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Agis Marinis

University of Patras, Theatre Studies, Faculty Member

Hellenic Open University, Programme "Studies in Greek Civilization ", Adjunct

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Agis Marinis is Assistant Professor of Greek Philology and Drama at the University of Patras (Greece). He studied Classics in Athens and Cambridge (BA, MPhil.) and received his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 2008. The focus of his doctoral dissertation is the intersection of Pindaric poetry and religion, on which a monograph is forthcoming from Routledge. He is also working on Aeschylus’ Seven against Thebes, as well as on the presence of Theban myth in Greek and Roman poetry.

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Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic

The volume, concentrating on the poetic works of Silius Italicus, Statius and Valerius Flaccus, c... more The volume, concentrating on the poetic works of Silius Italicus, Statius and Valerius Flaccus, consists of eight original contributions, two by the editors themselves and a further six by experts on Flavian epic. The volume is preceded by an introduction by the editors and it concludes with an ‘Afterword’ by Carole E. Newlands.
Among key themes analysed are narrative patterns, strategies or type-scenes that appear to derive from tragedy, the Aristotelian notions of hamartia and anagnorisis, human and divine causation, the ‘transfer’ of individual characters from tragedy to epic, as well as instances of tragic language and imagery.
The volume at hand showcases an array of methodological approaches to the question of the presence of tragic elements in epic. Hence, it will be of interest to scholars and students in the area of Classics or Literary Studies focusing on such intergeneric and intertextual connections; it will be also of interest to scholars working on Flavian epic or on the ancient reception of Greek and Roman tragedy.

Alan Hughes, Η παράσταση της κωμωδίας στην αρχαία Ελλάδα

Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης, 2019

Μετάφραση - Επιστημονική επιμέλεια

A Study Guide on Ancient Greek Drama; for the Hellenic Open University (ΕΑΠ). [in English]

Papers by Agis Marinis

Eteocles and Polynices in Statius’ Thebaid: Revisiting Tragic Causality

Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic, 2021

The mask in commedia dell�arte and ancient Greek comedy. A comparative and historical approach, with emphasis on the methodology of acting

‘Realism’ and Reflections of Art in Aeschylean Stage Settings (Persae, Supplices, Theoroi)

Logeion, 2019

Potential answers concerning the existence or not of specificstage structures in the Theatre of D... more Potential answers concerning the existence or not of specificstage structures in the Theatre of Dionysus, during the life of Aeschylus, mayonly be tentative and offered mainly on the basis of hints supplied by the textsthemselves. Owing to the lack of further evidence, it is preferable to opt for themost straightforward and economical solutions (in terms of both complexityand cost). In this study I am dealing with two Aeschylean tragedies, Persae and Supplices, where the issue of the possible existence of specific stage instal-lations or of a raised stage needs to be addressed. I will equally consider thefragmentary satyr play Theoroi, which raises the question of the possible in-fluence of contemporaneous artistic styles upon stage constructions or objects.

Roots ancient or medieval? Nikolaos Politis, modern Greek folklore studies and ancient Greek religion.

The Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 16, 167-186., 2020

The question posed by the title can be reformulated in the following manner:

“Ο Χορός και η συλλογικότητα της πόλεως στους Επτά επί Θήβας”

Θέατρο και δημοκρατία, 2018

Συλλογικός τόμος προς τιμήν του Καθηγητή Βάλτερ Πούχνερ. Έκδοση: Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών Πανεπιστ... more

Pindar's Sixth Paean: Conceptualizing Religious Panhellenism, in Athina Kavoulaki (ed.), Πλειών, Papers in Memory of Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, Herakleion, pp. 145-177.

"Statius’ Thebaid and Greek Tragedy: The Legacy of Thebes"

Brill's Companion to Statius, 2015

“Dionysiac Metaphor in Αeschylus’ Seven against Thebes”, Materiali e Discussioni 69, 2012, 9-43.

“Seeing Sounds: Synaesthesia in the Parodos of Seven against Thebes”, Logeion / Λογεῖον 2, 2012, 26-59.

Book Reviews by Agis Marinis

Αισχύλος και Σοφοκλής: Οι πλείστες όψεις της πρόσληψης

Logeion, 2019

Rebecca Futo Kennedy (επιμ.), Brill's Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus, Leiden/Βοστόνη 201... more

Review of M. C. Farmer, Tragedy on the Comic Stage, New York (Oxford University Press) 2017, Λογείον/Logeion 7, 2017, pp. 413-41.6.

Logeion, 2017

Review of P. Meineck, Theatrocracy. The Power of Theatre from a New Perspective. London/New York (Routledge) 2018, Λογείον/Logeion 7, 2017, pp. 417-421.

