Sheila Louise Ager (born 1956) is a

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Lecturer and the Director of

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Studies at the

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, Ontario. Her principal area of interest is Greek history, focusing on the Hellenistic Age, from 323 BC to 30 BC. She has further interest in interstate relations in the Hellenistic Period, and much of her work centres on the concept of peaceful resolution of disputes. She also researches the Ptolemaic dynasty, especially its final ruler,

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Career

Ager received her BA and MA from Queen's University,

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, and was awarded her Ph.D from the

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in 1989. Since 1987 she has worked at the

, where she has held positions including Chair of the Department of Classical Studies, Associate Dean of Arts (undergraduate studies), and Director of the Waterloo Institute for Hellenistic Studies. Since 2019, she has been

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of the

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. She was the Hyde Lecturer at the

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in 2020.

Selected publications

Books

* ed., Cultural History of Peace in Antiquity (500 BC – AD 800). (2020). Part of series, A Cultural History of Peace, ed.

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. Bloomsbury. * ''Belonging and Isolation in the Hellenistic World'' (2013, ed., with R. Faber). University of Toronto Press. * ''Interstate Arbitrations in the Greek World, 337-90 B.C'' (1996). University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles.

Book chapters and journal articles

* 2016 (with C. Hardiman) “Female Seleukid Portraits: Where Are They?” In ''Seleukid Royal Women: Creation, Representation, and Distortion of Hellenistic Queenship in the Seleukid Empire'', eds. A. Coşkun and A. McAuley: 143-72. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag. * 2013 “Marriage or Mirage? The Phantom Wedding of Cleopatra and Antony.” ''Classical Philology'' 108.2: 139-55. * 2012 “The Alleged Rapprochement between Achaios and Attalos I in 220 BC.” ''Historia: Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte'' 61.4: 421-29. * 2009 “Roman Perspectives on Greek Diplomacy.” In C. Eilers (ed.), ''Diplomats and Diplomacy in the Roman World''. Mnemosyne Supplement 304; Brill, Leiden/Boston: 15-43. * 2008 “Rescuing Local History: Epigraphy and the Island of Thera.” In C. Cooper (ed.), ''Epigraphy and the Greek Historian'' (Festschrift for P. Harding), University of Toronto Press: 150-76. * 2007 “Keeping the Peace in Ionia: Kings and Poleis.” In H. Elton/G. Reger (eds.) ''Regionalism in Hellenistic and Roman Asia Minor'', Ausonius Editions, Paris and Bordeaux: 45-52. * 2005 “Familiarity Breeds: Incest and the Ptolemaic Dynasty.” ''Journal of Hellenic Studies'' 125: 1-34. * 2005 “Sacred Settlements: the Role of the Gods in the Resolution of Interstate Disputes.” In J.-M. Bertrand (ed.), ''La violence dans les mondes grec et romain'', ''Actes du colloque international'' (Paris, 2-4 mai 2002), Publications de la Sorbonne, Paris: 413-29. * 2001 “Fourth-century Thera and the Second Athenian Sea League.” ''The Ancient World'' 32: 99-119. * 1998 “Civic Identity in the Hellenistic World: the Case of Lebedos.” ''Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies'' 39 (1998

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: 5-21. * 1998 “Thera and the Pirates: an Ancient Case of the Stockholm Syndrome?” ''Ancient History Bulletin'' 12: 83-95. * 1997 “Foreign Judges and Dikaiodosia: a Rhodian Fragment.” ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'' 117: 123-25. * 1994 “Hellenistic Crete and Koinodikion,” ''Journal of Hellenic Studies'' 114: 1-18. * 1993 “Why War? Some Views on International Arbitration in Ancient Greece.” ''Echos du monde classique/Classical Views'' 12: 1-13. * 1991 “A Royal Arbitration between Klazomenai and Teos?” ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'' 85: 87-97. * 1991 “Rhodes: the Rise and Fall of a Neutral Diplomat.” ''Historia: Zeitschrift für alte Geschichte'' 40: 10-41. * 1989 “Judicial Imperialism: the Case of Melitaia.” ''Ancient History Bulletin'' 3: 107-14.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ager, Sheila Scholars of ancient Greek history Living people 1956 births Canadian classical scholars University of Waterloo faculty Queen's University at Kingston alumni University of British Columbia alumni Canadian women non-fiction writers