Tsitsibakou-Vasalos Evanthia
INFORMATION
Evanthia Tsitsibakou-Vasalos studied Classics at the Universities of Athens (B.A. 1972) and Chicago (M.A. 1975, Ph.D 1985).
She has worked as a Teaching Instructor in the School of Theology of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1986-1988), and as Lecturer (1988–1993), Assistant Professor (1993–1997), and (since 2006) Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Literature in the Department of Philology, Faculty of Classics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
Her research interests include Greek Lyric, Homer, Homeric Criticism in Antiquity, Etymology, and Greek Tragedy. She has written the book Ancient Poetic Etymology. The Pelopids: Fathers and Sons, Klassische Philologie, Palingenesia-Band 89 (Stuttgart 2007), and has published articles in scholarly journals on Homer, Alcman, Stesichorus, and Aeschylus.
CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME
Evanthia Tsitsibakou-Vasalos
Associate Professor
ADDRESS
University of Thessaloniki
School of Philology
Department of Classics
Thessaloniki, Greece 540 06
Office 207 new building
Telephone:
(031) 2310 997116
Fax:
(031) 2310 997009
e-mail:
evasalou@lit.auth.gr / eva@cperi.certh.gr
PERSONAL
Date of birth:
February 21, 1949
Marital Status:
Married, 3 children
Address :
Democratias 87, Panorama
Thessaloniki, Greece 552 36
EDUCATION
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Department of Classics, BA 1967-72
University of Chicago, U. S. A.
Department of Classical Languages and Literatures, MA 1973-1975
Thesis Title: “The Function of the Chorus in the Fully Developed Tragedy”
University of Chicago, U. S. A.
Department of Classical Languages and Literatures, Ph.D 1985
Thesis Title: “Stesichorus and his Poetry”
CAREER
Post-doc in the School of Theology, Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki1986-1988
Lecturer in the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Department of Philology,
Faculty of Classics 1988 - 93
Assistant Professor 1993- 97
Associate Professor 2006-
BOOKS
2007. Ancient Poetic Etymology. The Pelopids: Fathers and Sons, Klassische Philologie, Palingenesia-Band 89 (Stuttgart)
ARTICLES
1. “Two Homeric Formulae in the P. Lille Poem: θεοὶ θέσαν and ἄναξ ἑκάεργος Ἀπόλλων,” Glotta 64 (1986) 165-84
2. “The Meter of the Lille Stesichorus,” GRBS 28 (1987) 401-31
3. “The Textual Problems of the P. Lille Poem, vv. 228-231,” QUCC n.s. 28 (1988) 137-48
“The Homeric ἄφαρ in the Oedipus Myth and the Identity of the Lille Mother,”Glotta 67 4. (1989) 60-88
5. “Stesichorus Geryoneis SLG 15 I-II,” Ελληνικά 41 (1990) 7-31
6. “Stesichorus Geryoneis S 11. 5-26: the dilemma of Geryon,” Ελληνικά 42 (1991 -1992) 245-57
7. “Alcman’s Partheneion PMG 1. 13-15. Αἶσα, Πόρος and ἀπέδιλοςἈλκά: their Past and Present,” MD 30 (1993) 129-51
8. “Stesichorus: Poet and Thinker,” EEΠΘ3 (1993) 27-45
9. “Stesichorus’ Geryoneis, SLG 15 I-II, (Ελληνικά 41 (1990) 7-31): Corrigendum,” Ελληνικά 43 (1993) 216-17
10. “Aeschylus Agam. 141: ἀέπτοις-ἀάπτοις in Context,” Ελληνικά 45 (1995) 231- 46
11. “Oxy. 3876. Frr. 1-24: The Meleager Myth,” Ελληνικά 46 (1996) 7-26
12. “Gradations of Science. Modern Etymology versus Ancient. Nestor: Comparisons and Contrasts,” Glotta 74 (1997/98) 117-132
13. “Alcman: PMGF 56=125 Calame,” ΕΕΦΣΠΘ 8 (1999) 125-138
14. “Πηλεγών-Σκάμανδρος (Il. 21. 139-383). Etymological Patterns in Homer,” BICS 44 (2000) 1-17
15. “Alcman: Poetic Etymology. Tradition and Innovation,” RCCM 43 (2001) 15-38
16. “Aphrodite in Homer and the Homeric Hymns. Poetic Etymology,” in: Etymologia: Studies in Ancient Etymology (Proceedings of the Cambridge Conference on Ancient Etymology, September 2000), Μünster 2003
17. “Πέλοψ: Όνομα και Πράγμα. Γλωσσική και Ποιητική Ενότητα,” Studies in Greek Linguistics, 2 vols, Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Department of Linguistics, School of Philology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 17-19 May 2002 (Thessaloniki 2003) 1: 438-451
18. “Ιλιάς Ζ: Ραψωδία της Νοητικής Ταλάντευσης. Θεματική και Γλωσσική Eνότητα,” Δημητρίῳ στέφανος, Festschrift in honor of Professor D. Lypourlis, (eds) Α. Βassiliadis, P.Κοtzia, Αi. D. Mauroudis, D.Α.Chrestidis (Thessaloniki 2004) 21-58
19. “Brightness and Darkness in Pindar’s Pythian 3: Aigla - Koronis - Arsinoë and Her Coming of Age,” in Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion, M. Christopoulos, Efimia D. Karakantza and O. Levaniouk (eds.), Lexington Books (Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Plymouth, UK 2010) 30-76 (International Conference organized by the University of Patras, Department of Philology (6-8 July 2007).
20. “Chance or Design? Language and Plot Management in the Odyssey. Klytaimnestra ἄλοχος μνηστὴ ἐμήσατο,” in: Narratology and Interpretation, J. Grethlein and A. Rengakos (eds.) (Berlin, New York 2008) 177-212 (International Conference organized by the Aristotelian University of Thessaloniki, Department of Classics (6-8 December 2007), with the title, ‘Narratology and Interpretation. The Content of the Form in Ancient Texts.”
21. “Stesichorus' Ἰλίου Πέρσις and the Epic Tradition,” Classics@ Volume 6: 1-51 (International Conference in Ancient Olympia, 9-10 July 2010), Efimia D. Karakantza, (ed.), The Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University, edition of March 9, 2011.
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Archaic Lyric Poetry, Homeric epos, Homeric Scholiasts, Etymology and Tragedy