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Jane Ellen Harrison

    Jane Ellen Harrison was een Britse klassieke geleerde en taalkundige, die fundamenteel was voor de moderne studies naar de religie en mythologie van het oude Griekenland. Ze paste archeologische ontdekkingen uit de 19e eeuw toe om oude Griekse religieuze concepten te interpreteren, waarbij ze methoden vastlegde die de standaard werden voor toekomstig onderzoek. Als een van de eerste vrouwen die een academische carrière nastreefde in Engeland, bepleitte Harrison het vrouwenkiesrecht, ondanks persoonlijke bedenkingen. Haar werk blijft ons begrip van de klassieke wereld vormgeven.

    Mythos: Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion
    Aspects, Aorists and the Classical Tripos
    Ancient Art and Ritual
    Douris and the Painters of Greek Vases
    Primitive Athens as described by Thucydides
    • This book explores the work of Douris and other Greek vase painters, analyzing their unique styles and contributions to the art world. Harrison delves into the history and culture of ancient Greece, providing context for the stunning works of art that she discusses.

      Douris and the Painters of Greek Vases2023
    • Harrison explores the complexities of ancient Greek grammar, focusing on the Aorist tense and its relationship to other tenses and aspects in the language. Her insightful analysis provides new insights into the structure and meaning of Greek literature and poetry.

      Aspects, Aorists and the Classical Tripos2021
    • Jane Harrison examines the festivals of ancient Greek religion to identify the primitive "substratum" of ritual and its persistence in the realm of classical religious observance and literature. In Harrison's preface to this remarkable book, she writes that J. G. Frazer's work had become part and parcel of her "mental furniture" and that of others studying primitive religion. Today, those who write on ancient myth or ritual are bound to say the same about Harrison. Her essential ideas, best developed and most clearly put in the Prolegomena, have never been eclipsed.

      Mythos: Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion1991