Classics and Ancient History
Dr Eriko Ogden
Honorary Fellow
I am currently involved in the following projects:
- Co-editor and principal translator of the Japanese translation of S.R.F. Price and E. Kearns eds. Oxford Dictionary of Classical Myth and Religion (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003). Asakura Publishing Co., Ltd.
- Translator into Japanese of Christopher Gill Personality in Greek Epic, Tragedy and Philosophy: the Self in Dialogue (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996). The project is under the care of Tatsuro Yamamoto (Akita University), who will provide a new introduction.
- I am preparing the first translation into Japanese of the works of Dinarchus, Lycurgus, Hypereides and Demades, with substantial commentaries, for the Kyoto Classical Texts series published by Kyoto University Press.
- I am a member of the editorial board of Beytulhikme, An International Journal of Philosophy, edited by Mustafa Çevik.
My main research concerns are:
- Interdisciplinary and revisionist approaches to Plato’s ethical and political philosophy.
- The comparative study of Plato’s writings and those of other ancient authors.
- The investigation of Plato’s thinking about myth and religion in cultural context.
- Ancient Greek political and legal concepts, and their relation to modern political and legal concepts.
- Ancient Greek political and forensic oratory.
Publications: 'Lucianus, Plato and Philosophy: the Case of the Philopseudes' in Mustafa Cevik ed. International Symposium on Lucianus of Samosata. Adiyaman, 2009. 137-44.
with Mustafa Çevik, ‘Platon’un Gorgias Isimli Eserinde Teknik Kavrami ve Günümüzdeki Aniami’ in...
International conference paper: 'Utopianism and Realism in Plato's Politics' at VI Jornadas sobre el Pensamiento Utopico: Utopia Antigua / Ancient Utopia, 19-20 November 2009, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
PhD thesis title: Plato's Gorgias and the Art of Politics (awarded May 2008, Exeter)
My husband is Daniel Ogden, Professor of Ancient History
