Jean Menzies

Jean Menzies is an author, ancient historian and presenter who received her PhD in Classics from Roehampton University in 2022. She has dedicated her career to making these topics accessible to all. Her first book, Greek Myths: Meet the heroes, gods and monsters of ancient Greece (2020), won the BAMB Breakthrough Author award that year. Since then she has written on mythology and history for all ages. Her debut adult novel, The Lady of the Lake, was published in 2025, and her history of women’s sex, desire and pleasure in the Classical world, Aphrodisia, was published in 2026. You can find her online at @jeansthoughts creating content about myth, history, literature, and film.