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Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi is a Professor of Classics at Stanford University, part of the School of Humanities and Sciences. She holds a PhD from Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1992) and has held academic positions at the University of Crete (1993–2005), Princeton University (visiting fellowships), Harvard University (visiting scholar), and has been at Stanford since 2005. Her research focuses on ancient Greek aesthetic theories, lyric poetry, Plato, and dance in antiquity, with notable works including Frontiers of Pleasure (2012) and Performance and Culture in Plato’s Laws (2013). She leads the Lyric Mapping Project, exploring geographical and cultural dimensions of Greek lyric poetry.
Her research interests span ancient and modern aesthetic thought, lyric poetry, dance aesthetics, and interdisciplinary studies connecting ancient and modern aesthetics. She has supervised over 20 doctoral students, many focusing on Greek lyric poetry, performance, and philosophical aesthetics. Peponi has received the Choice 50 Award (2013) for her book on ancient aesthetic responses. She actively contributes to academic networks, including co-chairing the Network for the Study of Archaic and Classical Greek Song (2011–2017).
Her recent publications (2021–2024) explore topics like Sappho’s ethereal poetics, ancient dance theory, and cross-cultural aesthetic comparisons. Peponi’s work bridges classical scholarship with modern reception, emphasizing lived experience and interdisciplinary approaches to ancient aesthetics.
