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Esther Eidinow is professor of Ancient History at the University of Bristol.

Career
Before her career in academia, Eidnow worked as a freelance editor and writer for various organisations, including international humanitarian organisations such as UNAIDS. She completed her DPhil in Ancient History at the University of Oxford in DATE.

Eidinow was Reader in Ancient Greek History at Newman University College, Birmingham, from DATE until DATE. She then worked as Lecturer in Ancient Greek History at the University of Nottingham from DATE until DATE. She was appointed to the chair in Ancient History in Bristol in 2017.

Work
Eidinow's research focusses on Greek society and culture, and particularly on the role of religion and magic. She has published widely on Greek religious practices including the use of oracles, curse tablets, and witchcraft. Her work has an ongoing conceptual focus around the notions of fate, luck, and risk in antiquity.

Books and Edited Volumes

 * Oracles, Curses, and Risk among the Ancient Greeks (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
 * Luck, Fate, and Fortune (London: IB Tauris, 2011)
 * The Oxford Companion to Classical Civilisation, editor, with Simon Hornblower and Antony Spawforth (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012)
 * Envy, Poison, and Death, (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015)
 * Theologies of Ancient Greek Religion, editor, with Julia Kindt and Robin Osborne, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016)