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Roberto Di Tuccio is a PartTime Lecturer in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at Durham University, concurrently pursuing a PhD funded by a Durham Doctoral Studentship (DDS). His research focuses on the characterization of hetairai (courtesans) in Imperial and Late Antique Greek literature, examining how these figures reflect evolving literary, rhetorical, and societal identities. He holds a BA (2018) in Greek Literature and an MA (2021) in Classical Philology from Sapienza University of Rome.
Di Tuccio has taught Greek and Latin languages and literature at Rome’s Liceo Classico Orazio (2017) and contributed to translating and adapting ancient Greek dramas like Aeschylus' Agamemnon (2020) and Aristophanes' Clouds (2021) with Theatron Project. He also published bibliographical entries in Poiesis. Bibliografia della Poesia Greca (2019) and promotes classical culture through projects with the Association for Classical Culture (AICC).
His doctoral research analyzes fictional hetairai in Lucian’s Dialogi Meretricii, Alciphron’s, and Aristaenetus’ erotic letters, exploring how rhetorical techniques shape their identities across genres. This work bridges literary tradition with cognitive studies to understand the interplay between fiction, rhetoric, and societal realities.
