• Born in 1989, in Maroussi (Athens).
• 07/2007: Lyceum degree (Greek A-Level).
• 08/2011: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, BA in Classics (Major), Linguistics (Minor), Byzantine and Modern Philology (Minor) | GPA: 7.58/10.
• 05–07/2012: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Classical Philology, Research Assistant.
• 01/2014: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, MA in Ancient Greek Philology (Major), Latin Philology (Minor) | GPA: 9.97/10 (ranked 1st).
• 10/2014–06/2015: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Classical Philology, Graduate Teaching Assistant.
• 02/2015: Fondation Hardt (Vandoeuvres-Geneva), Visiting scholar (with a grant).
• 08/2015–03/2017: University of Zurich, Visiting Doctoral Student and Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship holder (Supervisor: C. Riedweg).
• 04/2017–09/2018: Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg, Visiting Doctoral Student (Supervisor: B. Zimmermann).
• 10/2018–12/2018: University of Trier, Visiting Doctoral Student (Supervisor: G. Wöhrle).
• 12/2018: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, PhD in Ancient Greek Philology (Supervisor: Prof. D. Karadimas) | GPA: 10/10 (thesis awarded the Lysimachos Kaftanzoglou Prize 2019).
• 02/2019–01/2023: University of Trier, Institute of Classical Philology, Research Associate (Wiss. Mitarbeiter) and Adjunct Lecturer.
• 02/2023–01/2024: University of Ghent, Department of Linguistics, Postdoctoral researcher.
• 03/2024–present: University of Trier, Institute of Classical Philology, Research Associate (Wiss. Mitarbeiter) and Adjunct Lecturer.

• 11/2019: Saint Petersburg State University, Institute of Classical Philology, Visiting Lecturer.
• 01/2022: Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań, Institute of Classical Philology, Visiting Lecturer.

• Rhetoric and Philosophy in Greece and Rome
• Plutarch
• Literature theory and Classics
• Fragments
• Reception and textual transmission of presocratic philosophy
• Ancient and Byzantine Scholarship

• 04/2010–09/2011: Antonios Papadakis Award (for undergraduate studies).
• 11/2011–07/2015: Antonios Papadakis Award (for postgraduate studies).
• 02/2015: Hardt Foundation Research Grant.
• 08/2015–07/2016: Swiss Government Excellence Scholarship for Foreign Scholars and Artists (University of Zurich).
• 10/2017–02/2018: Erasmus+ Student Mobility Grant (Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg).
• 05/2017–03/2018: Postgraduate Scholarship from the Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY).
• 11/2019: Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Grant (Saint Petersburg State University).
• 04/2020: Conference organization grant from the University of Trier Chancellor's Fund (together with F. Neuerburg and P. Wozniczka).
• 05/2020: Conference organization grant from the Graduate Centre of the University of Trier (together with F. Neuerburg and P. Wozniczka).
• 07–12/2020: Grant from the Rhineland-Palatinate research fund – Promotion of Regional Excellence, Funding Line 2 – Ideas and Structures (Project: Griechisches Kulturerbe in Trier).
• 11/2020: Lysimachos Kaftantzoglou Prize 2019 for an outstanding thesis.
• 10/2021: Conference organization grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in the context of the funding programme "Hochschuldialog mit Südeuropa" (main applicant: D. De Brasi; co-applicant: T. Tsiampokalos).
• 01/2022: Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility Grant (Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań).
• 12/2023: Publication grant from the KU Leuven Fund for Fair Open Access.

• 02/2019–01/2022: Collaboration in the  DFG Project “Edition und Übersetzung der griechischen, lateinischen und arabischen Zeugnisse zu Alkmaion von Kroton und Hippon“ (PI: Prof. Dr. Georg Wöhrle) at the University of Trier.
• 07–12/2020: Leading of the Project "Griechisches Kulturerbe in Trier" within the Cultural Heritage Studies Trier (CHeST).
• 02/2023–01/2024: Collaboration in the ERC Project “MELA. The meaning of language. A digital grammar of the Greek taught at schools in Late Constantinople“ (PI: Prof. Dr. Andrea Cuomo) at the University of Ghent.

