# E. R. Dodds

Irish classicist who synthesized psychoanalysis, anthropology, and philosophy to illuminate irrational forces in ancient Greek culture and religion.

**Lived:** 1893–1979 (b. Banbridge, County Down)
**Nationality:** Irish
**Training:** Classics (Literae Humaniores), University College, Oxford; lifelong interest in psychoanalysis and psychic research
**Affiliation:** Regius Professor of Greek, University of Oxford (1936–1960); classical scholar integrating psychoanalytic and anthropological perspectives

## Key works

- *The Greeks and the Irrational* (1951)
- *Pagan and Christian in an Age of Anxiety* (1965)
- *Missing Persons: An Autobiography* (1977)
- *Proclus, The Elements of Theology* (1964)
- *Select Passages Illustrative of Neoplatonism* (1924)
- *Euripides, Bacchae* (1960)