Gunnel Ekroth, PhD (1999), Stockholm University, is Professor of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History at Uppsala University. She works on Greek religion, particularly ritual practices. Among her recent publications is the edited volume Bones, behavior and beliefs (2013).

Ingela Nilsson, PhD (2001), Gothenburg University, is Professor of Greek and Byzantine Studies at Uppsala University. She is particularly interested in narration and literary adaptation. Among her recent publications is the monograph Raconter Byzance: la littérature au 12e siècle (2014).

Contributors are: Zissis Ainalis, Thomas Arentzen, Pierre Bonnechère, Eric Cullhed, Gunnel Ekroth, Wiebke Friese, Fritz Graf, Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui, Sarah Iles Johnston, Sofia Kravaritou, Henry Maguire, Przemysław Marciniak, Adrian Mihai, Heinz-Günther Nesselrath, Ingela Nilsson, Andrej Petrovic, Ivana Petrovic, Scott Scullion, Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed, Maria Stamatopoulou, Annie Verbanck-Piérard.