Emma Stafford
Emma Stafford is a British academic whose areas of expertise include ancient Greek culture and religion in the postclassical reception of Herakles/Hercules. She graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Classics in 1990 and moved to the University of London for her PhD, writing her thesis on personified abstractions in ancient Greek religion and culture. She has worked at the University of Leeds since 2000 and became Professor of Greek Culture in 2020. Her many books and articles include Herakles in the Gods and Heroes of the Ancient World series (Abingdon: Routledge, 2012).
Sources:
ahc.leeds.ac.uk (accessed: August 12, 2020).
Bio prepared by Susan Deacy, University of Roehampton, s.deacy@roehampton,ac,uk
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