• 27–28/11/2020: Organisation (together with F. Neuerburg and P. Wozniczka) of the Conference "Fragmente einer fragmentierten Welt: Gespräche zur Problematisierung eines traditionellen Begriffes in der gegenwärtigen klassisch-philologischen Forschung" at the University of Trier.
• 01–03/06/2022 and 28–30/09/2022: Organisation (together with Diego De Brasi and Amphilochios Papathomas) of the double conference "Fake News in und aus der Antike. Formen und Funktionen von ‚Falschmeldungen‘ in der antiken griechischen Literatur und ihre Auswirkungen auf das moderne Verständnis" at the University of Trier and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
• 13–14/09/2023: Organisation (together with Anna Ginestí Rosell, Justine Diemke, Felix John and Francesco Padovani) of the conference Plutarch and Emotions at the University of Hamburg.

Books:

a. Monographs:

1. Πλούταρχος και ρητορική. Η σχέση της ρητορικής με την ηθική, την πολιτική και την εκπαίδευση κατά τον 1ο και τον 2ο αιώνα μ.Χ. (Σειρά αυτοτελών δημοσιευμάτων του περιοδικού Παρουσία, αρ. 81), Athens: Herodotus, 2023. ISBN: 978-960-485-497-4.
2. Plutarch and Rhetoric. The Relationship of Rhetoric to Ethics, Politics and Education in the First and Second Centuries AD (Plutarchea Hypomnemata), Leuven: Leuven University Press, 2024. ISBN: 978-946-16657-0-6 (= expanded english Version of the previous book) (Review: V. M. Ramón Palerm, Ploutarchos n.s. 21, 2024, 195–198).

b. Co-authored books:

1. Alkmaion von Kroton, Hippon von Metapont und Menestor von Sybaris, edited by Georg Wöhrle, in collaboration with Theofanis Tsiampokalos, with contributions by Andreas Lammer (Traditio Praesocratica 4), Berlin/Boston: W. de Gruyter, 2022 (Reviews: T. Dorandi, Sehepunkte22, 2022, Nr. 9; C. Voisin, Gnomon 95, 2023, 492–496; T. Zimmer, BPJAM 25, 2022, 351–354).
2. Archelaos von Athen, edited by Theofanis Tsiampokalos and Georg Wöhrle, with contributions by Elvira Wakelnig (Traditio Praesocratica 5), Berlin/Boston: W. de Gruyter, 2025. ISBN: 978-311-91478-8-0 (forthcoming).

c. Reader/Textbook:

1. [mit E. Avdoulou, M. Thoma, N. Kanavou, E. Kafritsa, A. Koroli, S. Costanza, V. Lentakis, M.-M. Malamou, A. Maravela, A. Papathomas, A. Sarri & E. Tsitsianopoulou], Ελληνιστική Γραμματεία. Επιλογές πεζογραφίας και ποίησης. Εισαγωγή-κείμενο-μετάφραση-σχόλια (Αρχαία Ελληνική & Βυζαντινή Γραμματεία 7), Athen: Scriptio Continua, 2023. ISBN: 978-618-85603-7-6.

d. Collective volumes:

1. [with F. Neuerburg & P. Wozniczka] Fragmente einer fragmentierten Welt. Zur Problematik des Umgangs mit Fragmenten in der gegenwärtigen klassisch-philologischen Forschung (Transmissions 11), Berlin/Boston: W. de Gruyter, 2024. ISBN: 978-311-15013-7-6.
2. [with D. De Brasi & A. Papathomas] Fake News in Ancient Greece. Forms and Functions of 'False Information' in Ancient Greek Literature, Berlin/Boston: W. de Gruyter, 2025. ISBN: 978-311-13924-2-4.

