Dr Elizabeth Stockdale
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Dr Elizabeth Stockdale

BA (Hons) Dip.Ed UON, MA PhD MQ, MRSNSW
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The University of Sydney
Dr Elizabeth Stockdale

Elizabeth taught classical languages, classical literature, ancient philosophy and a cross disciplinary course in Greek literature with Modern Greek Studies for just under ten years at Macquarie University.

Recently she was a Visiting Researcher at Girton College, University of Cambridge.

Elizabeth's book, Female Agency and Virtue in the Odyssey, will be published by Routledge in 2026.

Her research interests include:

  • Homeric epic and ancient epic generally
  • Female figures in Classical Literature
  • Ancient Greek thought, particularly virtue ethics in Homer
  • Classical Reception in Australian 19th and early 20th century art and music.
  • Executive Member of the Classical Association of NSW

Publications

Book Chapters

  • Stockdale, E. (2018). With and without you: The νόστοι of Helen and Menelaos and the path to μῆτις. In C. Ferella and C. Breytenbach (Eds.), Paths of Knowledge: Interconnection(s) between Knowledge and Journey in the Greco-Roman World, (pp. 19-33). Berlin: Edition Topoi.

Journals

  • Stockdale, E. (2021). Intercultural connections in the Odyssey. Modern Greek Studies (Australia and New Zealand), 20, 116-129.
  • Stockdale, E. (2019). The Omen and the Dream: Helen's and Penelope's Visions of the Eagle and the Geese in Homer, Odyssey 15.160–178 and 19.535–55. Helios, 46(1), 1-15. [More Information]

Reference Works

  • Stockdale, E. (2025). Rhona Beare: Girton, Australia and Tolkien. In G. Whitaker (Eds.), The Biographical Dictionary of Women Classicists (Forthcoming). Leiden: Brill.
  • Stockdale, E. (2020). The Shield of Achilles. In C. Due, R.Lamberton, S.Lupack and S. Pache (Eds.), The Cambridge Guide to Homer. (pp. 384-386). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

2025

  • Stockdale, E. (2025). Rhona Beare: Girton, Australia and Tolkien. In G. Whitaker (Eds.), The Biographical Dictionary of Women Classicists (Forthcoming). Leiden: Brill.

2021

  • Stockdale, E. (2021). Intercultural connections in the Odyssey. Modern Greek Studies (Australia and New Zealand), 20, 116-129.

2020

  • Stockdale, E. (2020). The Shield of Achilles. In C. Due, R.Lamberton, S.Lupack and S. Pache (Eds.), The Cambridge Guide to Homer. (pp. 384-386). United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press.

2019

  • Stockdale, E. (2019). The Omen and the Dream: Helen's and Penelope's Visions of the Eagle and the Geese in Homer, Odyssey 15.160–178 and 19.535–55. Helios, 46(1), 1-15. [More Information]

2018

  • Stockdale, E. (2018). With and without you: The νόστοι of Helen and Menelaos and the path to μῆτις. In C. Ferella and C. Breytenbach (Eds.), Paths of Knowledge: Interconnection(s) between Knowledge and Journey in the Greco-Roman World, (pp. 19-33). Berlin: Edition Topoi.