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mcls Larson

Jennifer Larson

Professor of Classics
Campus:
Kent
Contact Information
Email:
jlarson@kent.edu
Phone:
330-672-1801
Fax:
330-672-4009
Personal Website:
https://kentstate.academia.edu/JenniferLarson

Education

Ph.D. Classics, University of Wisconsin-Madison M.A. Classics; University of Wisconsin-Madison B.A. Ancient Greek and English, Mercer University

Expertise

Greek poetry ancient Mediterranean religions Gender and sexuality in Antiquity

Publications

  • 2019. Nature gods, nymphs and the cognitive science of religion. In T. Scheer ed., Natur – Mythos – Religion im antiken Griechenland. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. 71-85.
  • 2019. Herakles and Hermes. In J. F. Miller and J. S. Clay eds.,Tracking Hermes, pursuing Mercury, Oxford University Press. 49-64.
  • 2019. Urbs antiqua fuit. Brian Friel’s use of epic in "Translations." International Journal of the Classical Tradition, June 24. https://rdcu.be/bHFss
  • 2018. A response: Does a cognitive approach challenge prevailing models of Greek religion? Journal of Cognitive Historiography 4.1, 53-59.
  • 2016. Understanding Greek religion: A cognitive approach. London and New York: Routledge.
  • 2014. Sexuality in Greek and Roman religion. In Thomas K. Hubbard, ed. A companion to Greek and Roman sexualities. Wiley-Blackwell. 214-29.
  • 2013. Greece. In Barbette Spaeth, ed., The Cambridge companion to ancient Mediterranean religions. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge and New York. 136-56.
  • 2012. Greek and Roman sexualities: A sourcebook. Edited and translated by J. Larson. London: Bloomsbury/Continuum.
  • 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.
  • 2009. Votive arms and armor in the sanctuaries of goddesses: An empirical approach. Kernos Supplement 23.123-33.
  • 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.
  • 2007. Ancient Greek cults: A guide. New York and London: Routledge
  • 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.
  • 2004. Paul’s Masculinity. Journal of Biblical Literature 123.1, 85-97.
  • 2002. Corinna and the daughters of Asopus. Syllecta Classica 13.47-62.
  • 2001. Greek Nymphs: Myth, cult, lore. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press.
  • 1997. Handmaidens of Artemis? Classical Journal 92.3, 249-57.
  • 1997. Astacides the Goatherd (Callimachus Ep. 22 Pf.). Classical Philology 92.2, 131-37.
  • 1995. The Corycian nymphs and the Homeric Hymn to Hermes. Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies 36.4, 341-57.
  • 1995. Greek heroine cults. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.

    Affiliations

  • Society for Classical Studies
  • Women’s Classical Caucus of the SCS
  • Classical Association of the Midwest and South
  • Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions
  • International Association for the Cognitive Science of Religion
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