Logeion, 2017

Βιβλιοκρισία του "Μελίνα Ταμιωλάκη (επιμ.), Κωμικός Στέφανος. Νέες τάσεις στην έρευνα της αρχαίας ελληνικής κωμωδίας, Ρέθυμνο 2014."

A Valuable Guide to Hecuba: H. P. Foley, Euripides: Hecuba (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy)

‘Recent Reseach on Satyr Play’, A Review of a) Carl A. Shaw, Satyric Play. The Evolution of Greek Comedy and Satyr Drama, Oxford 2014 and b) Rebecca Lämmle, Poetik des Satyrspiels, Heidelberg 2013; in Logeion /Λογεῖον 4, 2014, 383-404.

Stuart Lawrence, Moral Awareness in Greek Tragedy, Oxford 2013, in Logeion /Λογεῖον 3, 2013, 233-247.

Σμαρώ Νικολαΐδου-Αραμπατζή (Smaro Nikolaidou-Arabatzi), Η Λυκούργεια τετραλογία του Αισχύλου. Δοκιμή ανασύνθεσης, Athens 2010’, in Logeion /Λογεῖον 1, 2011, 327-338.

ΣΜΑΡΩ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΪΔΟΥ-ΑΡΑΜΠΑΤΖΗ, Η Λυκούργεια τετραλογία του Αισχύλου. Δοκιμή ανασύνθεσης, Athens 2010... more

Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic

The volume, concentrating on the poetic works of Silius Italicus, Statius and Valerius Flaccus, c... more The volume, concentrating on the poetic works of Silius Italicus, Statius and Valerius Flaccus, consists of eight original contributions, two by the editors themselves and a further six by experts on Flavian epic. The volume is preceded by an introduction by the editors and it concludes with an ‘Afterword’ by Carole E. Newlands.
Among key themes analysed are narrative patterns, strategies or type-scenes that appear to derive from tragedy, the Aristotelian notions of hamartia and anagnorisis, human and divine causation, the ‘transfer’ of individual characters from tragedy to epic, as well as instances of tragic language and imagery.
The volume at hand showcases an array of methodological approaches to the question of the presence of tragic elements in epic. Hence, it will be of interest to scholars and students in the area of Classics or Literary Studies focusing on such intergeneric and intertextual connections; it will be also of interest to scholars working on Flavian epic or on the ancient reception of Greek and Roman tragedy.

Alan Hughes, Η παράσταση της κωμωδίας στην αρχαία Ελλάδα

Πανεπιστημιακές Εκδόσεις Κρήτης, 2019

Μετάφραση - Επιστημονική επιμέλεια

A Study Guide on Ancient Greek Drama; for the Hellenic Open University (ΕΑΠ). [in English]

Eteocles and Polynices in Statius’ Thebaid: Revisiting Tragic Causality

Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic, 2021

The mask in commedia dell�arte and ancient Greek comedy. A comparative and historical approach, with emphasis on the methodology of acting

‘Realism’ and Reflections of Art in Aeschylean Stage Settings (Persae, Supplices, Theoroi)

Logeion, 2019

Potential answers concerning the existence or not of specificstage structures in the Theatre of D... more Potential answers concerning the existence or not of specificstage structures in the Theatre of Dionysus, during the life of Aeschylus, mayonly be tentative and offered mainly on the basis of hints supplied by the textsthemselves. Owing to the lack of further evidence, it is preferable to opt for themost straightforward and economical solutions (in terms of both complexityand cost). In this study I am dealing with two Aeschylean tragedies, Persae and Supplices, where the issue of the possible existence of specific stage instal-lations or of a raised stage needs to be addressed. I will equally consider thefragmentary satyr play Theoroi, which raises the question of the possible in-fluence of contemporaneous artistic styles upon stage constructions or objects.

Roots ancient or medieval? Nikolaos Politis, modern Greek folklore studies and ancient Greek religion.

The Historical Review/La Revue Historique, 16, 167-186., 2020

The question posed by the title can be reformulated in the following manner:

“Ο Χορός και η συλλογικότητα της πόλεως στους Επτά επί Θήβας”

Θέατρο και δημοκρατία, 2018

Συλλογικός τόμος προς τιμήν του Καθηγητή Βάλτερ Πούχνερ. Έκδοση: Τμήμα Θεατρικών Σπουδών Πανεπιστ... more

Pindar's Sixth Paean: Conceptualizing Religious Panhellenism, in Athina Kavoulaki (ed.), Πλειών, Papers in Memory of Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, Herakleion, pp. 145-177.

