Peter Struck holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan (English and anthropology) and an M.A. (divinity) and Ph.D. (comparative literature) from the University of Chicago. He joined Penn's faculty of Classical Studies in 1999 as an assistant professor. He does his research on Greek and Roman theories of signs and interpretation. His first project focused on the "symbol" as a category in ancient literary criticism and he is now at work on a study of ancient theories of divine signs, in oracles, omens, and dreams. Other interests include ancient mythology, medicine, and magic.