Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood

Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood (February 26, 1945 - May 19, 2007) was a scholar in the field of Ancient Greek religion and one of the most influential Hellenists.

Biography

Career

She was born in Volos, Greece, in 1945, but grew up in Corfu. Sourvinou-Inwood studied at the University of Athens, and began research in the field of Mycenology in Rome and later in Athens. She graduated from Oxford in 1973 with a doctorate on Minoan civilization and Mycenaean beliefs in the afterlife. She was a lecturer at Liverpool (1976-78), and a senior research Fellow at University College, Oxford (1990-95). Also she worked as Reader in Classical Literature at the University of Reading (1995-98).