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NameErika Weiberg
PositionResearcher
AffiliationUppsala University
Research Interests

Archaic and classical Greek poetry, especially epic and drama
Women, gender, and class in antiquity

Publications

Penelope’s Sisters: Waiting Wives and the Trauma of Reunion in Greek Tragedy (book manuscript)
“Deianeira’s Wounds in Sophocles’ Trachiniae” (article)
“Weapons as Friends and Foes in Sophocles’ Ajax and Euripides’ Heracles” (essay in collected volume)

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