Personal Biography
Before coming to Corpus, I studied for a BA in Classics at New College, where I also took an MSt in Greek and/or Roman History and, in 2019, began my DPhil in Ancient History under the supervision of Prof. Nino Luraghi and Dr. Milena Melfi. I joined Corpus Christi in 2022, where I am currently Stipendiary Lecturer in Ancient Greek History. I have previously taught epigraphy at New College as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and served as a language instructor for the Classics Faculty in addition to teaching tutorials in a range of Greek history papers.
Research and Teaching
My doctoral research looks at approaches and responses to mobility in the ancient Adriatic from around 500 to 200 BC. I am particularly interested in the history of Greek colonisation and the relationship between the Greek world and regions such as Illyria and northern Italy.
The study of inscriptions forms an important part of my work and I have a keen interest in Greek numismatics (especially in Hellenistic bronze coinage). I also enjoy working on ancient historiography, with a particular focus on short and under-studied ancient texts such as the anonymous Tractatus de mulieribus claris in bello ("Tract on Women Famous in War") or the remarkably wide-ranging but concise Liber memorialis ("Memorandum Book") of Lucius Ampelius.
I teach tutorials covering all aspects of Greek history from Herodotus to the Hellenistic period for students reading Classics, Classical Archaeology and Ancient History, and Ancient and Modern History.
Publications
Etches Jones, D. (2020), "Hieron II, Ptolemy, and the “Ptolemies”: Numismatic Imitation and Bronze Coinage in Hellenistic Sicily", RBN 166: 198–226.
Etches Jones, D. (forthcoming), "Strategies of Fragmentation: The Sources of the Tractatus de mulieribus claris in bello" in M. Spanakis and M. Pagkalos eds. Hellenistic Literature in Fragments: A Study of the ‘Lost’ Hellenistic Writers (TBC).