
Oliver D. Smith
Independent researcher β’ amateur meteorologist
Cloud Appreciation Society βοΈ member #58402.

About Me
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Education
- BA (Hons) Classical Civilisation, University of Roehampton.
- MA Classical Studies, The Open University.
Publications
β = in press | π = supplement/errata/note.
Articles
2023
- “Roman Phantom Ships and Superior Mirages,” Rosetta. β
- “The Socorro UFO: A Fire Whirl?,” Mammatus Journal. β
- “Roman UFOs and Atmosopheric Optics,” Mammatus Journal. β
- βNessie and Noctilucent Clouds,β Coolabah 34. β
- βThe Ariel School UFO: A Dust Devil?,β SUNlite 15, no. 3 (2023): 7-10. π
2022
- “Alternative Location Hypothesis of Troy,” Fate. π
- “A New Suggested Site for Troy (Yenibademli HΓΆyΓΌk),” AJHIS 8, no. 1 (2022): 81-98.
- βChariots and Soldiers in the Sky: Judaea (66 CE),β SUNlite 14, no. 4 (2022): 11-12.
2021
- “A Checklist of Hypotheses for the Yeti,” Academia Letters 2845 (2021): 1-12.
- “Atlantis, Lake Tritonis and Pharos,” The Robert Graves Review 1, no. 1 (2021): 207-209. π
- “The Wildman of China: The Search for the Yeren,” Sino-Platonic Papers 309 (2021): 1-17. π
2020
- “Atlantis and the Minoans,”
Rosetta(2020): 1-27. π - “An Alternative Site for Troy on Imbros (GΓΆkΓ§eada),” Kerberos 2 no. 2, (2020): 61-70.
2019
- “Ancient Observations of Ball Lightning,” Corlissian 1 (2019): 4-5.
- “In Search of the Pillars of Heracles,” Kerberos 1, no. 3 (2019): 69-76.
2018
- “Hesiod and Geomythology,” Logoi 1, no. 1 (2018): 1-11.
- “The Nekromanteion of Acheron,”
Neo: The Classics Students Journal(2018): 1-5. π
2016
- “The Atlantis Story: An Authentic Oral Tradition?,” Shima 10, no. 2 (2016): 10-17.
2012
- Smith, Oliver D. “Atlantis as Troy?,” Damysos 1 (2012): 4-9.
- Smith, Oliver D. “Atlantis in Thessaly,” Damysos 1 (2012): 1-3.
BA (Hons) Dissertation
- Atlantis and Euhemerism: Geomythology (University of Roehampton, 2013).
Conference Papers
Title | Conference | Year | |
Greek Myth and the Relict Hominoid Hypothesis | OU Classical Studies WiP Day | 2019 | |
Atlantis: Fact or Fiction? [Abstract] | Dissertation presentation | 2013 |
Books
- Atlantis in Greece (Morrisville, NC: Lulu Books, 2014).
