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Jennifer Larson
Ph.D. Classics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Books:
Forthcoming:Sexuality in the Greco-Roman World: A Sourcebook(Routledge)
Ancient Greek Cults: A Guide (Routledge 2007)
Greek Nymphs: Myth, Cult, Lore (Oxford 2001)
Greek Heroine Cults (University of Wisconsin Press 1995)
Selected articles and chapters:
2011. Bilingual inscriptions and translation in antiquity. In Siobhan McElduff and Enrica Sciarrino eds., A Sea of Languages: Complicating the History of Western Translation. Leiden: Brill. 50-61.
Forthcoming, 2011. Sexuality and cult. In Thomas Hubbard, ed. Blackwell companion to Ancient Sexuality. Invited chapter.
Forthcoming, 2012. Venison for Artemis? The problem of deer sacrifice. In Sarah Hitch and Ian Rutherford ed. Animal sacrifice in ancient Greece. Invited chapter for book under contract with Cambridge University Press.
Forthcoming, 2012. Greek religion. In Barbette Spaeth, ed., The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge and New York.
2009. Votive arms and armor in the sanctuaries of goddesses: An empirical approach. Kernos Supplement 23 (2009) 123-33.
2009. Dangerous brides: Nymphs in the paintings of Hans Meertens. In O. Lindboe and H. Meertens eds., Sweet fever: The art of Hans Meertens. Copenhagen: Art 75. 43-4.
2009. The Singularity of Herakles. In Heroes: Mortals and myths in ancient Greece. (Exhibit Catalogue). Baltimore: The Walters Art Museum and Yale University Press. 31-8. [appeared Oct. 2009]
2007. A land full of gods: Nature deities in Greek religion. In D. Ogden ed, A Companion to Greek Religion. Malden, MA and Oxford: Blackwell. 56-70.
2005. Lugalbanda and Hermes. Classical Philology 100.1,1-16.
Research Areas
- Ancient Mediterranian Religions
- Greek Poetry
- Gender and Sexuality in Antiquity
OFFICE
Department of Modern and Classical Language StudiesOFFICE HOURS
Spring 2013:
- Monday 11:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
- Tuesday 3:00-4:00 p.m.
- And by appointment
CONTACT INFO
Phone: 330-672-1801Fax: 330-672-4009
jlarson@kent.edu