"Statius’ Thebaid and Greek Tragedy: The Legacy of Thebes"

Brill's Companion to Statius, 2015

“Dionysiac Metaphor in Αeschylus’ Seven against Thebes”, Materiali e Discussioni 69, 2012, 9-43.

“Seeing Sounds: Synaesthesia in the Parodos of Seven against Thebes”, Logeion / Λογεῖον 2, 2012, 26-59.

Αισχύλος και Σοφοκλής: Οι πλείστες όψεις της πρόσληψης

Logeion, 2019

Rebecca Futo Kennedy (επιμ.), Brill's Companion to the Reception of Aeschylus, Leiden/Βοστόνη 201... more

Review of M. C. Farmer, Tragedy on the Comic Stage, New York (Oxford University Press) 2017, Λογείον/Logeion 7, 2017, pp. 413-41.6.

Logeion, 2017

Review of P. Meineck, Theatrocracy. The Power of Theatre from a New Perspective. London/New York (Routledge) 2018, Λογείον/Logeion 7, 2017, pp. 417-421.

Logeion, 2017

Βιβλιοκρισία του "Μελίνα Ταμιωλάκη (επιμ.), Κωμικός Στέφανος. Νέες τάσεις στην έρευνα της αρχαίας ελληνικής κωμωδίας, Ρέθυμνο 2014."

A Valuable Guide to Hecuba: H. P. Foley, Euripides: Hecuba (Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy)

‘Recent Reseach on Satyr Play’, A Review of a) Carl A. Shaw, Satyric Play. The Evolution of Greek Comedy and Satyr Drama, Oxford 2014 and b) Rebecca Lämmle, Poetik des Satyrspiels, Heidelberg 2013; in Logeion /Λογεῖον 4, 2014, 383-404.

Stuart Lawrence, Moral Awareness in Greek Tragedy, Oxford 2013, in Logeion /Λογεῖον 3, 2013, 233-247.

Σμαρώ Νικολαΐδου-Αραμπατζή (Smaro Nikolaidou-Arabatzi), Η Λυκούργεια τετραλογία του Αισχύλου. Δοκιμή ανασύνθεσης, Athens 2010’, in Logeion /Λογεῖον 1, 2011, 327-338.

ΣΜΑΡΩ ΝΙΚΟΛΑΪΔΟΥ-ΑΡΑΜΠΑΤΖΗ, Η Λυκούργεια τετραλογία του Αισχύλου. Δοκιμή ανασύνθεσης, Athens 2010... more

"Μίμος και Παντόμιμος", Διαδικτυακή Διάλεξη στο Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου, 20 Ιανουαρίου 2021

Διαδικτυακή Διάλεξη στο πλαίσιο του μαθήματος της Επ. Καθηγήτριας, κ. Ιωάννας Παπαδοπούλου, την Τ... more

5-8 November 2014. “Ο Χορός των Επτά επί Θήβας και η συλλογικότητα της πόλεως: Από το κείμενο στη σύγχρονη παράσταση” (“Eteocles and the Chorus in Seven against Thebes: From the text to modern performance”)

Talk at the conference “Θέατρο και Δημοκρατία” (“Theatre and Democracy”, conference dedicated to ... more

1-3 August 2013: Title of talk: “The Emergence of ‘Character’ in Greek Tragedy. Causality and Human Agency”

at the conference entitled “Culture and Philosophy as Ways of Life in Times of Global Change” (co... more at the conference entitled “Culture and Philosophy as Ways of Life in Times of Global Change” (conference attached to the 23rd World Congress of Philosophy). Organization: The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (CRVP; Washington, D.C.). Venue: School of Philosophy, University of Athens.

21-22 June 2013: Title of talk: “Statius’s Thebaid and Greek Tragedy: The Legacy of Thebes”

At the “Statius International Conference”, held at the Department of Latin and Greek, University ... more At the “Statius International Conference”, held at the Department of Latin and Greek, University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Spain. Organization: Cecilia Criado (Department of Latin and Greek, University of Santiago de Compostela) and William Dominik (Department of Classics, University of Otago, New Zealand).

22-24 September 2012. Talk entitled “Polis and Panhellenic Religion: the Pindaric Paradigm”

Talk given at the conference: “‘Reading’ Greek Religion: Literary, Historical and Artistic Perspe... more

9 June 2012: Title: “Roots Ancient or Medieval? The Ideological Ramifications of Tracing Analogies Between Modern Greek Folklore and Ancient Greek Religion”.

Talk given at the one-day conference entitled: “An Immortal Debate: Philosophy and Ideology betwe... more