Articles:

1. "Defining Rhetoric While Playing with Pre-texts: Some Aspects of Intertextuality in Plutarch's Praecepta gerendae reipublicae 801C–D", in T.S Schmidt, M. Vamvouri & R. Hirsch-Luipold (eds.), The Dynamics of Intertextuality in Plutarch (Brill's Plutarch Studies 5), Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2020, 495–510.
2. "Lasst uns über Rhetorik sprechen! Plutarchs Stellung innerhalb einer langen, ideologisch belasteten bildungsgeschichtlichen Tradition", Philologia Classica 16.2, 2021, 207–221.
3. "Regenwolken über dem Dionysos-Theater?", Mnemosyne 75.2, 2022, 356–360.
4. "Wie schreibt man 'Alkmaion' richtig? Zur Namensproblematik in der Überlieferung der Zeugnisse zum Naturphilosophen Alkmaion von Kroton", Museum Helveticum 79.2, 2022, 189–202.
5. "Going out the Door: Continuities and Discontinuities in the Tradition of Democedes of Croton from Herodotus down to Hermann Diels", AKAN - Antike Naturwissenschaft und ihre Rezeption 33, 2023, 81–119
6. Contrinutions to the collective volume on Hellenistic Literature (see nr. c.1 above):
   • "Διονύσιος Αλικαρνασσεύς, Εισαγωγή" [Introduction to Dionysius of Halicarnassus], pp. 350–351.
   • "Διονύσιος Αλικαρνασσεύς, Περὶ τῶν ἀρχαίων ῥητόρων 1–4" [Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De oratoribus veteribus 1–4], pp. 352–358.
   • "Θεόκριτος, Εἰδύλλιον 11: Κύκλωψ" [Theocritus, Cyclops], pp. 535–546.
   • "Θεόφραστος ο Ερέσιος, Εισαγωγή" [Introduction to Theophrastus] , pp. 577–579.
   • "Θεόφραστος ο Ερέσιος, Περὶ αίσθήσεων 1–2, 25–26" [Theophrastus, De sensu 1–2, 25–26], pp. 580–583.
   • "Θεόφραστος ο Ερέσιος, Περὶ ἀνέμων 1–2" [Theophrastus, De ventis 1–2], pp. 584–586.
   • "Θεόφραστος ο Ερέσιος, Περὶ σημείων ὑδάτων καὶ πνευμάτων καὶ χειμώνων καὶ εὐδιῶν 1–6" [Theophrastus, De signis pluviarum, ventorum, tempestatis et serenitatis 1–6], pp. 587–590.
   • "Θεόφραστος ο Ερέσιος, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1,1,1 και 1,21,5–7" [Theophrastus, De causis plantarum 1.1.1 and 1.21.5–7“], pp. 591–594.
   • "Θεόφραστος ο Ερέσιος, Περὶ φυτῶν ἱστορίας 1.1.15–2" [Theophrastus, Historia plantarum 1.1.1–2], pp. 595–597.
7. "Plutarch in the Middle of a Conflict between Epictetus and Favorinus", in F. Doroszewski & K. Jażdżewska (eds.), Plutarch and his Contemporaries. Sharing the Roman Empire (Brill's Plutarch Studies), Leiden/Boston: Brill 2024, 110–124.
8. [with F. Neuerburg und P. Wozniczka] "Einleitung", in F. Neuerburg, T. Tsiampokalos & P. Wozniczka (eds.) Fragmente einer fragmentierten Welt. Zur Problematik des Umgangs mit Fragmenten in der gegenwärtigen klassisch-philologischen Forschung (Transmissions), Berlin/Boston: W. de Gruyter, 2024, 1–22.
9. "Between Scholarly Tradition and Didactic Innovation: Maximus Planudes’ Dialogue on Grammar", Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 64, 2024, 326–349.
10. "A note on Theon Prog. 73,14–21 and Io. Sard. Comm. in Aphth. Prog. 8,1–11", Eikasmós 35, 2024, 251–260.​​
11. [with D. De Brasi and A. Papathomas] „Fake News in Ancient Greece: Why Does It Matter?“, in D. De Brasi, A. Papathomas & T. Tsiampokalos (eds.), Fake News in Ancient Greece. Forms and Functions of 'False Information' in Ancient Greek Literature, Berlin/Boston: W. de Gruyter, 2025, 1–24.
12. „'Fake News’ as a Moralising Context: Rumours, Slanders and the Unmaking of a Political Career in Plutarch’s Kimon“, in D. De Brasi, A. Papathomas & T. Tsiampokalos (eds.), Fake News in Ancient Greece. Forms and Functions of 'False Information' in Ancient Greek Literature, Berlin/Boston: W. de Gruyter, 2025, 221–240.
13. "Preliminary Stages or Final Destinations? Plutarch's Remarks on the Subjects of Most Interest to Beginners in Philosophy", Ploutarchos n. F. 20, 2024, 171–186.
14. "Οι πλουταρχικές σπουδές στη νεότερη Ελλάδα: οι περιπτώσεις Γρηγορίου Ν. Βερναρδάκη και Ιωάννου Δρ. Σταματάκου", in V. Vertoudakis (ed.) Η Κλασική Φιλολογία στη Νεότερη Ελλάδα, Athen 2024, 21 Seiten [in print].

