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Faculty of Classics

 

Publications

Key publications: 

Edited books

S. Owen & L. Preston (eds) Inside the Greek City: Studies in Urbanism in the Greek World from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period (Oxbow, 2009)

H. Hurst & S. Owen (eds) Ancient Colonizations: analogy, similarity and difference (Duckworth, 2005)

Articles

'New light on Thracian Thasos: a reinterpretation of the 'cave of Pan'' JHS 120 (2000), 139-143.

'Of Dogs and Men: Archilochos, archaeology and the Greek settlement of Thasos' PCPS 49 (2003), 1-18.

'Archaeology, analogy and Archaic Greek colonization' in H. Hurst & S. Owen (eds) Ancient Colonizations: analogy, similarity and difference (Duckworth, 2005)

'Mortuary display and cultural contact: a cemetery at Kastri on Thasos' Oxford Journal of Archaeology 25 (2006), 257-70

'The Thracian landscape of Archaic Thasos' in S. Owen and L. Preston (eds) Inside the Greek City: Studies in Urbanism in the Greek World from the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Period (Oxbow, 2009)

Affiliated Lecturer in Classics
Fellow and Director of Studies in Classics at Fitzwilliam College
Dr Sara  Owen

Contact Details

Fitzwilliam College
Cambridge
CB3 0DG
sso10@cam.ac.uk
01223 332064
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Latest news

Faculty wins University Outreach Award

22 May 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that we have been named the recipient of the University Outreach Award at Classics for All ’s 6th annual Impact Awards. The award recognises the Faculty’s extensive outreach and widening participation initiatives designed to break down barriers and make classical subjects accessible to...

Cambridge and Yale Postgraduates Explore Ancient Environments

20 May 2026

In late March, postgraduate researchers from the Cambridge Faculty of Classics travelled to Yale University for the second Yale-Cambridge Roman Empire Workshop. Held over three days in New Haven, Connecticut, the international conference brought together early-career scholars and senior faculty from archaeology, classics...

CANCELLED: Gray Lectures 2026

18 May 2026

Unfortunately, this year's J.H. Gray Lectures have been cancelled due to speaker ill-health. We are sorry for the short notice and for any inconvenience caused.

Phyle Project

5 May 2026

The Faculty is delighted to announce that Dr Daniel Sutton has won a Phyle Project Award, for scholars working on how democracy has been preserved, restored, or recovered across time. For more information please see the Phyle Project website .