Dr. Ellen Millender
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PhD (University of Pennsylvania, USA)
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Archaeology (ARCH)
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History (HIST)
Courses
Ellen Millender is the Omar & Althea Hoskins Professor of Greek, Latin, and Ancient Mediterranean Studies and Humanities at Reed College, Oregon, US, where she has taught since 2002. She has published numerous works on many aspects of Spartan society, including leadership, literacy, kingship, military organization, and women. Her recent work includes chapters on Thucydides’ treatment of Spartan kingship, Spartan commanders in Xenophon’s Anabasis, Spartan female luxury in Plato’s Laws and Aristotle’s Politics, and the dangers that war spoils posed to the Spartan politeia.
Forthcoming publications address the nature of leadership in Spartan society, Spartan austerity, Xenophon’s treatments of Spartan emotional practices, and the role of spectacle and performance in Xenophon’s works that focus on Sparta.
Professor Millender won a J. William Fulbright Scholar Award for 2023-2024 that allowed her to conduct research at the University of Nottingham’s Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies for her monograph on the Athenians’ construction of Spartan strangeness.