Tatsi Anna

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 24/08/1973

Place of Birth: Thessaloniki

STUDIES

2010 PhD in Classics, Department of Classics, Faculty of Philology, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Title of Dissertation: “Pindar’s Nemeans. The prooimia (proems) – A structural and interpretative study” (supervisor Prof. Mary J. Yossi – in Modern Greek)

2000 MA in Classics, King’s College, University of London
Attended courses:

• “Greek Lyric Poetry” (Prof. Herwig Maehler),
• “Greek Tragedy” (Dr. Barbara E. Goff, Dr. R.E.C. Shorrock),
• “Plato’s Dialogues” (Prof. Robert W. Sharples, Dr. Anne Sheppard).

Title of Dissertation: “Language and Limits in Three Political Plays of Euripides: the Heraclidae, the Suppliants and the Phoenissae” (supervisor Dr. Barbara E. Goff).

1997 Degree in Greek philology, Department of Classics, School of Philosophy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.

LANGUAGES

Modern Greek (native speaker),

English (excellent speaking and writing skills, Certified Teacher of English by the State Board of the Ministry of Education),

French (very good speaking and writing skills),

Italian (very good speaking and writing skills).

PROFESSIONAL & TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Sep 2015-Aug 2018 Research Centre for Greek Philosophy, Academy of Athens
Adjunct Member, currently involved in the research project “Cleanthes. Extant fragments – translation and commentary”.

Sep 2013-Aug 2015 Full-time Teacher in secondary state education (ages 12-17)

Sep 2009-Aug 2013 Research Centre for Greek Philosophy, Academy of Athens

2007-2009 Full-time Teacher in secondary state education (ages 12-17)
Courses Taught: Greek (all levels – beginners to advanced), Latin (all levels), Modern Greek (Language and Literature).
[Appointed after succeeding at the examinations for the Certification of State Teachers in 2007]

Jul-Aug 2005 Ministry of Culture - European Cultural Centre of Delphi
Teacher of Seminars on Modern Greek Language to foreign scholars and teachers of classics, organised by the ECCD in association with the Hellenic Humanistic Society (24 Jul-7 Aug 2005).

Sep 2003-Jun 2005 Hellenic Naval Academy
Part-time Teacher of Modern Greek in the preparatory courses for foreign students (ages 18-20) for two consecutive academic years 2003-2004, 2004-2005 (total of hours taught: 700).

Sep 2001-Jan 2004 Higher Education School of Nursing “Sophia Schliemann”
Part-time Teacher of Modern Greek (ages 17-22) (total of hours taught: 184).

PUBLICATIONS - SCIENTIFIC PROJECTS

• Pindar. Nemeans, introduction-translation-interpretation, Anna Tatsi [to be published].
• Ἐξαίσιοι γέλωτες. Το γέλιο στην αρχαία ελληνική γραμματεία (Exaisioi gelōtes. Laughter in Ancient Greek Literature), M. Yossi, A. Melista (eds), Athens, Editions Smili, 2017: pp. 252-257, 266-269, 388-411, 706-712, 847-852, 985-1004 (ISBN 978-960-7793-93-5).
• “Plato’s Rhetorical Technique in Republic Ι”, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference of Philosophy of the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens, E. Moutsopoulos – M. Protopapas-Marneli (eds), Athens, Academy of Athens, 2013: pp. 165-180 [available online at the Academia webpage: https://www.academia.edu/1572682/Platos_Rhetorical_Technique_in_Republic_I ].
• “On the Meaning of χρόνος in Pindar’s Nemean 1.46”, Mnemosyne 61.1 (2008) 120-129 [available online at the Academia webpage: https://www.academia.edu/433442/On_the_Meaning_of_Chronos_In_Pindars_Nemean_1.46 ]
• Γοργίας. Ἑλένης ἐγκώμιον (Gorgias. Encomium of Helen), introduction – translation – commentary: A. Tatsi – D. G. Spatharas, Athens, Ekdoseis tou Eikostou Protou, 1998.
• Σοφοκλής. Αἴας (Sophocles. Ajax), introduction – translation En Kyklo (Ἐν κύκλῳ), Athens, Ekdoseis tou Eikostou Protou, 1998.

