Ellie Mackin Roberts
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity in the group
Religious Studies on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThis volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods.
These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 3 years agoThis volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods.
These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity on Humanities Commons 3 years ago
This volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods.
These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Weaving for Athena: The Arrhephoroi, Panathenaia, and Mundane Acts as Religious Devotion in the group
Women in Antiquity on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThis article examines the young girls aged between seven and eleven year old who are elected to serve in the cult of Athena Polias, patron deity of Athens, in the classical period (roughly 5 th century, BC). I look at the creation of the dress given to Athena at the yearly Panathenaia festival, the creation of which is the main activity of their…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Weaving for Athena: The Arrhephoroi, Panathenaia, and Mundane Acts as Religious Devotion in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month agoThis article examines the young girls aged between seven and eleven year old who are elected to serve in the cult of Athena Polias, patron deity of Athens, in the classical period (roughly 5 th century, BC). I look at the creation of the dress given to Athena at the yearly Panathenaia festival, the creation of which is the main activity of their…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month ago
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Weaving for Athena: The Arrhephoroi, Panathenaia, and Mundane Acts as Religious Devotion on Humanities Commons 3 years, 1 month ago
This article examines the young girls aged between seven and eleven year old who are elected to serve in the cult of Athena Polias, patron deity of Athens, in the classical period (roughly 5 th century, BC). I look at the creation of the dress given to Athena at the yearly Panathenaia festival, the creation of which is the main activity of their…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 3 years, 6 months ago
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Ellie Mackin Roberts posted an update on Humanities Commons 4 years, 3 months ago
My Life Is One Big Revise and Resubmit At The Moment™ – #amrevising #amediting
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Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 4 years, 6 months ago
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Practical Tips for Feminist Pedagogy in Classics in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoOn July 29th, 2016 the Women’s Classical Committee UK, with the support of the Council of University Classics Departments, hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham titled ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’ workshop. This is one of two reports that came out of that workshop and presents some practical tips for t…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months agoOn July 29th, 2016 the Women’s Classical Committee UK, with the support of the Council of University Classics Departments, hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham titled ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’ workshop. This is one of two reports that came out of that workshop and presents some practical tips for t…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Practical Tips for Feminist Pedagogy in Classics on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
On July 29th, 2016 the Women’s Classical Committee UK, with the support of the Council of University Classics Departments, hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham titled ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’ workshop. This is one of two reports that came out of that workshop and presents some practical tips for t…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
On July 29th, 2016 the Women’s Classical Committee UK, with the support of the Council of University Classics Departments, hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham titled ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’ workshop. This is one of two reports that came out of that workshop and presents some practical tips for t…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 5 months ago
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Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated on Humanities Commons 5 years, 7 months ago
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Doom and Sorrow: Achilleus’ Physical Expression of Mourning in the Iliad in the group
Ancient Greece & Rome on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months agoThis article looks at how Achilleus physically expresses his mourning following the death of Patroklos, in Homer’s Iliad.
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Girls Playing Persephone (in Marriage and Death) on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
Arguably, the most famous myth told about Persephone is her abduction and marriage to Hades. The story clearly articulates the strong connection between marriage and death, and this episode became significant in both literature and religious practice in the wider classical Greek world. Reference to the story of Persephone’s abduction came to be u…[Read more]
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Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Doom and Sorrow: Achilleus’ Physical Expression of Mourning in the Iliad on Humanities Commons 5 years, 10 months ago
This article looks at how Achilleus physically expresses his mourning following the death of Patroklos, in Homer’s Iliad.
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