Apostolos Athanassakis
Professor/Argyropoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies.
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1965
Specialization: Classical linguistics, Greek poetry, especially early epic. He is also the Director of the Summer Program in Greece.
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Books
- Hesiod: Theogony, Works and Days, Shield, introduction, translation and notes (2nd edition, Johns Hopkins, 2004)
- The Homeric Hymns, introduction, translation and commentary (2nd edition, Johns Hopkins, 2004)
- The Life of St. Anthony, translation, co-authored with Tim Vivian (Catholic Scholars Press, 2003)
- The Life of St. George of Chozeba, translation, co-authored with Tim Vivian (Catholic Scholars Press, 1993)
- Essays on Hesiod, Vol. II, Ramus 21, editor and contributor (1993)
- Essays on Hesiod, Vol. I, Ramus 21, editor (1992)
- The Orphic Hymns, text, translation and notes (Scholars' Press, 1977)
- Vita Sancti Pachomii, introduction, text and translation (Scholars' Press, 1975)
- Apocolocyntosis Divi Claudii, Introduction, text, translation and commentary (Coronado Press, 1973)
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Selected Articles
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- "The Peleades of Alcman's Partheneion and Modern Greek Poulia," In Ancient World, vol. 31 (Chicago, 2000) pp. 5-14
- "Some Illyrian Elements in the Myth of Achilleus" In Greek, summary in English, Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Odyssean Studies (Ithaca, Greece 2000) pp. 1-21
- "Shamanism and Amber in Greece: The Northern Connection," Shamanic Symbology and Epic. Ed. Juha Pentikäinen and Mihály and Hoppál. Series Bibliotheca Schamanistica Akademiai Kiadó, Budapest, vol. 9 (2001) pp. 203-20
- "Proteus, The Old Man of the Sea: Homeric Man or Shaman?," La mythologie et L'Odyssée: Homage à Gabriel Germain. Special Issue of Gaia (Grenoble 2001) vol. 5, pp. 1-9
- "The Geographic and Mythic Origins of Europe," Dodone (University of Ioannina, Greece 2002) vol. 22 pp. 1-19
- "Europe: Early Geographic and Mythic Identity," Dodone (University of Ioannina, Greece 2002) vol. 22 pp. 283-303
- "The Semiotics of the Hymn to Demeter (Homeric) and the Contribution of Greek Women to the birth of Drama," Proceedings of the First International Conference on Ancient Drama at Delphi. 2002 pp. 229-24
- "Akhilleus' Horse Balios: Old and New Etymologies," Glotta Fall Issue 2004, pp. 1-14.
- "Greek Bear Mythology", Proceedings of The International Consortium On The Footsteps of the Bear; Pori, Finland 2005 (in press)
- "Catalogs of Names in the Iliad and the Odyssey", Procedings of The International Congress on Odissean Studies (in press, vol. 10)
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Recently Taught Classes
- Greek 158/258-Homer
- Classics 211- Greek and Latin Literature
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