List of well-known researchers on the ancient religions

The list of well-known researchers on ancient religions includes scholars who have made contributions to the study of ancient religions and the mythologies associated with them, at least at the level of their habilitation or equivalent. The ancient religions and mythologies include in the sense of an extended term from ancient times (approx. 3500 BC to 600 AD):

• Ancient Egyptian religion and Egyptian mythology ,
• Ancient oriental religions ,
  • Babylonian religion ,
  • Elamite religion ,
  • Hittite religion and Hittite mythology ,
  • Hurrian religion ,
  • Luwian religion ,
  • Sabier ,
  • Sumerian religion ,
  • Ugaritic religion ,
  • Canaanite gods ,
• Old Iranian religion : Zoroastrianism ,
• Minoan religion
• Greek religion and Greek mythology ,
• Roman religion and Roman mythology ,
• Mystery cults of the ancient world ,
• Etruscan religion ,
• Indo-European religion ,
• Gnosis ,
• Manichaeism ,
• Mandaeans ,
• Judaism and Christianity are only taken into account to the extent that they are in conflict with the pagan environment .

These religions and mythologies represent the totality of the one-way and reciprocal relationships in the spatial and temporal coexistence and coexistence of the religious movements in the Mediterranean and the Near East.

The science of ancient religions is not an independent academic subject, but rather is pursued by classical philologists , ancient and religious historians , classical archaeologists , Egyptologists , ancient orientalists and Etruscologists , historical anthropologists , religious and cultural scholars and theologians .

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Clifford Ando (* 1969) Americans University of Chicago Old story Roman religion , gods , religion and government in the Roman Empire Jan Assmann (* 1938) German University of Heidelberg Egyptology Ancient Egyptian religion, Egyptian hymns and prayers , Egyptian images of the afterlife , literature on the dead, Egyptian polytheism , Israelite monotheism , writings on the philosophy of religion by Plutarch Polymnia Athanassiadi (* 1946) Πολύμνια Αθανασιάδη Greek University of Athens Old story Neoplatonism , Damascius , philosophical monotheism , religious intolerance in late antiquity Christoph Auffarth (* 1951) German University of Bremen Religious studies Creation , greek religion

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Gerhard Baudy (* 1950) German University of Konstanz Classical Philology Adonis Gardens Jean Bayet (1892-1969) Frenchman École française de Rome Sorbonne Faculté des Lettres de Caen Classical Philology Roman religious history , origins of Roman Hercules Mary Beard (born 1955) British Newnham College , Cambridge King’s College London Old story Roman religions , Roman triumph , vestals ; Jane Harrison Roger L. Beck (born 1937) Briton University of Toronto Classical Philology Roman religion , Mithras cult Andreas Bendlin (* 1966) German York University , Toronto University of Toronto Old story Roman religion , social history of the Roman religion Alberto Bernabé Pajares (* 1946) Spaniards Complutense University of Madrid Classical Philology Greek religions , orphics Joseph Bidez (1867-1945) Frenchman Ghent University Classical Philology Intellectual and religious history of late antiquity , especially of the 3rd and 4th centuries; Emperor Julian Anton Bierl (* 1960) German University of Basel Classical Philology Dionysus , Myth and Ritual Hans Bonnet (1887–1972) German University of Bonn University of Halle Egyptology Ancient Egyptian Religion , Real Lexicon of Egyptian Religious History Philippe Borgeaud (* 1946) Swiss University of Geneva Graecistics history of religion Pan , mother of gods Angus Bowie (born 1949) Briton Queen's College , Oxford Classical Philology Myth and ritual , sacrifice in the Greek religion Angelo Brelich (1913–1977) Italian Sapienza University, Rome History of religion Vesta , Greek heroes , Medea , polytheism , Aristophanes and religion, mythology Jan N. Bremmer (* 1944) Dutch University of Groningen University of Utrecht Religious Studies Ancient History Greek and Roman religion and mythology , ancient magic , ideas about the afterlife , apocryphal acts of the Apostles Laurent Bricault (born 1963) Frenchman University of Toulouse II – Le Mirail Ancient history egyptology Egyptian gods in Greco-Roman times, especially Isis Peter Brown (born 1935) Irishman Princeton University Berkeley University London University Old story Imperial, late antique and medieval Christianity and the pagan environment , veneration of saints , sexual renunciation, asceticism and corporeality Walter Burkert (1931–2015) German University of Zurich Technical University of Berlin Classical Philology Myth and Ritual , Greek Religion , Greek Religion and Early Christianity , Biological Foundations of Greek Religion, Violence in Human Culture, Orientalism , Ancient Mysteries , Homer , Orphicism , Pythagoreanism , Greek Tragedy

