Natasha Bershadsky

A research subject that I am most interested in is the employment of myths and rituals in the political developments of the Archaic and Classical periods. My book in preparation explores ritual and mythological aspects of long-running border conflicts in Archaic Greece and their creative transformations by the democracies of the Classical period. My other project is an investigation of Hesiod’s hero cults, their connection to Hesiodic poetry and their political use in the Archaic and Classical periods.  I am a Fellow in Ancient Greek History and in Poetry at the Center for Hellenic Studies. I received my PhD degree from the University of Chicago, my BA degree from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and was born in Moscow.