Writing Herstory through Ancient Greek Letters: Representations of Women in Fictional Epistolography

Book Presentation

Published: 2026-04-17

20260505 pontoropoulos book presentation

Warmly welcome to a presentation of the volume Writing Herstory through Ancient Greek Letters: Representations of Women in Fictional Epistolography by Prof. Vassilios Vertoudakis & Dr Marianna Thoma, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, in dialogue with the author Dr Antonios Pontoropoulos (Affiliated researcher, Swedish Institute in Rome/Uppsala University).

The event will take place on Tuesday, May 5, 2026 at 19h (Athens), in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mit­seon 9, and on­line via Zoom.

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