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Claude Calame (* 1943) Swiss École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales University of Lausanne Classical Philology greek religion and mythology Hubert Cancik (* 1937) German University of Tübingen History of Religion Classical Philology Roman religion , Romans, Jews and Christians in the Roman Empire, rulers cult in Rome and the provinces, urban religious centers in the Imperium Romanum, Roman imperial religion and provincial religion Hildegard Cancik-Lindemaier (* 1938) German Private scholars History of Religion Classical Philology roman religion , early Christianity Kevin Clinton (*) Americans Cornell University Religious history, Greek studies Greek religion: sanctuaries, mystery cults Carsten Colpe (1929-2009) German Free University of Berlin University of Göttingen History of religion theology Historical relationships between Judaism, Jewish Christianity, paganism and early Islam , Iranians - Arameans - Hebrews - Hellenes. Iranian religions and their western relations , Greeks - Byzantines - Semites - Muslims. Hellenistic religions and the west-east dehellenization Georges Contenau (1877–1964) Frenchman Musée du Louvre Université libre de Bruxelles Religious history of ancient oriental studies Ancient oriental archeology Arthur Bernard Cook (1868-1952) Briton Queens' College , Cambridge Trinity College , Cambridge Bedford College , University of London Classical archeology Zeus cult, connection between myths and rituals Friedrich Creuzer (1771-1858) German University of Heidelberg University of Leiden University of Marburg Classical Philology Symbolism and mythology of the ancient peoples, especially the Greeks Mauro Cristofani (1941–1997) Italian University of Naples Federico II University of Siena University of Pisa Etruscology Etruscan religion , Etruscan mythology , ideas about the afterlife , cult of the dead Franz Cumont (1868–1947) Belgian Ghent University History of Religion Classical Archeology Oriental cults in the Roman Empire

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Charles Delattre (* 1972) Frenchman University of Paris X Greek Studies Greek mythology and religion Marie Delcourt (1891–1979) Belgian University of Liège Ancient History Classical Philology Hero cult and myths, Oedipus , important sanctuaries of Greece, Hephaestus , Hermaphroditos , Orestes and Alkmaion , Matrizid , fire Ludwig Deubner (1877-1946) German University of Berlin University of Freiburg University of Königsberg University of Bonn Classical Philology Greek religion: Attic festivals , incubation ; roman religion Albrecht Dieterich (1866–1905) German University of Heidelberg University of Gießen University of Marburg Classical Philology Magical papyri, Orphic hymns, popular beliefs, religious history of later antiquity, Mithras liturgy Eric Robertson Dodds (1893-1979) Briton University of Oxford University of Birmingham Classical Philology Dionysus Religion, Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety Ken Dowden (born 1950) Briton University of Birmingham Classical Philology Greek Mythology and Religion , Zeus Georges Dumézil (1898–1986) Frenchman Collège de France École pratique des hautes études History of religion Urindo-European religion and mythology; roman religion Wilhelm Drexler (1858–1930) German Greifswald University Library Berlin University Library Halle University Library Classical Philology Collaboration on the detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology ( e.g. Isis , Hathor , Men ); The cult of the Egyptian deities in the Danube countries

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Samson Eitrem (1872-1966) Norwegian University of Oslo Papyrology Classical Philology Sacrifice , Papyri Graecae magicae Mircea Eliade (1907–1986) Romanian University of Chicago Religious scholar Shamanism , mythology Dag Øistein Endsjø (* 1968) Norwegian University of Bergen Religious scholar Desert asceticism , belief in resurrection , sexuality and religion Adolf Erman (1854–1937) German University of Berlin Egyptologist The Egyptian religion , magic

