#  Ioannis (John) Petropoulos 

Director of CHS Greece, 2008–2019; Director Emeritus

Professor of Ancient Greek Literature, Democritus University of Thrace

 

 

 



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Ioannis (John) Petropoulos is Director Emeritus of the Center for Hellenic Studies in Greece (CHS Greece), which he led as Director from its founding in 2008 until 2019. He is Professor of Ancient Greek Literature in the Department of Greek Philology at Democritus University of Thrace and has taught as Adjunct Professor of Classics at St. Photios Orthodox Theological Seminary in Etna, California.

Petropoulos was educated at the University of Athens Law School, Harvard University (AB, Classics), and the University of Oxford (DPhil, Litterae Humaniores, Lincoln College). He taught ancient Greek literature at Oxford for several years before settling in Greece in 1990. Since then he has taught at the University of Crete, Democritus University of Thrace, and the Hellenic Open University, and he has lectured and taught at universities in Brazil, China, the EU, the UK, and the US. He has supervised doctoral and postdoctoral theses affiliated with Greek, Brazilian, Chinese, and US institutions.

His books include [*Kleos in a Minor Key: The Homeric Education of a Little Prince*](https://chs.harvard.edu/book/petropoulos-j-c-b-kleos-in-a-minor-key-the-homeric-education-of-a-little-prince/), published in 2011 by the Center for Hellenic Studies and Harvard University Press.





 

 

 





 

 

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