Ruby Blondell

Ruby Blondell (formerly known as Mary Whitlock Blundell) is Professor of Classics, and Adjunct Professor in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Emeritx at the University of Washington. They have published widely on Greek literature and philosophy, and on the reception of myth in popular culture. Their other books include The Play of Character in Plato's Dialogues (Cambridge, 2002), Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation (Oxford, 2013) and Helen of Troy in Hollywood (Princeton, 2023).

Ruby Blondell (formerly known as Mary Whitlock Blundell) is Professor of Classics, and Adjunct Professor in Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies Emeritx at the University of Washington. They have published widely on Greek literature and philosophy, and on the reception of myth in popular culture. Their other books include The Play of Character in Plato's Dialogues (Cambridge, 2002), Helen of Troy: Beauty, Myth, Devastation (Oxford, 2013) and Helen of Troy in Hollywood (Princeton, 2023). See less