Panagiota Argyropoulou - Papadopoulou

Yola Argyropoulou-Papadopoulou, a professor at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, was born and raised in Athens. She served as a member of the Department of Classical Philology at the School of Philosophy from 1973 to 2016. She taught "Ancient Greek Philology" in the Departments of Philology, History and Archaeology, and English and French Language and Literature. Her research interests include Ancient Greek Literature (Homer, Lyric Poetry, Herodotus, Hellenistic Poetry) and Modern Greek Poetry (Odysseas Elytis, Yiannis Ritsos, Nikiforos Vrettakos, Tasos Leivaditis). She has participated in international and Greek scientific conferences, and many of her presentations have been published in reputable scientific journals. Some representative publications include: "Acontius and Cydippe," "Toponyms of Byzantine Constantinople," "Sappho and Theocritus: Nature in Their Work," "Love and Power: A Novella by Herodotus and Its Echo in Greek Theater and Foreign Cinema," "The Presence of Gods in Sappho's Work," "Love in Yiannis Ritsos' Poetry," "The Death of Odysseus (From Ancient Greek Epic to Modern Greek Theater)," "The Fairy Tale Element in the Story of the Lydian King Candaules." Her main scholarly work is titled "Nature in Theocritus' Work," consisting of three books published by the "Institute of the Book A. Kardamitsa" in 2014, 2015, and 2016. In 2007, her first poetry collection titled "Do You Remember?" was published. In 2014, her second poetry collection "For the Sake of Love" followed, and in 2017, "Mythology, My Muse" was released. Another poetry work is soon to be published. Additionally, she writes articles online, with around 130 articles published in recent years on Greek and global poetry, music, theater, and cinema. She is a board member and Dean of the non-profit Association of Literature, Music, and Art "Linos." She is also a member of the "Educational Society," the "Society of Greek Philologists," the "Hellenic Humanistic Society," and the "Spiritual Center of Papagou."