Book reviews:

1. Rec. Sonia Pertsinidis, Theophrastus' Characters: a new introduction (Routledge focus on classical studies), Abingdon/New York: Routledge, 2018, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2021.03.26.
2. Rec. Suzanne Amigues, Théophraste. Les signes du temps, Les vents, Paris: Les belles lettres, 2019, Gnomon 93.8, 2021, 681–688.
3. Rec. Christian Fron, Bildung und Reisen in der römischen Kaiserzeit. 'Pepaideumenoi' und Mobilität zwischen dem 1. und 4. Jh. n. Chr., Berlin/Boston: de Gruyter, 2021, Orbis Terrarum 19, 2021, 333–335.
4. Rec. Paola Volpe Cacciatore, A Life Devoted to Plutarch: Philology, Philosophy, and Reception. Selected Essays by P. Volpe Cacciatore. Edited by S. Citro and F. Tanga (Brill's Plutarch Studies 8), Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2021, The Classical Review 72.2, 2022, 488–490.
5. Rec. Irene Caiazzo, Constantinos Macris & Aurélien Robert (Hgg.), Brill's companion to the reception of Pythagoras and Pythagoreanism in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (Brill's companions to classical reception 24). Leiden/Boston: Brill, 2021, Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2022.09.14.
6. Rec. James Diggle, Theophrastus: Characters (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics), Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press, 2022, Exemplaria Classica 27, 2023, 289–292.
7. Rec. Livio Rossetti, Thales the Measurer (Issues in Ancient Philosophy), London/New York: Routledge, 2022, Gnomon 97.2, 2025, 1–7 (forthcoming).

