Professor & Classical Studies Chair

Daniel Levine earned Classics degrees from the University of Minnesota (1975) and the University of Cincinnati (1980). His dissertation was on Laughter in the Odyssey. He has taught Latin, Greek, and Classical Studies at the University of Arkansas since 1980, and is currently Professor of Classical Studies and Chair of the Classical Studies Program.

He is the author of numerous articles, reviews, and book chapters on Greek epic, lyric, dramatic, and historical texts. His research interests include Greek literature, language, archaeology and history. On 21 March, 2006 he lectured on "Tuna in Ancient Greece" for the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Wine and Food at the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan.

Dr. Levine is the recipient of a national award for Excellence in the Teaching of the Classics (American Philological Association, 1992), the University of Arkansas' Burlington Northern Outstanding Faculty-Scholar Teaching Award (1986), and the Fulbright College Master Teacher Award (1995).

He has directed nine summer study programs in Greece, including three Summer Sessions for the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

When asked, “What’s so great about the Beta Pi chapter of Eta Sigma Phi?” Dr. Levine responded: “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres, quarum unam incolunt Belgae, aliam Aquitani, tertiam qui ipsorum lingua Celtae, nostra Galli appellantur. Hi omnes lingua, institutis legibus inter se differunt.”

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