Bloomsbury/Methuen Drama, 2017), 47–63, 206–7.

  8. ———, ‘(What's so funny 'bout) peace, love and understanding? Imagining peace in Greek comedy’, in E. P. Moloney & M. S. Williams (eds.), Peace and Reconciliation in the Ancient World (London: Routledge, 2017), 44–65.

  9. Keenan-Jones, D., Ruffell, I. A. & McGookin, E., ‘Taking a bearing on Hero’s anti-crane and its un-windlass: the relationship between Hero of Alexandria’s mobile automaton and Greco-Roman construction machinery’, in J. DeLaine, S. Camporeale & A. Pizzo (eds.), Arqueología de la construcción V: Man-made Materials, Engineering and Infrastructure, Anejos de Archivo Español de Arqueología, volume 28 (Mérida: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, 2016), 167–84.

  10. Ruffell, I. A., ‘Tragedy and fictionality’, 32–54.

  11. Ruffell, I. A. & Hau, L. I., ‘Introduction’, 1–12.

  12. Ruffell, I. A., ‘Drama lessons in Aristophanes' Frogs’, Omnibus 71 (2016), 30–1.

  13. ———, ‘The grotesque comic body, between the real and unreal’, in M. Bastin-Hammou & C. Orfanos (eds.), Carnaval et comédie: Actes du colloque international organisé par l'équipe PLH-CRATA les 9-10 décembre 2009 à l’Université de Toulouse - Le Mirail, ISTA (Besançon: Presses Universitaires de Franche-Comté, 2015), 37–73.

  14. ———, ‘The nurse's tale’, in D. Stuttard (ed.), Looking at Medea (Bloomsbury Academic, 2014), 65–82.

  15. ———, ‘Character types’, in M. Revermann (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), 147–67.

  16. ———, ‘Utopianism’, in M. Revermann (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Greek Comedy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014), 206–21.

  17. ———, ‘The reception history of the Oresteia’, in H. Lloyd-Jones (ed.), Aeschylus: Oresteia, revised edition (London: Bloomsbury, 2014), ix–xxii.

  18. ———, ‘Old Comedy at Rome: Rhetorical model and satirical problem’, in S. D. Olson (ed.), Ancient Comedy and Reception: Studies on the Classical Tradition of Comedy from Aristophanes to the Twenty-First Century (Berlin: de Gruyter, 2014), 275–308.

  19. ———, ‘Humiliation? Voyeurism, violence and humor in Old Comedy’, Helios 40.1/2 (2013), 247–77.

  20. ———, ‘Review article: Comedy’, Journal of Hellenic Studies 132 (2012), 157–71.

  21. ———, ‘{Seeing’ the meat for what it is: Aristophanic expurgation and its phallacies}, in S. J. Harrison & C. Stray (eds.), Expurgating the Classics: Excision in Latin and Greek Texts, Translations and Commentaries (London: Bristol Classical Press/Bloomsbury Academic, 2012), 25–51.

  22. ———, ‘Response to Murnaghan and Visvardi’, in D. M. Carter (ed.), Why Athens? A Reappraisal of Tragic Politics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011), 294–301.

  23. ———, ‘Translating Greece to Rome: humour and the re-invention of popular culture’, in D. C. Chiaro (ed.), Translation, Humour and Literature (London/New York: Continuum, 2010), 91–118.

  24. ———, ‘Comic business in Aristophanes’, Arion 16.3 (2009), 143–68.

  25. ———, ‘Audience and emotion in the reception of Greek drama’, in M. Revermann & P. Wilson (eds.), Performance, Iconography, Reception: Studies in Honour of Oliver Taplin (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008), 37–58.

  26. ———, ‘A little ironic don't you think? Utopian criticism and the problem of Aristophanes' last plays’, in L. Kozak & J. Rich (eds.), Playing Around Aristophanes (Oxford: Aris & Phillips, 2006), 65–104.

  27. ———, ‘Greek comedy’, in E. Bispham, T. Harrison & B. A. Sparkes (eds.), Edinburgh Companion to Ancient Greece and Rome (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2006), 299–308.

  28. ———, ‘Horace, popular invective and the segregation of literature’, Journal of Roman Studies 93 (2003), 35–65.

  29. ———, ‘A total write-off: Aristophanes, Cratinus and the rhetoric of comic competition’, Classical Quarterly 52.1 (2002), 138–63.

  30. ———, ‘Did comedy kill the philosophy star?’, Omnibus 43 (2001), 29–31.

  31. ———, ‘The world turned upside down: Utopia and utopianism in the fragments of Old Comedy’, in J. Wilkins & D. Harvey (eds.), The Rivals of Aristophanes: Studies in Athenian Old Comedy (London: Duckworth/Classical Press of Wales, 2000), 473–506.

