Greek Orthodox Community of Melbourne and Victoria

Event

Title:: Lecture: The Reception of Classical Antiquity in the Byzantium
When:: 13.06.2013 19.00 h
Where:: Kelvin Club - Melbourne
Category:: Literary

Description

Dr Eva Laoutides will discuss ancient manuscripts and their role in creating a bridge between the Byzantines and their Florentine neighbours in the 14th century.

The talk is based on a paper recently submitted by Dr Laoutides and has the title: Euripides and the Byzantine Manuscript Tradition in the fourteenth century.

Biography

Dr Eva Laoutides began her studies in Greece at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

She continued them in the United Kingdom at the Universities of Leeds and Kent, then, worked for a few years in the United Kingdom, before coming to Australia.

She currently works in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer in Classical Studies and joined the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics in 2006.

Venue

Venue:: Kelvin Club - Website
Street:: Melbourne Place
Postcode:: 3000
Suburb:: Melbourne
State:: VIC
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