Classical Studies Faculty Directory

Dia Philippides

Professor Emerita

Profile

Prof. Philippides鈥 teaching at Boston College has centered on ancient Greek language and literature (intermediate-level texts; lecture courses and advanced seminars on Greek drama) and on modern Greek literature and culture (courses and seminars in areas including fiction, drama, and films). In May 2011 she received a 鈥楾eaching with New Media鈥 (TWIN) award.

In her academic work (teaching and research) Prof. Philippides focuses on: interdisciplinary approaches; harnessing technology to the service of the Humanities (Greek Studies); collaboration on research projects with student assistants and senior colleagues (at Boston College and elsewhere); reinforcing bridges between the USA and Greece.听After holding a Research Professorship at 91福利导航 (2013-2018) Prof. Philippides is continuing to concentrate on research.

Publications

Books

  • The Iambic Trimeter of Euripides: Selected Plays. New York: Arno Press, 1981.
  • 螚 螛蠀蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀 螒尾蟻伪维渭听蟽蟿慰谓 蠀蟺慰位慰纬喂蟽蟿萎听/ The Sacrifice of Abraham听on the Computer. Athens: Hermes Publishing Co., 1986.
  • CENSUS of Modern Greek Literature: Check-list of English-Language Sources Useful in the Study of Modern Greek Literature (1824-1987). New Haven, CT: Modern Greek Studies Association, 1990. Second printing 1992.
  • 韦慰蠀 魏蠉魏位慰蠀 蟿伪 纬蠀蟻委蟽渭伪蟿伪: 慰听螘蚁蝇蟿蠈魏蚁喂蟿慰蟼听蟽蔚畏位蔚魏蟿蟻慰谓喂魏萎 伪谓维位蠀蟽畏 (As the Wheel Spins: Electronic Analysis of the听Erotokritos). With David Holton and the technical assistance of John L. Dawson. 4 vols. Athens: Hermes Publishing Co., 1996-2001.

CD-ROM (Published December 2013)

螘巍惟韦螣螝巍螜韦螣危: 韦慰蠀 未委蟽魏慰蠀 蟿伪 纬蠀蟻委蟽渭伪蟿伪 / EROTOKRITOS: As the Disk Turns. A CD-ROM (with Greek and English interface). With David Holton and John L. Dawson. Athens: Hermes Publishing Co., 2013. ISBN 978-960-320-218-9. The romance 贰谤辞迟贸办谤颈迟辞蝉 (ca. AD 1600) is a major literary work of the Cretan Renaissance. The CD-ROM includes (as Hypertext) the word-tables from the book 韦慰蠀 魏蠉魏位慰蠀 蟿伪 纬蠀蟻委蟽渭伪蟿伪: 慰 螘蚁蝇蟿蠈魏蚁喂蟿慰蟼 蟽蔚 畏位蔚魏蟿蟻慰谓喂魏萎 伪谓维位蠀蟽畏 (the concordance to the 贰谤辞迟贸办谤颈迟辞蝉) and the text of the romance (ed. Stylianos Alexiou [1992]), all interlinked through a million electronic links.

Articles (Selected)

