Prof. Dr. Athanassios Vergados

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGreek and Latin Philology
Keywordsarchaic Greek poetry, Homer, Greek literature, Frühgriechische Epik, Antike Sprachtheorie
Honours and awards

2022: Fellowship am Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study für das akademische Jahr 2023–24

2022: Gastprofessor an der Sapienza Università di Roma

2019: Humboldt-Kolleg (mit PD Dr Anke Walter)

2018: Leverhulme Visiting Professorship (Collaborator: Prof Gianfranco Agosti, Rom, Sapienza).

2014: Fritz Thyssen Stiftung: Förderung der wissenschaftlichen Tagung

2010: Alexander von Humboldt-Postdoktorandenstipendium

Current contact address

CountryUnited Kingdom
CityNewcastle
InstitutionNewcastle University
InstituteSchool of History, Classics and Archaeology

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Gerrit KlossSeminar für Klassische Philologie, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2010

Programme(s)

2010Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2012Athanassios Vergados: ἐρίηρος ἀοιδός (θ 62/63). Etymologisches Wortspiel in der Odyssee. In: Wiener Studien, 2012, 7-22
2012Athanassios Vergados: Corinna's Poetic Mountains: PMG 654 col. i 1-34 and Hesiodic Reception. In: Classical Philology, 2012, 101-118
2011Athanassios Vergados: Letter from Hermias to Apollon (P. Duke inv. 913). In: Bulletin of the American Society of Papyrologists, 2011, 51-60
2011Athanassios Vergados: Shifting Focalization in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes: the Case of Hermes' Cave.. In: Greek Roman and Byzantine Studies, 2011, 1-25