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	Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel

	Post doctoral fellow Dr. Vassiliki Pothou (Greece, 1970) Diploma in Classical Philology vpothou@gshdl.uni-kiel.de
PhD thesis	“The role and the place of the digressions in the work of Thucydides”. The study of the digressions of Thucydides constitutes a subject more complex than that of the digressions of Herodotus. We are confronted not only with the problem of the unity of his work and of the Ionian influence that it was subject to, but also with the theoretical awareness of the author, his innovatory spirit and his literary talent. The study of the function and place of digressions in the main narrative of Thucydides proves that it has main traits such as unity of content and of style. Herodotus is not the only “historian-artist” and we can add that if Herodotus is an “historical artist” (according to F. Jacoby), Thucydides is an “artistic historian”, in that his art concerns -among other things- the insertion of digressions into the body of the main narrative.
Research interests	Ancient Historiography: Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Diodorus Siculus, Flavius Josephus. Restored historical pronunciation of ancient Greek and oral performance of ancient Greek poetry. Regions: Greece, Sicily, Israel, Egypt, Babylonia. Ancient Greek Topography: Athens, Peiraius, Euboea, Pylos-Sphacteria. Methods: Classical Philology, Ancient History.
Education	1994-1998 PhD Studies at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne in collaboration with the École Normale Supérieure. Academic Degree: Dr. phil. Dissertation mark: Supervisors: Prof. S. Follet (Paris IV - Sorbonne), Prof. M. Trédé (ENS) Title of the PhD thesis: The role and the place of digressions in the work of Thucydides 1993-1994 Master at the University of Paris IV Sorbonne. Title of the Master: Dionysius of Halikarnassos, Longinus and Lucian on the stylistic Particularities of Thucydides Supervisors: Prof. S. Follet, Prof. J. Laborderie 1988-1993 Studies of Classical Philology (ancient Greek and Latin) at the University of Athens.
Work experience	since 10. 2009 Postdoctoral fellow in the Institute of Classical Philology – Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes”, Kiel University 03. 2009 - 09. 2009 University of Regensburg, Institute of Classical Philology 03. 2007 - 02. 2009 Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research topic: Two historians, two works, two wars, one style? Intertextuality between the works of Thucydides and Flavius Josephus Project leader: Prof. G. Rechenauer 2006- 2007 Historical Commentary on the “Pentekontaetia” of Thucydides 2002-2004 Historical Commentary on the “Archaeology” of Thucydides for the University of Athens. 2001 Assistant of the Diccionario Griego Espanol in Madrid (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Institute of Philology) Project leader: Prof. F. R. Adrados (University of Madrid, Real Academia Espanola), Prof. El. Gangutia Elilegui (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas) 1999-2000 Military Navy School of Athens-Votanikos (ancient Greek and Roman strategy) Organization of Conferences 2008 In collaboration with Prof. G. Rechenauer, she organized an international conference in Regensburg on Thucydides as a “Violent Teacher”. 2009 Together with Prof. A. Powell (Wales), she organized an international conference in Regensburg on “Ancient Sparta”. 2011 Together with Prof. L. Käppel, she organized an interdisciplinary and international conference in "European Cultural Centre of Delphi" on "Human Development in Sacral Landscapes: Between Ritual Tradition, Creativity and Emotionality".
