Wayne Rupp

Dr. Rupp received a B.A. in Classical Civilizations and English Literature at Loyola, New Orleans in 1996, an MA in Classical Archaeology at University of Arizona, and finally a second MA in Latin and a Ph.D. in Classics from Florida State University in 2007. He is currently the Latin teacher at Dominican High School in addition to being an adjunct professor at Loyola where he teaches a wide variety of Classics courses including Etruscan Art and Archaeology, Classical Mythology, the Art and Archaeology of Ancient Italy, Latin Elegiac Poetry, and more. He has excavated at Chianciano Terme with the University of Arizona field school under the direction of Prof. David Soren and was the assistant to the director of excavations at Poggio delle Civitelle, a Florida State field school, under the direction of Prof. Nancy de Grummond and Prof. Claudio Bizzarri. He is a native New Orleanian and is thrilled to be home teaching something that he loves for his alma mater.

Classes Taught

• Beginning Latin I and II
• Classics in Comics
• Egyptian Art and Archaeology
• Etruscan Art and Archaeology
• Feasting and Dining in the Ancient World
• Games, Festivals, and Leisure in the Grk-Rmn World
• Greek and Roman Epic
• Greek Mythology
• Prose of Augustan Rome
• Roman Culture
• Roman History – The Empire