Richard G. Warga 

Associate Professor of Classics 

Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1988 
Phone: 225-578-6614
E-mail: [email protected]
Office: 305 Hodges Hall

Area of Interest

Papyrology, Epigraphy, Coptic Studies

Recent Teaching

Mythology, Intermediate Greek, Etymology, Intensive Beginning Latin for Graduate Students

Selected Publications

• “The Paintbrush and the Chisel,” Illinois Classical Studies 26 (2001) 137-144.
• “P. Mich. Inv. 1884 Revisited,” Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigrafik 136 (2001) 194.
• “Three Fragments from the Berkeley Collection,” Illinois Classical Studies 27 2003 109-13.
• “Unidentified Document Mentioning Orphans,” Studia Palaeophilogica Professoris G.M. Browne in Honorem Oblata (Champaign 2004) 23025.
• Review of The Derveni Papyrus: Cosmology, Theology and Interpretation. By Gábor Betegh. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004 Classical Outlook 83 (2005) 44.

Notable Activities

Former Section Head of Classics