Professor Esther Eidinow FBA

Ancient Greek history and culture, especially religion and magic; interdisciplinary theoretical approaches to historical analysis.
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Fellow type
UK Fellow
Year elected
2024
Honours
FBA

Current post

University of Bristol Professor of Ancient History

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Simon Goldhill FBA

The study of ancient Greek literature and culture, and its reception, especially in the nineteenth century

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Professor Vivian Nutton FBA

The history of medicine from the ancient Greeks to the 17th century, especially Galen (129-216 C.E.) and the Galenic tradition, including editions and translations of Latin and Greek texts

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Professor Jane Lightfoot FBA

The exploration, through editions, commentaries, and exegeses, of un- or under-explored classical texts: mythography, ethnography, geography, oracular literature, astrology, medicine; Hellenistic and imperial poetry and prose

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