TRANSLATIONS - EDITIONS

Translations of books to Modern Greek:

• Aldo Brancacci, ΟΙΚΕΙΟΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ. La filosofia del linguaggio di Antistene, Napoli, Bibliopolis, 1990 [ΟΙΚΕΙΟΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ. Η φιλοσοφία της γλώσσας του Αντισθένους, μτφρ. Ειρήνη Σβίτζου, επιμ. Δήμητρα Τουλάτου – Άννα Τάτση, Αθήναι, Ακαδημία Αθηνών, 2016]
• Livio Rossetti, Introduzione alla filosofia antica, Bari, Levante editori, 1998 [Livio Rossetti, Εἰσαγωγὴ στὴν Ἀρχαία Φιλοσοφία. Φιλολογικὰ δεδομένα καὶ ἄλλα μεθοδολογικὰ ἐργαλεῖα, μτφρ.-επιμ. Άννα Τάτση, Αθήνα, Ακαδημία Αθηνών, 2015]
• A Hellenistic Anthology, selected and edited by Neil Hopkinson, Cambridge, Cambridge UP, 1988 [Neil Hopkinson, Ανθολογία ελληνιστικής ποίησης, μτφρ. Άννα Τάτση, επιμ. Χρ. Τσαγγάλης, Αθήνα, Μεταίχμιο, 2006]
• Qu’est-ce qu’on ne sait pas? Les rencontres philosophiques de l'Unesco, Paris, Gallimard, 1996 [Τι δεν γνωρίζουμε; Οι φιλοσοφικές συναντήσεις της UNESCO, μτφρ. Μ. Ι. Γιόση-Ά. Τάτση, Αθήνα, Σμίλη, 2006].
• Θέλξις. Δεκαπέντε μελετήματα για τη Σαπφώ (Thelxis. Fifteen essays on Sappho), Μ. J. Yossi-D. Kioussi-A. Tatsi (eds), Athens, Editions Smili, 2004.

Translations of articles in the following volumes:

• Peitho. Rhetoric – Thirteen Studies (Πειθώ. Ρητορική – Δεκατρία Μελετήματα), D. G. Spatharas-L. Tzallila (eds), Athens, Smili, 2003: pp. 63-85, 307-341.
• Historie. Herodotus – Fourteen Studies (Ἱστορίη. Ηρόδοτος – Δεκατέσσερα Μελετήματα), A. Melista-G. Sotiropoulou (eds), Athens, Smili, 2004: pp. 97-150, 275-296

LECTURES - CONFERENCES

• “Laughter with tears: mixed emotions in Plato’s Phaedo”, Approaching Emotions – Interdisciplinary perspectives. A one-day conference, organised by the Acropolis Museum, the Belgian Archaeological School at Athens, the Netherlands Institute at Athens and the Norwegian Institute at Athens (Acropolis Museum, 17 October 2017).
• “Antisthenes’ philosophy of language and its Aristotelian critique”, International Conference of Philosophy “ARISTOTELES 2400 YEARS – Aristotle, timeless and scientifically timely” (Academy of Athens, 14-17 January 2017).
• “Plato’s Rhetorical Technique in Republic I”, 3rd International Conference of Philosophy organised by the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy “Plato, Poet and Philosopher: the Platonic Dialogues” (Sparta, 26-29 May 2011).
• “The uses of laughter in the Platonic Dialogues”, lecture delivered at the Philological Society “Parnassos” (Athens, 3 November 2010).
• “The encomium of poetry in the epinician odes of Pindar and Bacchylides”, paper presented in the course of the seminar on “The encomium in ancient Greek literature”, organised by the En Kyklo Society for Culture and Education (Athens, 8 February 2008).
• “The problem of the prooimia in Pindar: Nemean 1”, paper presented at “Epinician: An international conference on the Victory Ode”, organised by the University of London and the Institute of Classical Studies (London, 5-9 July 2006).
• Member of the Organising Committee at the following conferences organised by the Research Centre for Greek Philosophy at the Academy of Athens: 2nd International Conference of Philosophy (co-organised by the Greek Patriarchate of Alexandria) “The notion of citizenship in Greek Philosophy” (Alexandria, 4-6 March 2010) // 3rd International Conference of Philosophy “Plato, Poet and Philosopher: the Platonic Dialogues” (Sparta, 26-29 May 2011) // International Conference of Philosophy “ARISTOTELES 2400 YEARS – Aristotle, timeless and scientifically timely” (Academy of Athens, 14-17 January 2017)

RELEVANT ACTIVITIES

En Kyklo (Ἐν κύκλῳ) Society for Culture and Education (2001-2011)
Founder member of the non-profit society Ἐν κύκλῳ, which focused on the study and edition of ancient Greek texts, and organized lectures and seminars on Greek literature and culture