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Dr Myrto Hatzimichali. BA MST DPHIL. Classics. College position: Director of Studies in Classics and University Senior Lecturer in Classics (Philosophy) Myrto joined Homerton in September 2012, when she started her university lectureship at the Faculty of Classics.
Fortunately, Myrto Hatzimichali is more than up to the task. Her excellent monograph on the enigmatic Potamo of Alexandria, the first of its kind in English, constitutes a contribution to the study of ancient eclecticism, and the field of intellectual history more broadly, out of all proportion to its relatively brief length.
At Homerton you will be taught by the Director of Studies in Classics, Dr Myrto Hatzimichali, who is a Fellow of the College and supervises all Homerton classicists for their language work (either Greek or Latin) and for the optional subject of Ancient Philosophy, which is her area of specialization.
Cambridge's Laurence Chair of Ancient Philosophy, originally created for F.M. Cornford in 1930, is the oldest Ancient Philosophy professorship in the world. Its last four holders have been W.K.C. Guthrie, G.E.L. Owen, Myles Burnyeat, Gisela Striker, and David Sedley. The current Laurence Professor is Gábor Betegh.
Classics at Cambridge: Archaeology Projects! Open Days: Classics Sample Lecture 2. Dr Myrto Hatzimichali delivers a sample lecture for the University of Cambridge Classics course, entitled “Lucretius: How Nature Can Defeat Superstition”.
by Myrto Hatzimichali Xenarchus taught at Alexandria, Athens, and Rome, and his acquaintances included the geographer Strabo and the emperor Augustus. He is best known for his critique of Aristotle’s fifth element, which constitutes the material of the...
