Searching for 'the promised land' in Greco-Roman Myth and Literature | Theodore Antoniadis
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 26/01/2021

On January 21, 2021, Theodore Antoniadis gave a presentation to the CHS research community on "Nil desperandum…cras ingens iterabimus aequor (Hor. Carm. 1.7): Searching for 'the promised land' in Greco-Roman Myth and Literature.”

Theodore Antoniadis studied Classics at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (BA: 1994-1999, PhD: 2001-2007) and at the University of Toronto in Canada (MA: 1999-2000). A revised version of his doctoral dissertation, The Rhetoric of Belatedness: A Running Commentary on Ovid’s Amores, as well as a translation of Lucretius’ De Rerum Natura and an Anthology of Latin Love Elegy from Catullus to Ovid (e-book) are published in Greek. He has also written various articles in leading international peer-reviewed journals and peer-reviewed conference proceedings on Augustan Poetry, Latin Elegy, Senecan Tragedy, while his current research focuses primarily on Flavian Epic.

He has taught Latin as a lecturer at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki since 2007, whereas in 2018 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Latin. His research interests focus on: Augustan Poetry, Latin Love Elegy, Flavian Epic, Senecan Tragedy, Gender Studies.