Prof. Robert C. T. Parker MA, DPhil, FBA

Fellow, New College
Wykeham Professor of Ancient History, Faculty of Classics

New College
Oxford,
OX1 3BN

Tel: (01865) 279520
Fax: (01865) 271520

robert.parker@new.ox.ac.uk

Profile

I study Greek society from an anthropological perspective; in particular, I am interested in how the Greeks' thought and behaviour was shaped by their religious beliefs. Of late I have been studying the interaction of Greek religion with other polytheistic systems, particularly in Asia Minor. Inscriptions are a prime source of evidence for me, and a great joy.

Research Interests

Greek History, Greek Religion, Greek Epigraphy

Selected Recent Publications

2005: Polytheism and Society at Athens, Oxford.
2009: ‘Aeschylus’ Gods: Drama, Cult, Theology’, in Eschyle à l’aube du theatre occidental, Vandoeuvres, Entretiens Hardt, LV, 127-154.
2009: Interpreting the Athenian Empire (with co-edited, with J. Ma and N. Papazarkadas), London.
2010: ‘A Funerary Foundation from Hellenistic Lycia’,, Chiron, 40, 103-120.
2011: On Greek Religion, Cornell UP.

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