Phaedra and Hippolytus | Dionysos Alexiou
Channel: The Center for Hellenic Studies
Date: 2021-04-29

On April 1, 2021, Dionysos Alexiou gave a presentation to the CHS research community on "Phaedra and Hippolytus: the intertextual journey of the mytheme in 21st century’s drama plays."

Dionysos Alexiou was born and raised in Cyprus. Following his BA in Classics from the University of Ioannina (2003-2007) he went on to further complete an MA -also from the University of Ioannina- in Medieval Greek Literature (2007-2010) and a PhD from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2011-2015) where he focused his research on the reception of ancient Greek drama in newer dramaturgy. He received a scholarship from the A.G. Leventis Foundation throughout his master’s and doctoral research. He also successfully completed a specialized course for accredited guide-Docent at the A.G. Leventis Gallery in Cyprus, and recently a specialized course in ‘Copy Editing and Proofreading’ at the National and Kapodistrian University in Athens. Throughout his studies he has been involved as a volunteer at Walk of Truth, a Dutch NGO, which aims at the protection and return of looted artefacts in war-torn countries, as well as combating illicit art traffic. He is currently working as an Associate to the Office of the President of the House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus, and as an adjunct professor at the University of Cyprus (Department of Classics) and University of Nicosia (Department of Languages and Literature).