Deborah Beck is Professor of Classics and Christie and Stanley E. Adams, Jr. Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on how Classical Epic poetry tells a good story that connects emotionally with its audience(s), primarily, but not exclusively, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Her most recent book is The Stories of Similes in Greek and Roman Epic (Cambridge, 2023). In addition to her academic research, she regularly publishes opinion essays in Texas and national publications. With her advanced Greek students, she produces the podcast “Musings in Greek Literature.” For her latest project, she is writing a new book, Visionary Women, about four passionate women artists, their art, and their fans through the ages. The book discusses Sappho, Hildegard of Bingen, Emily Dickinson, and Frida Kahlo.
Deborah Beck
