Antonios Rengakos

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Antonios Rengakos ( Greek Αντώνιος Ρεγκάκος , * 1957 in Athens ) is a Greek classical philologist .

Rengakos studied classical philology, archeology and ancient history at the University of Freiburg , where he obtained his master's degree as a student of Wolfgang Kullmann in 1979 and in 1982 he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . Since his habilitation (1991) he has taught as a private lecturer at the University of Freiburg. In 1994/1995 he was visiting professor at the University of Vienna . In 1997 he accepted a position at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , where he has since been active as a professor of Greek studies in teaching and research. From 2005 to 2009 he was head of the Department of Classical Philology.

Rengakos' research interests are epic poetry, Hellenistic poetry and historiography. He wrote numerous essays and monographs on the history of Thucydides and on the reception and transmission of Homeric epics .

Fonts (selection)

  • Form and change of power thinking of the Athenians in Thucydides . Wiesbaden 1984 ( Hermes individual fonts 48)
  • The Homertext and the Hellenistic Poets . Wiesbaden 1993 ( Hermes individual fonts 64)
  • Apollonius Rhodius and the ancient declaration of Homer . Munich 1994 ( Zetemata 92)
  • Το χαμόγελο του Αχιλλέα. Θέματα αφήγησης και ποιητικής στα ομηρικά έπη . Athens 2006
  • Επινοώντας το παρελθόν. Γέννηση και ακμή της ιστοριογραφικής αφήγησης στην κλασική αρχαιότητα . Athens 2009
  • (with Th. Papanghelis) Brill's Companion to Apollonius Rhodius . Leiden 2001 (2nd edition, Leiden 2008)
  • (with A. Tsakmakis) Brill's Companion to Thucydides . Leiden 2006
  • (with J. Grethlein ) Narratology and Interpretation . Berlin 2008 ( Trends in Classics Supplementary Volumes 4)
  • (with F. Montanari , Chr. Tsagalis) Brill's Companion to Hesiod . Leiden 2009.

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personal data
SURNAME Rengakos, Antonios
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ρεγκάκος, Aντώνιος; Ρεγκάκος, Αντώνης Β.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek classical philologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Athens