Research Interests

  • Archaic and Classical Greek Religion
  • Greek architectural sculpture
  • Archaeology of Religion

Publications

Books

2020: Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity, Routledge

2020: Heroines of Olympus: The Women of Greek Mythology, Welbeck Publishing

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Chapters

In review: ‘(Re)Appraising the Parthenon Frieze: Time, Space, and Time-Space’

In review: ‘Haptic Perceptions of Dress: Clothing Dedications to Artemis in Attica’

2019: ‘Weaving for Athena: The Arrhephoroi, Panathenaia, and Mundane Acts as Religious Devotion’, Journal of Hellenic Religion 12: 61-84

2018: ‘Girls Playing Persephone (in Marriage and Death)’, Mnemosyne 71.2:209-228 (Published as Ellie Mackin)

2013: ‘Doom and Sorrow: Achilleus’s Physical Expression of Mourning in the Iliad’, Rosetta 13:111-121 (Published as Ellie Mackin)

Encyclopaedia Entries

2023: ‘Hades’ Oxford Classical Dictionary (5th edition), Oxford University Press

Digital Resources

2023: ‘Brauron Clothing Catalogue Dataset’ digital open-access dataset, with L Cleland (currently under embargo)

Articles Related to Pedagogy

2017: ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’, Council of University Classics Departments Bulletin 46, with K Cook and R Fallas

2017: ‘Practical Tips for Feminist Pedagogy in Classics’, Council of University Classics Departments Bulletin 46, with K Cook and R Fallas

2017: ‘Dehierarchising the HE Classroom: An Experiment’, British Naval History (online)

2016: ‘Gaining HEA Fellowship Through Teaching Recognition’, Council of University Classics Departments Bulletin 45

Books in Preparation

  • Hades, Routledge (series: Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World), (under contract, 2023)
  • The Material Culture of Ancient Greek Religion: A Sourcebook (planned 2023)
  • Believing, Behaving, Belonging: Personal and Public Religion in Athens and Attica (planned 2025)

Edited Collection in Preparation

  • Persephone in Love: Persephone and Hades in Popular Culture, co-edited with Aimee Hinds Scott (planned 2024)

Articles and Chapters in Preparation

  • ‘Procession and Representation on the Parthenon Frieze: A Haptic Response’
  • ‘Pollution and Disease’, co-authored with J Lennon, A Cultural History of Blood in Antiquity, L Totelin (ed), Bloomsbury Publishing (under contract, 2023)
  • ‘Dread Persephone and Lord Hades: Online Worship in Hellenic Pagan Communities, Persephone in Love: Persephone and Hades in Popular Culture, E Mackin Roberts and A Hinds Scott (eds), (planned 2024)
  • ‘The Brauron Clothing Catalogue Dataset: Preliminary Analysis’