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Dr. Nicholas Molinari

  • Adjunct professor
Research:
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Areas of Expertise

  • Ancient Greek philosophy, continental philosophy, ancient Greek religion, classical archaeology, philosophy of technology

Education

  • H.A.B. in philosophy, Saint Anselm College (2005)
  • M.A. in philosophy, Boston College (2007)
  • M.Ed. in library teaching, Cambridge College (2010)
  • PhD in humanities, Salve Regina University (2020) 

Selected Publications

Acheloios, Thales, and the Origin of Philosophy: A Response to the Neo-Marxians. Archaeology and Classical Humanities Series, Volume 1 (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2022)

with Nicola Sisci. POTAMIKON: Sinews of Acheloios. A Comprehensive Catalog of the Bronze Coinage of the Man-Faced Bull, with Essays on Origin and Identity. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2016.

“Not Everything is Fluid: Some Basic Facts about Acheloos Iconography in Etruria in Relation to the New ‘Solar Quasi-Dionysos Heads’ Theory of the Lampadario di Cortona”. BABESCH 100 (2025).

“ἴς Ἀχελωίου: The ‘Sinew’ Coinage of Neapolis and its Neighbors, c. 296 to 240 BC.” Schweizerische Numismatische Rundschau 101 (2023): 23-61.

Corpus Literatum, Epigraphicum, et Iconographicum Acheloium (A Corpus of the Literature, Inscriptions, and Iconography of Acheloios). ADP 2028 (under review with Edinburgh University Press)