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Lewis Richard Farnell (1856-1934) Briton Exeter College , Oxford Classical archeology Classical philology The Cults of the Greek States , Greek hero cults Wolfgang Fauth (* 1924) German University of Göttingen Classical Philology Hippolytos and Phaidra , Aphrodite Parakyptusa (Dea Prospiciens), metamorphosis in the Dionysiacs of Nonnos of Panopolis , Demogorgon , Helios Megistos , syncretistic theology of late antiquity , magic , Hecate , Greek and Coptic appellations to Yahweh Eugen Fehrle (1880–1957) German University of Heidelberg Classical Philology cultic chastity André-Jean Festugière (1898–1982) Frenchman University of Heidelberg Classical Philology Corpus Hermeticum , Hermes Trismegistos , Church history : Council of Ephesus , Council of Chalcedon William Warde Fowler (1847-1921) Briton Lincoln College , Oxford Old story Roman religion , Roman festivals , Roman ideas of God James George Frazer (1854-1941) Briton Trinity College , Cambridge University, Liverpool Ethnology Classical Philology The Golden Bough Nicolas Fréret (1688–1749) Frenchman Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres Old story mythology William D. Furley (born 1953) Briton University of Heidelberg Classical Philology Fire , Andokides and the Hermenfrevel , cult hymns

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Ryszard Gansiniec (1888-1958) Pole University of Wrocław University of Krakow University of Lwow University of Poznan University of Warsaw Classical Philology Agathodaimon Viktor Gebhard (1896–1957) German High schools in Eichstätt and Dillingen on the Danube Classical Philology Cult associations: the Pharmakoi in Ionia and the Sybakchoi in Athens Stella Georgoudi (*) Greek and French École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Greek Studies Greek religion Fritz Graf (* 1944) Swiss Ohio State University Princeton University Basel Classical Philology Religions of the ancient Mediterranean world; Cults and festivals , especially North Ionian cults, ancient mystery cults , Dionysus , Orphic , mythology , ancient magic Otto Group (1851–1921) German Askanisches Gymnasium , Berlin Classical Philology Mythology and cults as well as the history of religion , orientalism in religion Wilhelm Gundel (1880–1945) German University of Giessen Classical Philology Astrology , Mythology and Roman Religion

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Volkert Haas (* 1936) German Free University of Berlin University of Konstanz Ancient Near Eastern Studies Hittite religion Jane Ellen Harrison (1850-1928) British Newnham College , Cambridge Religious history, Greek studies Greek religion, myth and rite Josef Heckenbach (1887 – after 1914) German Trier high school Classical Philology Cult images , religious nudity Martin Hengel (1926-2009) German University of Tübingen University of Erlangen Evangelical theology Judaism and Hellenism , Hellenization of Judaism, Christianity and the Jewish-Hellenistic history of religion Albert Henrichs (1942–2017) German Harvard University Classical Philology Greek mythology and religion, Dionysus, paganism and Christianity, Manichaeism Hugo Hepding (1878-1959) German University of Giessen Classical Philology Attis Gertrud Herzog-Hauser (1894–1953) Austrian University of Vienna high schools in Vienna Classical Philology ancient mythology and religion Rainer Hirsch-Luipold (* 1967) German University of Bern Protestant Theology Classical Philology Plutarch , Religious History of the Roman Empire Jens Holzhausen (* 1963) German University of Bamberg Classical Philology Gnosis , Hermetics , Early Christianity

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Vyacheslav Ivanovich Ivanov (1866-1949) Russian Pontifical Collegium Russicum , Rome Baku State University , Azerbaijan Private scholar Classical Archeology Roman Law Philosophy History Dionysus

J

scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Otto Jahn (1813–1869) German University of Bonn University of Leipzig University of Greifswald Classical Philology ancient mythology and religious history Michael H. Jameson (1924-2004) Americans Stanford University University of Pennsylvania Classical Philology Greek sacrifice Henri Jeanmaire (1884-1960) Frenchman École pratique des hautes études University of Lille Classical Philology Kouros , Dionysus Sarah Iles Johnston (*) American Ohio State University Classical Philology Prophecy , Orphic , Hecate , death and the cult of the dead , myth

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Otto Kaiser (1924-2017) German University of Marburg Protestant theology Relationship between Greek and Biblical theology Karl Kerényi (1897–1973) Hungarian CG Jung Institute , Küsnacht University of Szeged University of Pécs Classical Philology ancient mythology and religious history and their psychological interpretation Otto Kern (1863–1942) German University of Halle University of Rostock Classical Philology Orphic , ancient mystery cults and Greek religion Karl Keyßner (1906–1978) German Casimirianum in Coburg Jean-Paul-Gymnasium in Hof Gymnasium in Fürth Old Gymnasium in Würzburg Classical Philology Greek religion , Greek mythology , Greek hymn Hans G. Kippenberg (* 1939) German Jacobs University Bremen University of Bremen University of Groningen Religious studies Ancient religions , Middle Eastern religions of salvation Geoffrey Kirk (1921-2003) Briton Cambridge University Bristol University Cambridge University Trinity Hall , Cambridge Greek Studies Sacrifice , greek mythology