  • "Literary Detection in Works of the Cretan Renaissance". Literary and Linguistic Computing Journal (Oxford University Press) 3, No. 1 (March 1988): 1-11.
  • "The Sea in the Erotokritos". With W.F. Bakker. Journal of Modern Greek Studies (Johns Hopkins University Press) 6, No. 1 (May 1988): 97-116. Available online under "Project Muse." Also posted on the 91福利导航 Libraries鈥 (Open Access) eScholarship platform, at: .
  • "螠喂伪 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蟽蠀渭尾慰位萎 蟿畏蟼 蟻委渭伪蟼 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚尉苇蟿伪蟽畏 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪蟿蟻蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 螛蠀蟽委伪蟼 魏伪喂 螘蟻蠅蟿慰魏蟻委蟿慰蠀鈥 (A First Contribution of Rhyme to the Authorship of the Sacrifice of Abraham and Erotokritos). In 巍慰未蠅谓喂维: 蟿喂渭萎 蟽蟿慰谓 螠.螜. 螠伪谓慰蠉蟽伪魏伪 (Rodonia: In Honor of M.I. Manousakas). Rethymno: University of Crete, 1994. Vol. II: 571-589.
  • 鈥淭he Lament of the Virgin by Ephraem the Syrian鈥. With Wim F. Bakker. In 螘谓胃蠉渭畏蟽喂蟼 螡喂魏慰位维慰蠀 螠. 螤伪谓伪纬喂蠅蟿维魏畏 (In Memory of Nikolaos M. Panayotakis). 螚蟻维魏位蔚喂慰谓: 螤伪谓蔚蟺喂蟽蟿畏渭喂伪魏苇蟼 螘魏未蠈蟽蔚喂蟼 螝蟻萎蟿畏蟼 & 螔喂魏蔚位伪委伪 螔喂尾位喂慰胃萎魏畏, 2000:听39-56. Posted on the 91福利导航 Libraries鈥 (Open Access) eScholarship platform, at: .
  • 鈥淚n Search of Patterns in Classical and Modern Greek Literature鈥. Invited presentation at the 'Contours of Hellenism' Conference held at UCLA. May 2000. .
  • 鈥溛 蠀蟺慰位慰纬喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蟽蟿畏 蟽蠉纬魏蟻喂蟽畏 魏蟻畏蟿喂魏蠋谓 伪谓伪纬蔚谓谓畏蟽喂伪魏蠋谓 魏蔚喂渭苇谓蠅谓: 蔚魏未慰蟿喂魏苇蟼 伪蟺慰蟻委蔚蟼 渭蔚 伪蠁蔚蟿畏蟻委伪 蟿慰 位蔚尉喂位蠈纬喂慰 蟿畏蟼 蟻委渭伪蟼篓 (Computers in the comparison of Cretan Renaissance texts: editorial queries based on the vocabulary of the rhyme). In 螒谓伪未蟻慰渭喂魏维 魏伪喂 螤蟻慰未蟻慰渭喂魏维: Approaches to Texts in Early Modern Greek: Papers from the conference Neograeca Medii Aevi V / Exeter College, University of Oxford, September 2000. Edited by Elizabeth Jeffreys and Michael Jeffreys. Oxford: Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford, 2005: 101-114.
  • 鈥溛熚 伪纬纬位蠈纬位蠅蟽蟽蔚蟼 渭蔚蟿伪蠁蟻维蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿畏蟼 谓蔚慰蔚位位畏谓喂魏萎蟼 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪蟼 蟽蟿喂蟼 螚螤螒 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 螝伪谓伪未维鈥 (English translations of modern Greek literature published in the USA and Canada). In "螕谓蠋蟻喂渭慰蟼 魏伪喂 尉苇谓慰蟼": 螚 谓蔚慰蔚位位畏谓喂魏萎 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪 蟽蔚 维位位蔚蟼 纬位蠋蟽蟽蔚蟼. 螒纬纬位喂魏萎, 伪位尾伪谓喂魏萎, 尾慰蠀位纬伪蟻喂魏萎, 纬伪位位喂魏萎, 纬蔚蟻渭伪谓喂魏萎, 未伪谓苇味喂魏畏, 纬位蠋蟽蟽蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 螜蟽蟺伪谓委伪蟼, 喂蟿伪位喂魏萎, 谓慰蟻尾畏纬喂魏萎, 慰位位伪谓未喂魏萎, 蟺慰蟻蟿慰纬伪位喂魏萎, 蟻慰蠀渭伪谓喂魏萎, 蟻蠅蟽喂魏萎, 蟽蔚蟻尾喂魏萎, 蟽慰蠀畏未喂魏萎, 蟿慰蠀蟻魏喂魏萎, 蠁喂位伪谓未喂魏萎 (鈥楩amiliar and Foreign鈥: Modern Greek Literature in Other Languages: English, Albanian, Bulgarian, French, German, Danish, the languages of Spain, Italian, Norwegian, Dutch, Portuguese, Rumanian, Russian, Serbian, Turkish, Finnish). 螘蟺喂渭. 螔伪蟽委位畏蟼 螔伪蟽喂位蔚喂维未畏蟼. 螛蔚蟽蟽伪位慰谓委魏畏: 螝苇谓蟿蟻慰 螘位位畏谓喂魏萎蟼 螕位蠋蟽蟽伪蟼, 2012: 51-70. Posted on the 91福利导航 Libraries鈥 (Open Access) eScholarship platform, at: .
  • 鈥淢辞苍颈办颈苍 Hollow Testament鈥檚 hero with his author on the air in Boston鈥. In 螒蠁喂苇蟻蠅渭伪 蟽蟿畏谓 螝蔚谓萎 螖喂伪胃萎魏畏 蟿慰蠀 螤维蟻喂 韦伪魏蠈蟺慰蠀位慰蠀 伪蟺蠈 22 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼... (Tribute to Paris Tacopoulos鈥櫶 Hollow Testament by 22 authors...). 螒胃萎谓伪: 螝伪位位喂纬蟻维蠁慰蟼 (Athens: Kalligraphos), 2014: 146-154. Posted on the 91福利导航 Libraries鈥 (Open Access) eScholarship platform, at:

Websites

CENSUS of Modern Greek Literature: Check-list of English-Language Sources Useful in the Study of Modern Greek Literature Update (1813-present). With W.F. Bakker (Prof. Emeritus, Univ. of Amsterdam) and other colleagues. A revised, enlarged edition of the work-of-reference originally published in 1990. The compilation continues to today, incorporating references to (all) translations and studies (published worldwide in English, 1813- ) based on authors, works and topics in modern Greek literature from ca. AD 1200 to the present. The听Census Update听is in preparation for publication in print (two vols., 1813-2012) and as a fully searchable database to be maintained Open Access on the Web.听With the support of the AIkaterini Laskaridis Foundation the CENSUS team has launched (April 2022) the website听, containing the project's first section "Greek AUTHORS 19th-21st centuries". Further development will follow.听

Websites for modern Greek drama and film () and for the听Erotokritos听CD-ROM () remain under development.