STEM Ed+ Commons | Ellie Mackin Roberts | Activity https://stemedplus.hcommons.org/members/elliemackin/activity/ Activity feed for Ellie Mackin Roberts. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 09:12:11 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=10.6.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 8b4d836278bfb419a0d11d51f6a7ce37 Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity in the group Religious Studies https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680740/ Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:26:49 +0000 This volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods.

These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that…[Read more]

]]> 0 592928684b157d09ebe7d0d37b87ac90 Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity in the group Ancient Greece & Rome https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680739/ Sat, 14 Mar 2020 16:26:08 +0000 This volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods.

These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that…[Read more]

]]> 0 d254916ad42171d6d43445a261577fd3 Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Underworld Gods in Ancient Greek Religion: Death and Reciprocity https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1680721/ Sat, 14 Mar 2020 12:31:57 +0000 This volume presents a case for how and why people in archaic and classical Greece worshipped Underworld gods.

These gods are often portrayed as malevolent and transgressive, giving an impression that ancient worshippers derived little or no benefit from developing ongoing relationships with them. In this book, the first book-length study that…[Read more]

]]> 0 488a339a7d749fcda5b6efe7ae87771e Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Weaving for Athena: The Arrhephoroi, Panathenaia, and Mundane Acts as Religious Devotion in the group Women in Antiquity https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1678364/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:26:01 +0000 This article examines the young girls aged between seven and eleven year old who are elected to serve in the cult of Athena Polias, patron deity of Athens, in the classical period (roughly 5 th century, BC). I look at the creation of the dress given to Athena at the yearly Panathenaia festival, the creation of which is the main activity of their…[Read more]

]]> 0 6fc1634e42201e9b107c8ea15bcbdd7c Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Weaving for Athena: The Arrhephoroi, Panathenaia, and Mundane Acts as Religious Devotion in the group Ancient Greece & Rome https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1678363/ Thu, 13 Feb 2020 16:25:21 +0000 This article examines the young girls aged between seven and eleven year old who are elected to serve in the cult of Athena Polias, patron deity of Athens, in the classical period (roughly 5 th century, BC). I look at the creation of the dress given to Athena at the yearly Panathenaia festival, the creation of which is the main activity of their…[Read more]

]]> 0 b64a1f93988e3bc447db615901aaac50 Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1678248/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:41:43 +0000 0 c995dbfb1fd375774599ae1c9a03af2e Ellie Mackin deposited Weaving for Athena: The Arrhephoroi, Panathenaia, and Mundane Acts as Religious Devotion https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1678247/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 15:41:12 +0000 This article examines the young girls aged between seven and eleven year old who are elected to serve in the cult of Athena Polias, patron deity of Athens, in the classical period (roughly 5 th century, BC). I look at the creation of the dress given to Athena at the yearly Panathenaia festival, the creation of which is the main activity of their…[Read more]

]]> 0 64b4eeefbe86c07ce31b7648a90fa886 Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1663260/ Fri, 13 Sep 2019 15:04:24 +0000 0 10945508a34ba9af2876e9c984d52507 Ellie Mackin Roberts posted an update: My Life Is One Big Revise and Resubmit At The Moment™ - […] https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1625907/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 10:08:59 +0000 My Life Is One Big Revise and Resubmit At The Moment™ - #amrevising #amediting

]]> 0 d2b50bc12e965e70f5e301cf5bafd87f Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1617162/ Fri, 31 Aug 2018 17:33:48 +0000 0 2efd061ac76c04b15ae1905056a32c4b Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Practical Tips for Feminist Pedagogy in Classics in the group Ancient Greece & Rome https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583261/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 01:00:50 +0000 On July 29th, 2016 the Women’s Classical Committee UK, with the support of the Council of University Classics Departments, hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham titled ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’ workshop. This is one of two reports that came out of that workshop and presents some practical tips for t…[Read more]

]]> 0 304a188e90b5f83025d6dcaa446cf69a Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching in the group Ancient Greece & Rome https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583260/ Fri, 29 Sep 2017 01:00:02 +0000 On July 29th, 2016 the Women’s Classical Committee UK, with the support of the Council of University Classics Departments, hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham titled ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’ workshop. This is one of two reports that came out of that workshop and presents some practical tips for t…[Read more]

]]> 0 6aaf7dfb38926593643b36b13d760479 Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Practical Tips for Feminist Pedagogy in Classics https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583205/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:47:20 +0000 On July 29th, 2016 the Women’s Classical Committee UK, with the support of the Council of University Classics Departments, hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham titled ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’ workshop. This is one of two reports that came out of that workshop and presents some practical tips for t…[Read more]

]]> 0 53199163c56d4c8a9806c9bdbb5030cf Ellie Mackin Roberts deposited Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583202/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:44:16 +0000 On July 29th, 2016 the Women’s Classical Committee UK, with the support of the Council of University Classics Departments, hosted a workshop at the University of Birmingham titled ‘Classics and Feminist Pedagogy: Practical Tips for Teaching’ workshop. This is one of two reports that came out of that workshop and presents some practical tips for t…[Read more]

]]> 0 1d8edb6f23cc93cc2ae57c4c14794419 Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1583200/ Thu, 28 Sep 2017 10:26:25 +0000 0 1950e5f562b0f3f06e34d7f5c9fe9edf Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1579363/ Mon, 21 Aug 2017 15:05:08 +0000 0 f97cc472e63126e69c3c6108838c6c7d Ellie Mackin Roberts changed their profile picture https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1578837/ Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:49:42 +0000 0 15a775769ab5ce099b5bbb964a1f0369 Ellie Mackin deposited Doom and Sorrow: Achilleus’ Physical Expression of Mourning in the Iliad in the group Ancient Greece & Rome https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1570097/ Thu, 11 May 2017 01:04:44 +0000 This article looks at how Achilleus physically expresses his mourning following the death of Patroklos, in Homer's Iliad.

]]> 0 dd6924b56d17979dab4467ffbf78d486 Ellie Mackin deposited Girls Playing Persephone (in Marriage and Death) https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1569808/ Mon, 08 May 2017 14:52:06 +0000 Arguably, the most famous myth told about Persephone is her abduction and marriage to Hades. The story clearly articulates the strong connection between marriage and death, and this episode became significant in both literature and religious practice in the wider classical Greek world. Reference to the story of Persephone’s abduction came to be u…[Read more]

]]> 0 91543f26f4b2a7728cd9773c14fa32b8 Ellie Mackin deposited Doom and Sorrow: Achilleus’ Physical Expression of Mourning in the Iliad https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1569806/ Mon, 08 May 2017 14:44:03 +0000 This article looks at how Achilleus physically expresses his mourning following the death of Patroklos, in Homer's Iliad.

]]> 0 0704b623e2fffc99c6b9ab47a08c608b Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1569801/ Mon, 08 May 2017 14:25:14 +0000 0 aeea13ec14fc65af7a1fbb3a35e46937 Ellie Mackin created the event Women's Classical Committee (UK) Annual General Meeting in the group Ancient Greece & Rome. https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1559655/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 17:56:55 +0000 0 eb5d897fcff8c5db94e966432de69c0b Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1559557/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:11:09 +0000 0 cf8f1d1b2664ae1516d92be7b9f7f73b Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1559556/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:10:34 +0000 0 dd5bc7eb45ce372104fc49c4e5f3bf5b Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1559555/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:09:46 +0000 0 399833bddbd77ac365906d71d1f652e8 Ellie Mackin Roberts's profile was updated https://hcommons.org/activity/p/1559554/ Fri, 27 Jan 2017 15:09:05 +0000 0