The Invention of Jane Harrison

Mary Beard

    Foreword

    Preface

    Illustrations

    1. Prolegomena

    2. Mrs. Arthur Strong: Apotheosis and After Life

    3. Unanimism

    4. Myths of the Odyssey in Art and Literature

    5. Introductory Studies in Greek Art

    6. Alpha and Omega

    7. Ancient Art and Ritual

    8. Hellas at Cambridge

    9. Pandora's Box

    10. Epilegomena

    Lifelines

    Notes

    Major Archival Sources

    Bibliography

    Index

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author photo: Nigel Cassidy

Mary Beard has a Chair of Classics at Cambridge and is a Fellow of Newnham College. She is classics editor of The Times Literary Supplement and author of the blog “A Don’s Life”.