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Deborah Lyons
Dr. Deborah Lyons is an Associate Professor of Classics at Miami University (Ohio). She holds degrees from Wesleyan University and Princeton University, where she earned a PhD in Classics. Deborah works on gender in antiquity—especially in myth and literature. She also brings her expertise to Greek archaic and classical poetry, religion, and anthropological approaches to the study of antiquity. Some of her many books include: Gender and Immortality: Heroines in Ancient Greek Myth and Cult, Women and Property in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Societies with Raymond Westbrook, and Dangerous Gifts: Gender and Exchange in Ancient Greece.