• “Ο σοφιστής Γοργίας και ο πλατωνικός Γοργίας. Η εικόνα του σοφιστή στον ομώνυμο διάλογο του Πλάτωνα”, 7th Athens Postgraduate Conference of the Faculty of Philology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR), May 17, 2013.
• “Οι πραγματείες Περί της Αλεξάνδρου τύχης ή αρετής και η σχέση τους με τον Βίον Αλεξάνδρου του Πλουτάρχου”, invited talk at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Classcs (GR), April 30, 2015.
• “Οι απόψεις του Πλουτάρχου για τη σχέση ρητορικής και πολιτικής”, invited talk at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Classics (GR), May 6, 2015.
• “Έρωτας και ρητορική: η εικόνα του σοφιστή και της σχέσης του με την κοινωνία στον Ερωτικό του Πλούταρχου”,  8th Athens Postgraduate Conference of the Faculty of Philology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR), July 9, 2015.
• “Plutarch and the Sophists: Re-Evaluating Plutarch's Relation to the Second Sophistic”, Basel–Zurich research colloquium, University of Zurich (SWITZ), October 6, 2015.
• “Rhetoric and Politics in Plutarch's Moralia”, doctoral workshop TuBa 5: Methoden und Konzepte als Herausforderung bei der Dissertation, University of Zurich (SWITZ), February 15, 2016.
• “Τακτικές επίτευξης πολιτικής πειθούς από τον Πλούταρχο”, two invited lectures at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Department of Classics (GR), March 28 and 31, 2016“.
• “Der Kaiser und die Macht der Bilder - Die Ehrenbogen von Orange”, excursion of the institute for Classics at the University of Zurich in the Provence, City of Orange (FR), April 25, 2016.
• “A Trojan Horse for the Philosophy: The Case of Menemachus”, 1st AMPAPhil 2016, University of London: Senate house (UK), June 25, 2016.
• Report on PhD project, 5th international congress of the GANPH, University of Zurich (SWITZ), September 7, 2016.
• “Φιλοσοφία και ρητορική την εποχή της αυτοκρατορίας: μερικές παρατηρήσεις στο έργο του Πλουτάρχου”, invited lecture at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, MA Program “Rhetoric: Theory and Praxis” (GR), January 25,  2017.
• “Plutarch defines Rhetoric, while playing with Pretexts (Praec. ger. reip. 801C–E)”, 11th International Congress of the International Plutarch Society, Universität Fribourg (SWITZ), May 10–13, 2017.
• “Hinter der Maske des Realistischen: Zur Rhetorik der ungeschminkten Darstellung römischer Macht bei Plutarch”, joint research colloquium in Classics – Universities of Zurich, Basel, Freiburg, Bern, and Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg (GER), May 24, 2019.
• “Plutarch on Thin Ice: A Case Study on the Way Rhetoric Appears in Philosophical Contexts”, 2nd International Workshop on Classical Philology, St. Petersburg-Trier, State University of St. Petersburg (RUS), November 27, 2019.
• “Hinter der Maske des Realistischen: Zur Rhetorik der ungeschminkten Darstellung römischer Macht bei Plutarch”, 49th Mittelrheinisches Symposion, Philipps-Universität Marburg (GER), January 24–25, 2020.
• Hosting of the conference “Fragmente einer fragmentierten Welt”, Universität Trier (GER), November 27–28, 2020.
• Presentation of the project "Griechisches Kulturerbe in Trier" (together with S. Lauer), Semestereröffnung – Klassische Philologie, Universität Trier (GER), April 15, 2021.
• “Plutarch und die Rhetorik”, 3rd International Workshop on Classical Philology, St. Petersburg-Trier, University of Trier (GER), June 29, 2021.
• “Plutarch in the Middle of a Conflict between Epictetus and Favorinus”, 12th International Congress of the International Plutarch Society, Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski University in Warsaw (PL)/Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (DK), September 2–5, 2021.
• “Plutarch’s Dialog On the Cleverness of Animals Re-Assessed: A Treatise on Animal Intelligence or A Testimony of Academic Epistemology?”, invited lecture at the Adam Mickiewicz University of Poznań, Institute of Classical Philology (PL), January 18, 2022.
• "The Man behind Aeolus", Synergia: Colloquium for international doctoral students and postdocs in ancient studies at the University of Trier, Universität Trier (GER), May 13, 2022.
• Hosting of the double conference "Fake News in und aus der Antike", 1st part: Universität Trier (GER), Juni 1-3, 2022; 2nd part: National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR), September 27-30, 2022.
• "Between History and Moral Teaching: Forms and Functions of Fake News in Plutarch's Parallel Lives", 2nd part of the conference "Fake News in und aus der Antike", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR), September 29, 2022.
• “Από τι υλικό φτιάχνονται οι προσωκρατικοί φιλόσοφοι; Συνέχειες και ασυνέχειες στην παράδοση του Δημοκήδη του Κροτωνιάτη από τον Ηρόδοτο ώς τον Hermann Diels”, invited lecture at the colloquium of the Classics department of the University of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR), May 5, 2023.
• (Joint paper, together with Grigory Vorobyev) “Teaching and Learning Greek in Byzantium: Tools, Methods, and Research Challenges”, OIKOS Day 2023, International School for Philosophy (Internationale School voor Wijsbegeerte) in Leusden (NL), May 26, 2023.
• Moderation at the conference “Plutarch and Emotions”, Universität Hamburg (GER), September 13–14, 2023.
• Participation in a roundtable discussion at the conference “Auf unberührten Wegen (?) – Die Klassische Philologie vor neuen Herausforderungen”, Philipps-Universität Marburg (GER), October 5–7, 2023.
• "Ήταν ο Αρχέλαος εραστής του Σωκράτη; Επανεξετάζοντας τη δοξογραφική παράδοση για τη σχέση δάσκαλου και μαθητή", invited lecture at the joint colloquium of the Departments of Classics and Philosophie at the University of Crete, Rethymnon (GR), April 12, 2024 (online via Zoom).
• "Οι πλουταρχικές σπουδές στην Ελλάδα: οι περιπτώσεις Βερναρδάκη και Σταματάκου", one-day conference "Η Κλασική Φιλολογία στη νεότερη Ελλάδα. Από τα χρόνια του Νεοελληνικού Διαφωτισμού ως τον Β΄ Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο", National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR), April 25, 2024.
• "Plutarch, Xenophon and the perils of 'Atticism'", international workshop "Plutarch and Xenophon: An Underexplored Relationship", University of Crete, Rethymnon (GR), May 23-24, 2024.
• "Archelaus, Socrates, and the Paradigm Shift in Dealing with Literary Fragments", 15. Celtic Conference in Classics, Cardiff University, July 10, 2024.

