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Name: Dia M. L. Philippides
Electronic Mail: Dia.Philippides@bc.edu
Professor of Classical Studies
Boston College
Chestnut Hill MA 02467, USA
Tel. (001)-617-552-3664/1
Fax (001)-617-552-2308 or (001)-617-552-8828 (with name marked)

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Courses Fall 2001:

CL 052 Intermediate Ancient Greek I
CL 280 / EN 084.02 Currents in Modern Greek Literature
CL 360 Euripides' Bacchae
CL 390 Readings and Research

Courses Spring 2002:

CL 053 Intermediate Ancient Greek II
CL 166 Modern Greek Drama (Core Literature)
CL 3xx Sophocles' Oedipus Tyrannus

Research interests:

Cretan Renaissance literature (especially the Erotokritos): language and form
Modern Greek literature in English translation
Ancient Greek tragedy (in particular, metrics)
Computers and linguistic/literary analysis (stylometry)

You may find the following links of interest:
the website for the Department of Classical Studies at Boston College: http://fmwww.bc.edu/CL /

the website for the (inter)national Modern Greek Studies Association (MGSA) with information regarding university programs in Modern Greek, events (including the 30th anniversary Symposium [Nov. 1999 at Princeton]), membership: http://www.hnet.uci.edu/classics/MGSA/