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Kurt Latte (1891–1964) German University of Göttingen University of Basel University of Greifswald Classical Philology Sacred legal forms in Greece, Roman religion Wolf Liebeschuetz (* 1927) Briton University of Nottingham Old story Roman religion , late ancient religions and Christianity Ivan M. Linforth (1879–1976) Americans University of California, Berkeley Classical Philology Orphic , Greek religion Christian August Lobeck (1781–1860) German University of Königsberg Classical Philology Greek religious history, orphics

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Ernst Maass (1856–1929) German University of Marburg University of Greifswald Classical Philology Orpheus , Roman gods of the day Nanno Marinatos (* 1950) Greek University of Illinois at Chicago Classical archeology Classical philology Minoan and early Greek religion Friedrich Matz the Younger (1890–1974) German University of Marburg University of Munster Classical archeology Minoan religion, cult image Reinhold Merkelbach (1918-2006) German University of Cologne University of Erlangen Classical Philology Mystery cults , Isis , Mani , Dionysus mysteries, Hestia , Mithras Karl Meuli (1891–1968) Swiss University of Basel Classical Philology Greek sacrificial customs , the agon in the cult of the dead Eduard Meyer (1855-1930) German University of Berlin University of Halle University of Breslau University of Leipzig Ancient Oriental Studies, Egyptology, Ancient History Origins and beginnings of Christianity , Judaism in Elephantine Friedrich Max Müller (1823-1900) German All Souls College , Oxford Christ Church , Oxford University, Oxford Religious Studies Linguistics Comparative Mythology , Anthropological Religion Karl Otfried Müller (1797-1840) German University of Göttingen Ancient history Classical archeology Classical philology Stories of Hellenic Tribes and Cities , The Etruscans Robert Muth (1916-2008) Austrian University of Innsbruck Classical Philology Greek and Roman religion George E. Mylonas (1898–1988) Γεώργιος Εμμανουήλ Μυλωνάς Greek Washington University in St. Louis Classical Philology Eleusinian Mysteries

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Martin P. Nilsson (1874-1967) Swede Lund University Classical Philology Cults, myths, oracles, and politics in ancient Greece , Greek religion , Greek religious festivals , Minoan-Mycenaean religion, Dionysus mysteries Arthur Darby Nock (1902-1963) Briton Harvard University Clare College , Cambridge Classical Philology Asklepios , Constantine and the Christian Church , Hermetics , Gods and the World John A. North (born 1938) Briton University College London Old story Roman religions , pagan priests in the ancient world

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Robert Parker (born 1950) Briton New College , Oxford Oriel College , Oxford Old story Greek religion , ritual purity , Athenian religion , Greek polytheism Stefan Pfeiffer (* 1974) German University of Halle Technical University of Chemnitz University of Münster Old story Decree of Kanopos , Ptolemaic rulers and dynasty cults , imperial cults in Alexandria and Egypt Ambros Josef Pfiffig (1910–1998) Austrian University of Vienna University of Perugia Etruscology Gods , cult Friedrich Pfister (1883–1967) German University of Würzburg University of Tübingen Classical Philology Cult of relics , Greek mythology Karen Piepenbrink (* 1969) German University of Giessen University of Mannheim Old story Antiquity and Christianity , Christian Identity and Assimilation in Late Antiquity Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge (* 1963) Belgian University of Liège Old story Greek religion , polytheism , pausanias , Greek mythology , cult personnel Jakob Pley (1886–1974) German High schools Classical Philology Greek religion, wool in ancient rites Simon RF Price (1954-2011) Briton Lady Margaret Hall , Oxford Christ’s College , Cambridge Old story Roman religions , imperial cult in Asia Minor , Greek religions , apologetics between the pagan world , Judaism and Christianity Maciej Popko (1936-2014) Pole Warsaw University Hittitology Hittite religion Henri-Charles Puech (1902-1986) Frenchman Collège de France History of religion Gnosis , Manichaeism Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli (1911-2010) Italian Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici , Naples Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Storici , Naples Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa University of Florence University of Pisa Old story Orphic gold slats