Print (incl. online publications):

• Lisa Lamm, Fake News in der Antike: Schon die Alten Griechen nutzten Falschinformationen, National GeographicOnline (Germany), 08.09.2022.

Radio:

• radioeins of rbb (Berlin-Brandenburg’s public radio and television station), podcast "Die Profis" with Stephan Karkowsky, on 28/05/2022 at 10:40: Fake News im antiken Griechenland.
• SKAI 100.3 FM (radio station in Athens), podcast "Future and Digital Age" (Μέλλον και Ψηφιακή Εποχή) with Aris Portosalte, on 01/07/2023 and 08/07/2023: Fake News in Ancient Greece.

• WS 2024/25: Greek Lang. and Lit. = Readings for Latinists (MEd Latin).
• SS 2024: Greek Lang. and Lit. = Readings for Latinists (MEd Latin).
• SS 2022: Greek Prose Composition 2
• WS 2021/22: Greek Lit. 3/4 = Proseminar (Poetry): Theocritus
• SS 2021: Greek Lit. 1 = Proseminar (Poetry): Hesiod, Theogony
• WS 2020/21: Greek Lit. 3 = Proseminar (Prose): Theophrastus
• SS 2020: Greek Lit. 1 = Proseminar (Poetry): Aeolic Lyric
• WS 2019/20: Greek Lit. 1 = Achaic Poetry (Homer, Hesiod, Archilochus)

• Ausonius-Verein zur Förderung der Erforschung antiker Geschichte und Kultur durch die Universität Trier e.V.
• Deutscher Altphilologenverband (DAV)
• Gesellschaft für nützliche Forschungen zu Trier e.V. (GfNF)
• International Plutarch Society (IPS)
• The Classical Association (CA)

• Profile on Academia.edu