Karamanou Ioanna

Professor
Department of Classics
Research field: Ancient Greek Literature
2310997021
ikaramanou@lit.auth.gr
Office: 209 n.b.
Office Hours: Thursday 11.00-12.00 (please email first)

Ioanna Karamanou graduated from the Faculty of Letters of the University of Athens (Classics Department) with grade ‘excellent’ (9.48/10). She read for the MPhil and PhD in Classics at the University of Cambridge (St John’s College) and University College London respectively, with research grants by the Cambridge European Trust, the A.S. Onassis and the Ο. Stathatou Foundations. She has authored four books:  1. Euripides: Danae and Dictys, Leipzig/Munich 2006 (De Gruyter), 2. Euripides: Alexandros, Berlin/Boston 2017 (De Gruyter); Academy of Athens Award for Classical Philology, 3. Refiguring Tragedy: Studies in Plays preserved in Fragments and their Reception, Berlin/Boston 2019 (De Gruyter), 4. Fragmenta Comica 25.2: Diphilus (frr. 59-85: Paralyomenos-Chrysochoos), Translation and Commentary, Göttingen 2024 (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht). She is now preparing Fragmenta Comica 25.3: Diphilus (Incertarum Fabularum Fragmenta), Translation and Commentary, Göttingen (planned to appear in 2026). She has edited four volumes and has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals and collective volumes. Her research interests include Greek drama and its reception, Greek tragic and comic fragments, papyrology and ancient literary theory (especially Aristotle) on tragedy. She participates in four international research projects.


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