and Myth in Ancient Greece(1989), and
co-editor, with Chris Faraone, ofMasks
of Dionysus(1993), in addition to nu-
merous articles and reviews.
Kevin Clintonis Professor of Classics at
Cornell University. He is the author of a
wide range of publications on Eleusis, its
epigraphy and religion, including The
Sacred Officials of the Eleusinian Mysteries
(1974),Myth and Cult: The Iconography
of the Eleusinian Mysteries (1992), and
Eleusis: The Inscriptions on Stone.Docu-
ments of the Sanctuary of the Two God-
desses and the Public Documents of the
Deme(2005).
Susan Guettel Coleis Professor of Clas-
sics at the University at Buffalo. Her
research focuses on the epigraphical evi-
dence for Greek religious practice and
the representation of gender in the ritual
system of the ancient Greek city. She is
the author ofTheoi Megaloi: The Cult of
the Great Gods at Samothrace(1984) and
Landscapes, Gender, and Ritual Space:
The Ancient Greek Experience (2004).
She is working on a collection of inscrip-
tions about Dionysos and is finishing a
book called Pigs for Demeter, on the
relation between Demeter’s rituals and
the life of the polis.
James Davidson is Reader in Ancient
History at the University of Warwick.
He specializes in Greek social and cul-
tural history and historiography. He is
the author ofCourtesans and Fishcakes:
The Consuming Passions of Classical Ath-
ens(1997) andOne Mykonos(1999). He
will shortly publishThe Greeks and Greek
Love with Weidenfeld. He contributes
regularly to theLondon Review of Books,
theGuardian, theDaily Telegraph, and
theSunday Times.
Susan Deacyis Lecturer in Greek His-
tory and Literature at Roehampton Uni-
versity. Her research interests are ancient
Greek religion, and gender and sexuality.
Her publications include the co-edited
volumesRape in Antiquity(1997) and
Athena in the Classical World(2001),
and the monograph A Traitor to her
Sex? Athena the Trickster(forthcoming).
She is editor of the Gods and Heroes of
the Ancient World series for Routledge.Matthew W. Dickieis Emeritus Profes-
sor of Classics in the University of Illinois
at Chicago; he is an honorary professor
in the School of Classics and Ancient
History at the University of St. Andrews.
He is the author many articles on ancient
magic, and ofMagic and Magicians in
the Greco-Roman World(2001). He is
now writing a book on the ‘‘Evil Eye in
Classical and Late Antiquity,’’ a subject
on which he has already published, and
amongst other projects is engaged in a
study of the form and content of Greek
sacred laws.Beate Dignasis Fellow and Tutor in
Ancient History at Somerville College,
Oxford. Her research focuses on the his-
tory and epigraphy of Asia Minor and
aspects of Greek religion. She is the
author ofEconomy of the Sacred in Hel-
lenistic and Roman Asia Minor(2002),
and editor of the forthcoming volume,
Practitioners of the Divine: Greek Priests
and Religious Officials from Homer to
Heliodorus(Harvard). At present she is
engaged on a study of Greek priesthoods
in the Hellenistic period.Ken Dowdenis Professor of Classics and
Director of the Institute of Archaeology
and Antiquity at the University of Bir-
mingham. His main fields of interests
are religion, mythology, and the ancient
novel. He is the author ofDeath and
the Maiden: Girls’ Initiation Rites in
Greek Mythology (1989), The Uses of
Greek Mythology (1992), Religion and
the Romans(1992),European Paganism:Ogden / Companion to Greek Religion 1405120541_3_posttoc Final Proof page xiii 17.11.2006 4:53pmContributors xiii