Dr. Kostas Lygouris

Biography

Kostas Lygouris is an Assistant Professor (Teaching-focused) in Roman History at the University of Warwick. He holds a BA in Classics from King's College London (2016), an MPhil in Classics from the University of Cambridge (2017), and completed his PhD at the University of Cambridge in 2022. His doctoral thesis explored the late antique cultural vogue of rewriting Christian prose narratives into hexameter verse. His research focuses on Greek literary culture during the Imperial period, with a special emphasis on Christian responses to the epic classical tradition. Lygouris's broader research interests include the intersection of religious identity and literary culture in the late Roman Empire, and he has a keen interest in the forms characterized by this period. At Warwick, he teaches undergraduate modules including 'Roman Culture and Society' and 'Introduction to Roman History'.

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