João Batista Toledo Prado (Last updating in: 29/04/2008) Holds a degree in Letters (1985), with qualification for Portuguese and Latin language and literatures, from UNESP - São Paulo State University ?Júlio de Mesquita Filho?. He received his Master degree (1991) as well as his PhD degree (1997) in Classical Philology from USP - University of São Paulo (São Paulo Brazil). Since 1987 he has been teaching both undergraduates (Latin Language and Literature) and graduates (courses on Greek-Roman myths in Literature and poetic expressiveness), at UNESP where he is a tenured Professor. He is a member of Editorial Councils and Boards of both electronic and printed academic journals on Classics. He is also a member of the SBEC (Brazilian Society of Classic Studies), being also its vice-president during the 2006-2007 biennium, and a member of APEC (Portuguese Association of Classic Studies). He has experience in Letters, with emphasis on Latin Language and Literature, working mainly on themes such as: classical language teaching; Poetics of classical Latin; metrics of classical poetry; classical Antiquity and its culture (dietetics and nutrition in Antiquity); classical theater (dramatized readings and performances), Linguistics applied to classical languages; studies on the ancient Rome classical culture (mythology, poetics, organization of knowledge on the natural world). From 2008 to 2009, he conducted a post-doctoral research abroad, with the project "Teorie Metriche della Roma Antica (Metric theories of ancient Rome)", linked to the Università Degli Studi di Roma II - "Tor Vergata" (UNIROMA II), Rome-Italy, with a CNPq scholarship (PDE no. 202132 / 2007-2). From July 2015 to June 2016, he developed a new post-doctoral research abroad, with the project "Pieds, mètres, vers: le rythme dans l'antique Greek latine poésie (Poetic feet, meters & verses: the rhythm in ancient Greek and Latin poetry)?, linked to the University of Rouen in association with Paris IV-Sorbonne, with a FAPESP scholarship (BPE no. 2015/02415-9). (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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The following project strives to investigate certain terms referring to ancient poetry, conceptually and taxonomically employed to deal with Latin metrics and prosody. In this case, such terms can be found in Cicero's Orator and are related to what metric might represent as a contribution, whether directly or indirectly, to the elaboration of oratory speeches that constitute the scope of …
This project aims to study the rhythmical role of metric feet that form verses in the literary praxis of Latin poets, which has come from the tradition established by Greek ones. Recently, some philologists have sought new approaches to study the expressive role of rhythm. The works conducted by the groups led by Dr. Philippe Brunet at the University of Rouen and the University of Paris h…
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