{"id":2183,"date":"2026-09-13T06:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T06:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/andlab.ha.upatras.gr\/about\/team\/en-hristos-zafiropoulos\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T11:40:06","slug":"hristos-zafiropoulos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/andlab.ha.upatras.gr\/en\/about\/team\/hristos-zafiropoulos\/","title":{"rendered":"Christos Zafeiropoulos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-custom-and-stone-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1b8eb94d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:40px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:24px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-430fd726 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div 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1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><a href=\"mailto:czaf@otenet.gr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/andlab.ha.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2026\/09\/Email_icon_bw.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-accent-5-border-color wp-image-1186\" style=\"border-width:10px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/citations?user=MWDJZlYAAAAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/andlab.ha.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2026\/09\/Google_Scholar_logo.svg_.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-accent-5-border-color wp-image-1182\" style=\"border-width:10px;object-fit:cover\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full has-custom-border\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/profile\/Christos-Zafiropoulos\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"120\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/andlab.ha.upatras.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/276\/2026\/09\/ResearchGate_icon_SVG.svg_.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-accent-5-border-color wp-image-1183\" style=\"border-width:10px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-29b355be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:40px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:24px\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"padding-top:4px;padding-bottom:4px;font-size:clamp(14px, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.341), 17px);\">Christos Zafeiropoulos is Associate Professor of Classical Philology in the Department of History -Archaeology at the University of Patras. He studied at the University of Crete and the University of Exeter and has taught, in addition to the University of Patras, at the University of Thessaly, the University of Ioannina, the Hellenic Open University, the Open University of Cyprus, and Sichuan University. His research interests focus on ancient Greek literature, particularly the Aesopic corpus, Platonic dialogues, mythology, ancient drama, the history of ideas\u2014with particular emphasis on the concept of time\u2014and the reception of antiquity. His published and ongoing work examines, among other topics, the political context surrounding the emergence of the intellectual in Classical Athens, leisure, philosophical therapy in the Platonic dialogues, as well as questions of orality and literacy. He also works on the modern reception of antiquity, with particular emphasis on Greek film productions during the period of the dictatorship and on representations of antiquity in comics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d18639a0 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:24px;padding-left:24px\">\n<p class=\"has-accent-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aesopic corpus<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Platonic dialogues<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ancient drama<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Orality and literacy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reception of antiquity<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-custom-and-white-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-29b355be wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:40px;padding-right:24px;padding-bottom:40px;padding-left:24px\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center alignwide has-custom-and-terracotta-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/andlab.ha.upatras.gr\/en\/about\/team\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"44\">\u2190Back to the Team<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT \u00b7 LAB DIRECTOR Christos Zafeiropoulos Associate Professor Ancient Greek Literature Christos Zafeiropoulos is Associate Professor of Classical Philology in the Department of History -Archaeology at the University of Patras. 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