Teaching

  1. Ruffell, I. A., ‘Classics at Glasgow’, Journal of Classics Teaching 19 (2010), 11–12.

  2. ———, ‘Use of Moodle to support active learning in Classics’, Technical report, JISC Infonet (2008). URL https://jiscinfonetcasestudies.pbworks.com/w/page/59095161/University\%20of\%20Glasgow\%20-\%20Use\%20of\%20Moodle\%20to\%20support\%20active\%20learning\%20in\%20Classics.

  3. McAteer, E., Ruffell, I., Williamson, S. & Muirhead, A., ‘Which media when, and why?’, in Networked Learning Conference 2004: Symposium 6 ‘E-tutoring’ (2004). \URL http://www.networkedlearningconference.org.uk/past/nlc2004/ proceedings/symposia/symposium6/mcateer_et_al.htm.

Reviews

  1. Ruffell, I. A., ‘Review of m. Telò, Aristophanes and the Cloak of Comedy, 2016’, Classical Review 68.2 (2018).

  2. ———, ‘Review of A. Bagordo, Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum I.1: Alkimenes – Kantharos. Einleitung, Übersetzung, Kommentar (Heidelberg: Antike Verlag, 2014)’, Anzeiger für die Altertumswissenschaft 69 (2016), 10–13.

  3. ———, ‘Review of C. W. Marshall & G. Kovacs (eds), No Laughing Matter: Studies in Athenian Comedy (London: Bristol Classical Press, 2012)’, Klio 98.2 (2016), 751–4.

  4. ———, ‘Review of S. E. Kidd, Nonsense and Meaning in Ancient Greek Comedy (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014)’, The Classical World 109.1 (2015), 142–4.

  5. ———, ‘Review of A. Tzanetou, City of Suppliants: Tragedy and the Athenian Empire (Austin, Tx: University of Texas Press, 2012)’, Klio 97.2 (2015), 1–5.

  6. ———, ‘Review of A. Markantonatos and B. Zimmermann (eds), Crisis on Stage: Tragedy and Comedy in Late Fifth-Century Athens (Berlin and Boston: de Gruyter, 2012)’, Journal of Hellenic Studies 133 (2013), 182–3.

  7. ———, ‘Review of M. Wright, The Comedian as Critic (London: Duckworth, 2012)’, Journal of Hellenic Studies 133 (2013), 181–2.

  8. ———, ‘Review of T. S. Johnson, Horace's Iambic Criticism (Leiden: Brill, 2011)’, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2013.09.49 (2013). Http://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2013/2013-09-49.html.

  9. ———, ‘Review of J. Michael Walton, Euripides: Our Contemporary and E. Hall & S, Harrop (eds.), Theorising Performance: Greek Drama, Cultural History and Cultural Practice’, Theatre Research International 36.3 (2011), 292–3.

  10. ———, ‘Review of A. Lianeri & V. Zajko (eds), Translation and the Classic’, Journal of Roman Studies 100 (2010), 317–9.

  11. ———, ‘Review of J. E. Robson, Humour, Obscenity and Aristophanes’, Classical Review 58.1 (2008), 25–6.

  12. ———, ‘Review of O. Taxidou, Tragedy, Modernity and Mourning’, Theatre Research International 30.2 (2005), 190–1.

  13. ———, ‘Review of N. W. Slater, Spectator Politics: Metatheatre and Performance in Aristophanes’, The Classical Journal 100.3 (2005), 309–12.

  14. ———, ‘Review of J. Porter (ed.), Constructions of the Classical Body, and L. Brisson, Sexual Ambivalence: Androgyny and Hermaphroditism in Graeco-Roman Antiquity’, Journal of Hellenic Studies 124 (2004), 204–5.

  15. ———, ‘Review of R. Krumeich et al. (eds.), Das griechische Satyrspiel’, Classical Review 53.2 (2003), 288–90.

  16. ———, ‘Review of Alan H. Sommerstein (ed.), Aristophanes: W_ealth’, _Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2002.08.43 (2002). URL: http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2002/2002-08-43.html.

  17. ———, ‘Review of P. Totaro, {L_e seconde parabasi di Aristofane’}, _Classical Review 51.2 (2001), 383–4.

  18. ———, ‘Review of I. Lada-Richards, Initiating Dionysos: Ritual and Theatre in Aristophanes'’, Classical Review 51.1 (2001), 16–18.

  19. ———, ‘Review of B. Zimmermann (ed.), Griechisch-_römische Komödie und Tragödie III (_Drama 8)’, Classical Review 51.1 (2001), 172–3.

  20. ———, ‘Review of G. W. Dobrov (ed.), The City as Comedy: Society and Representation in Athenian Drama’, Classical Review 49.2 (1999), 356–8.

  21. ———, ‘Review of J. Davidson, Courtesans and Fishcakes: the Consuming Passions of Classical Athens’, things 7 (1997/8), 115–18.