Emily Pillinger
ClassicistAuthor
British · 21st century
Classicist and academic; author of a study of how the Cassandra figure is portrayed across Greek and Latin literature.
Connection to Taylor Swift
Her account of Cassandra's fractured, poetic speech was raised by a community reader as a lens on Taylor's Cassandra and on The Tortured Poets Department.
Notable Works
- Cassandra and the Poetics of Prophecy in Greek and Latin Literature (2019)