Selected publications	Books Thucydides-a violent teacher? History and its representations, Georg Rechenauer/ Vassiliki Pothou (Eds.), Göttingen, 2011, 300 pp. La place et le rôle de la digression dans l’œuvre de Thucydide. [The Place and the Role of the Digression in the Work of Thucydides]. Dissertation-Sorbonne/Paris IV, Paris 1998, 407 S.; now in: Historia Einzelschriften, 203, Stuttgart, 2009, 190 pp. Die Archaeologie von Thukydides; Θουκυδίδου Ἀρχαιολογία Introduction, Text, Translation, Apparatus Criticus, and a historical Commentary on the “Archaeology” of Thucydides (I 2-19), Papasissis Press, Athens, 2006, 300 pp. Die „Ekbole“ der Pentekontaetie von Thukydides. Πεντηκονταετίας Ἐκβολή Introduction, Text, Translation, Apparatus Criticus, and a historical Commentary on the “Pentekontaetia” of Thucydides (I 88 - 117), Athens, in preparation, ca. 350 pp. Thukydides und Flavius Josephus: „Zwei Historiker, zwei Kriege, zwei Werke, ein Stil? Zur Rezeption thukydideischer Motive bei Flavius Josephus: arte allusiva und intertextuelle Spuren des Peloponnesischen Krieges im Bellum Judaicum“. Manuscript 150 pp., Publication forthcoming at Brill. „Das antike Sparta“, Proceedings of the International Conference Regensburg, 24.-26. September 2009, Publication forthcoming at Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart. Dionysius of Halikarnassos, Longinus and Lucian on the stylistic particularities of Thucydides, Master (not published), University of Paris-IV, 1994, 155 pp. Articles «Thucydide vis-à-vis du temoignage d’Homère : quelques précisions», [«Die Einstellung von Thukydides gegenüber Zeugnissen von Homer: einige Präzisionen»], Platon, 51, 2000, 153-157. «Thucydide Stratège», [« Thucydides as a General »], Cahiers des Études Anciennes, Université du Québec, 38, 2001, 35-50. «Hartmut Leppin, Thukydides und die Verfassung der Polis», [« Hartmut Leppin, Thucydides and the Condition of Polis»], Échos du monde classique-Classical Views, 44, 2000, 406-409 (Book review). «Le paradoxe des digressions chez Thucydide : la cheville conjonctive», [«The Paradoxe of digressions in Thucydides: the function of junctions»], La Parola del Passato, 53, 2002, 62-70. «Hérodote et les Thraces, Thucydide et les Scythes : une analogie parallèle», [«Herodotus and the Thracians, Thucydides and the Scythians: a parallel analogy»], Tagungsband des 11ten Internationalen Kongresses der Klassischen Studien in Kavala, August 1999, Athens, 2002, 727-734. «Das antike Sparta», Tagungsbericht, HSozuKult , published 13. 3. 2010. «Die Historiker kauten keinen Lorbeer : Die Rolle der Pythia in der griechischen Geschichtsschreibung», M. Rothgangel – H. Schwarz (Eds.), Götter, Heilige und Heroen, von römischen Göttern bis zu Heiligen des Alltags, Frankfurt am Main u.s.w., 2011. „Transformation of Landscapes in Thucydides“, IV’ International Symposium on Thucydides: Between Historical Research and Literary Representation, Athens, 7-10 April 2010, Publication forthcoming, A. Tsakmakis / M. Tamiolaki (Eds.), Athens, 2011. Lectures „Zwei Historiker, zwei Werke, zwei Kriege: ein Stil? Zur Rezeption thukydideischer Motive bei Flavius Josephus“, [«Two Historians, two works, two wars : one style? On the reception of thucydidean motives by Flavius Josephus»], Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung, Netzwerktagung Marburg, 14. Februar 2008. „Judaea Capta et Historia Graeca“, Rostock, Mommsen-Conference, Tradition und Erneuerung in der Zeit der Flavier: Mediale Strategien, 9.-12. 10. 2008. „Die Pythia und der Historiker“, Conference of the Department of Protestant Theology, University of Regensburg, 9. 7. 2009. „Transformation of Landscapes in Thucydides“, IV’ International Symposium on Thucydides: Between Historical Research and Literary Representation, Athens, 7-10 April 2010. "New-born Babies and New-born Islands: Insularity and Politics", Human Development in Sacral Landscapes. Between Ritual Tradition, Creativity and Emotionality, European Cultural Centre of Delphi (Greece), 5-8 May 2011.