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J. C. (John Cuthbert) Lawson
1874–1935
A British classical scholar best remembered for exploring how ancient Greek religion lived on in modern folklore, he wrote with the curiosity of a field observer and the training of a philologist.
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Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion: A Study in Survivals
by J. C. (John Cuthbert) Lawson
About the author
Born in 1874, John Cuthbert Lawson was a British classical scholar whose work connected ancient Greek belief with living tradition. He studied at Bradfield College and Pembroke College, Cambridge, later becoming a fellow and lecturer at Pembroke.
He is best known for Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion (1910), a wide-ranging study of customs, legends, and religious survivals in Greece. The book helped make his name among readers interested in mythology, folklore, and the long afterlife of the classical world.
Lawson died in 1935. His writing still stands out for the way it brings together close scholarship and genuine interest in how ordinary people preserve old beliefs in everyday life.