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Ariadne’s Thread and the Labyrinth of Myth

Studies in Honour of Professor Ariadne Gartziou-Tatti

Edited By: Athanassia Zografou , Agis Marinis, Anton Bierl, Helen Gasti

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Follow the threads connecting Greek myth, ritual, and literature from Homer to Late Antiquity. This collection reveals how stories shaped the polis and morals, with new insights into the enduring power of supplication and the complex agency of female figures.

Retracing “Ariadne’s thread”: this diverse and thought-provoking collection of studies — spanning from Homer to Late Antiquity — offers a guiding path through the intricate…

Retracing “Ariadne’s thread”: this diverse and thought-provoking collection of studies — spanning from Homer to Late Antiquity — offers a guiding path through the intricate interconnections of Greek myth, ritual, and literature. Dedicated to Professor Ariadne Gartziou-Tatti, in recognition of her distinguished contributions to classical scholarship, the volume brings together philologists, historians, and archaeologists who have shared ideas, questions, and scholarly journeys with her. The essays illuminate the dynamic interplay between narrative, performance, and cultural memory. Bridging epic, drama, philosophy, and visual culture, the contributors investigate how ancient stories both shaped and were shaped by the polis, religious practices, and evolving moral frameworks. Covering a wide range of topics — from sacrificial rites and magical incantations to Orphic hymns and Platonic reinterpretations — the volume showcases the enduring power of myth to articulate the human experience. Special attention is given to the theme of hiketeia (supplication), tracing its development from Homeric epic to the tragic poetics of Euripides, alongside in-depth explorations of the complex agency of female figures such as Helen, Phaedra, Ariadne, and Praxithea.

Athanassia Zografou is Professor of Ancient Greek Philology at the University of Ioannina. She has taught at École pratique des hautes études (EPHE) (Paris) and the University of Geneva, Switzerland and was a Seeger Fellow at Princeton, USA. She is affiliated with the research centres AnHiMA (Paris) and CIERGA (Liège), specializing in the study of ancient Greek religion and philology.

Agis Marinis is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Philology and Ancient Theatre at the University of Patras, Greece. He studied in Athens, Greece and at Cambridge, UK (PhD, Classics). His research focuses on Pindar and Greek tragedy, as well as on the reception of Greek drama in Roman epic.

Anton Bierl is Professor Emeritus of Greek Language and Literature at the University of Basel in Switzerland (full professor 2002-2025). He was Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Center for Hellenic Studies, USA (2005-2011). His research interests include Homeric epic, drama, song and performance culture, the ancient novel, Greek myth and religion.

Helen Gasti, PhD (University of Ioannina, 1990) is Professor of Ancient Greek and Latin Philology at the Department of Philology at the University of Ioannina, Greece. Her research and teaching interests span Ancient Greek Tragedy, reception and translation studies, as well as Latin Epic poetry.

Lucia Athanassaki, Alberto Bernabé, Anton Bierl, David Bouvier, Menelaos Christopoulos, Helen Gasti, Stella Georgoudi, Ioannis Konstantakos, Elias Koulakiotis, Dimitris Kyrtatas, Maria Liatsi, Nanno Marinatos, Agis Marinis, Andreas Markantonatos, Ioannis N. Perysinakis, Antonis Tsakmakis, Athanassia Zografou