Department of Philology // University of Patras

Karakantza, Effimia

Karakantza, Effimia

Classics

 

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

  1. Ancient Greek Myths. The discourse of the 20th century on their nature and interpretation. Metaixmio: Athens: 2004. (in Greek)

 

(as editor)

  1. Μ. Christopoulos, E. D. Karakantza, O. Levaniouk (eds), Light and Darkness in Ancient Greek Myth and Religion Lexington Books, Lanham MD, 2010. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Series editor: G. Nagy
  1. E. D. Karakantza (ed), Reflecting on the Greek Epic Cycle, Proceedings of the Greek Epic Cycle Conference (Ancient Olympia 9-10 July 2010), the Classics@ issue 6, the on-line journal of the Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University.

PAPERS

  1. «Odysseia or Penelopeia? An assessment of Penelope’s character and position in the Odyssey», MÈTIS 12 (1997): 161-179.

  1. «The sexual servitude of Odysseus; An interpretative approach to Κirke and Κalypso episodes in the Odyssey», Πρακτικά του ΙΑ Συνεδρίου της Παγκόσμιας Ομοσπονδίας Κλασικών Σπουδών (FIEC) [Καβάλα, Αύγουστος 1999], Αθήνα 2001, τόμος Ι, 468-481.
  2. «The semiology of rape; The meeting of Odysseus and Nausikaa in book 6 of the Odyssey», Classics Ireland 10 (2003): 8-26.
  1. «Πέντε τρόποι ανάγνωσης της Οδύσσειας», Παλίμψηστον, Βικελαία Δημοτική Βιβλιοθήκη, Ηράκλειο Κρήτης, 18 (2003): 29-53.
  2. «Literary rapes revisited. A study in literary conventions and political ideology» MÈTIS, n.s. 2 (2004): 29-45.
  3. «Από τον λόγο του μύθου στον λόγο της πόλεως. Μυθικές αφηγήσεις στο περιβάλλον της αρχαιοελληνικής πόλεως. Μελέτη περιπτώσεων: Σοφοκλή Φιλοκτήτης, Ευριπίδη Βάκχες» Πρακτικά του Συμποσίου «Μύθος μετά Λόγου» (Ικαρία, 17-20/6/2005), Αθήνα 2007, 99-118.
  4. «Dark skin and dark deeds; Danaids and Aigyptioi in a culture of light» στο M. Christopoulos, E. D. Karakantza, O. Levaniouk (επιμ.) Light and Darkness in Myth and Religion in Greek Antiquity, Lexington Books, Lanham MD, 2010, 14-29.
  5. «Eating from the tables of others. Sophocles’ Ajax and the Greek Epic Cycle», Classics@ (on-line journal, The Center for Hellenic Studies of Harvard University), τεύχος 6, 2010, με τίτλο: Reflecting on the Greek Epic Cycle.
  1. «In quest of the Father in the narratives of origin and movement in Oedipus Tyrannus» στο MÈTIS (Revue d’ anthropologie du monde grec ancient), 9 (2011), 149-164.
  2. «Throwing out the menos with the bath water. The Sophoclean text vs Peter Stein’s Electra (2007)» στο A. Bakogianni (επιμ.) Dialogues with the Past. Reception Theory and Practice, vol. I, Institute of Classical Studies, London (General editor: M. Edwards), forthcoming in 2011.
  3. «Polis anatomy. Reflecting on polis structures in Sophoclean tragedy», Classics Ireland (forthcoming in 2011).
  4. «To befriend or not to befriend? A note on lines 678-683 of the deception speech in Ajax», Logeion, (forthcoming in 2011).