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Richard Reitzenstein (1861–1931) German University of Göttingen University of Freiburg University of Strasbourg University of Gießen University of Rostock Classical Philology Hellenistic mystery religions and their meaning for the New Testament , ancient syncretism and gnosis , meaning of the Mandaean traditions for the understanding of the Gospel of John and above all the explanation of the baptism of John and the early Christian baptism ritual, parallelism of Hellenistic philosophers' lives and travel novels with the apocryphal literature of the apostles Carl Robert (1850-1922) German University of Halle University of Berlin Classical archeology Classical philology Greek mythology and its iconography Erwin Rohde (1845–1898) German University of Heidelberg University of Leipzig University of Tübingen University of Jena University of Kiel Classical Philology Psyche. Soul cult and belief in immortality of the Greeks Lynn E. Roller (born 1947) American University of California, Davis Classical archeology Greek and Anatolian (Phrygian) religions, Cybele and Attis Kurt Rudolph (* 1929) German University of Marburg University of Leipzig Protestant theology history of religion Mandaeans and Gnosis Jörg Rüpke (* 1962) German University of Erfurt University of Potsdam Classical Philology Roman religions , the Roman festival calendar , prosopography of pagans, Jewish and Christian priests Jean Rudhardt (1922-2003) Swiss University of Geneva History of Religion, Papyrology, Graecistics Greek religion , basic concepts of the religious thought of the Greeks, Orphic , Orphic hymns Ian Rutherford (born 1959) Briton Reading University Classical Philology Greek religion , the state-organized pilgrimage , called theoria , contacts between Greece and Egypt

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Tanja Scheer (* 1964) German University of Göttingen University of Oldenburg Old story Greek hero myths , Greek cult images, temple prostitution John Scheid (* 1946) Luxembourger Collège de France École pratique des hautes études University of Lille École française de Rome Old story Roman religion , Arval Brothers , priestly fasting Renate Schlesier (* 1947) German Free University of Berlin University of Paderborn Religious scholar Mythology , neo-paganism , anthropology of antiquity , Dionysus , ritual , prosopography by researchers in the field of historical anthropology Friedrich Schwenn (1889–1955) German Rostock Classical Philology Sacrifice and human sacrifice in antiquity, Greek cult , prayer Giulia Sfameni Gasparro (* 1941) Italian University of Messina Religious historian Greek and Oriental mystery cults , especially Cybele and Attis , Isis and Mithras ; Hermetics , early Christianity , Origen , Gnosticism Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood (1945-2007) British University of Reading University College , Oxford University of Liverpool Greek Studies Greek religion , especially sanctuaries, rites , rites de passage (the arkteia as part of the Artemis cult ), festivals ( Plynteria , Panathenaia , Dionysia ) and mythology ( Theseus , Aglauros , Erechtheus ), Athens and Attica as well as the Attic tragedy Wolfgang Speyer (* 1933) German University of Salzburg Classical Philology Early Christianity and its Surroundings Paul Stengel (1851-1929) German Joachimsthalsches Gymnasium , Berlin Classical Philology Cult antiquities , sacrificial customs Zeph Stewart (1921-2007) Americans Harvard University Classical Philology Christianity and Ancient Greece George John Szemler (1928-2003) Americans Loyola University Chicago Ancient History Classical Philology Priest in the Roman religion

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Julius Tambornino (1885–1964) German High schools Classical Philology Greek religion, belief in demons Piotr Taracha (* 1960) Pole Polish Academy of Sciences University of Warsaw Hittitology Carl Olof Thulin (1871-1921) Swede University of Gothenburg University of Lund Classical Philology Etruscan religion , bronze liver from Piacenza Imre Trencsényi-Waldapfel (1908-1970) Hungarian Hungarian Academy of Sciences Classical Philology Mythology , Danae , Golden Age Gustav Türk (1870–1948) German Wroclaw City Library and Gymnasium Classical Philology Hylas , collaboration on the detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology and on Pauly's Realencyclopadie of classical antiquity Alois Tresp (1884–1973) German various high schools Classical Philology The fragments of the Greek cult writers Robert Turcan (1929-2018) Frenchman University of Paris IV Sorbonne University of Lyon École Française de Rome Classical archeology Dionysus mysteries, Mithras , oriental cults in the Roman Empire

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Hermann Usener (1834–1905) German University of Bonn University of Greifswald University of Bern Classical Philology Christianity ( Pelagia , Christophorus , Marina ); God names, religious concept formation

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Maarten Jozef Vermaseren (1918–1985) Dutch Utrecht University Classical archeology Classical philology Religious history of Hellenism , Mithras , Cybele and Attis Jean-Pierre Vernant (1914-2007) Frenchman Collège de France École pratique des hautes études Greek Studies Greek mythology and its anthropological implications for the religious and cultural history of antiquity Hendrik Simon Versnel (* 1936) Dutch Leiden University Classical Philology Triumph , Isis , Dionysus , Hermes , henotheism , myth and ritual , curse and prayer

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scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Otto Weinreich (1886–1972) German University of Tübingen University of Heidelberg University of Jena University of Tübingen Classical Philology God-humanity , miracle of healing Stefan Weinstock (1901–1971) Briton University of Oxford Vatican Apostolic Library Classical Philology Ancient History Roman religion , Templum , Lex Sacra , dedicatory inscriptions , Saturnalia , New Year celebrations Joseph Wiesner (1913–1975) German Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg University of Halle Classical archeology Greek religion , mythological topography , ideas of the afterlife Geo Widengren (1907-1996) Swede Uppsala University Orientalist ancient oriental and Iranian religions, belief in high gods , sacred royalty , Mani , Manichaeism , Mandaeans Eduard Williger (1899–1932) German University of Cologne Classical Philology Hagios , holy Georg Wissowa (1859–1931) German University of Halle University of Marburg Classical Philology Roman religion Roger D. Woodard (born 1951) Americans State University of New York at Buffalo Classical Philology Roman , Greek and Indo-European religion ; historical anthropology ; Interaction between Greece and the Middle East Richard Wünsch (1869–1915) German University of Münster University of Königsberg University of Gießen Classical Philology Mother cult , Mithras , belief in the hereafter , escape tables

Y

scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Dimitrios Yatromanolakis (*) Greek Harvard University Greek Studies Poetics of the ritual

Z

scientist nationality Place of work Qualifications Research priorities image Leonid Zhmud (* 1956) Леонид Жмудь Russian Russian Academy of Sciences , St. Petersburg Old story Pythagoreanism , Orphic Konrat Ziegler (1884–1974) German University of Göttingen University of Greifswald University of Breslau Classical Philology Prayer ; Editor of Roscher , Extensive Lexicon of Greek and Roman Mythology Günther Zuntz (1902–1992) German University of Manchester University of Copenhagen Classical Philology Religion in the Magna Graecia

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Scientists : This column records the name, the dates of life and, if applicable, the Greek form of the name.

Nationality : This column records the nationality, as far as can be determined in view of data protection and personal rights. In the case of Greeks living abroad in particular , dual citizenship can also be given without the public having to be aware of this.

Place of activity : For academics, this column usually only records the universities at which they have taught with the rank of professor, possibly in biographical order. For employees of research institutions, the institution is given, for all others (honorary professors, academic mid-level faculty, lecturers, teachers, etc.) the city in which they are or were active.

Further qualifications : This column records further academic qualifications of the researchers listed.

Main research areas : This column summarizes the key areas of work and research achievements of the researchers listed. Outstanding titles of the researcher's writings are in italics.

Image : This column shows images of the named researchers in the form of photographs, paintings, woodcuts and the like.

See also

• List of classical philologists
• List of ancient scholars and archaeologists
• List of well-known ancient historians
• List of known classical archaeologists
• List of well-known mycenologists
• List of known Graecists
• List of well-known researchers on ancient philosophy
• List of well-known patrists
• List of well-known Egyptologists
• List of well-known ancient orientalists
• List of well-known Near Eastern archaeologists
• List of famous etrusologists
• List of well-known Roman provincial archaeologists
• Religious historical experiments and preparatory work

literature

• Hans G. Kippenberg : The discovery of the history of religion. Religious Studies and Modernity. CH Beck, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-406-42882-7 . - Translations into French, English, Italian and Japanese.
• Renate Schlesier : Cults, Myths and Scholars. Anthropology of antiquity since 1800 (= Fischer pocket books 11924 Fischer Science ). Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-596-11924-3 . - On Friedrich Creuzer , Karl Otfried Müller , Otto Jahn , Eduard Meyer , Jane Ellen Harrison , the Usener School, Claude Lévi-Strauss and the Vernant School .

Web links

• European Association for the Study of Religions
• List of authors at Kernos - Revue internationale et pluridisciplinaire de religion grecque antique
• Revue de l'histoire des religions : list of authors