Argyro Lithari completed her doctoral studies in Ancient Philosophy and the History of Ancient Science at Humboldt University of Berlin. Her dissertation, which deals with the treatise Outllines of Astronomical Hypotheses written by the Neoplatonist philosopher Proclus, was unanimously awarded the distinction summa cum laude, and was published by De Gruyter in 2025 (Proclus, “Hypotyposis Astronomicarum Positionum”: Text, Introduction, Translation, and Commentary with a Study of the Diagrams and Illustrations). She has participated in international conferences on topics related to the History of Astronomy, Neoplatonism, and the History and Transmission of Texts. She is a member of the Academia Platonica Septima Monasteriensis. Her studies and research have been fully funded by state and private institutions.
Field
- Ancient Greek Philosophy
- Commentators of Aristotle and Neoplatonism
- Ancient Science (Mathematics-Astronomy in Greek Antiquity)
- Textual Transmission
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Studies
- 2007 – 2011: Undergraduate studies at the Department of Primary Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Grade: 9.47.
- 2012 – 2014: Undergraduate studies at the Department of Philosophy and Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Grade: 9.12.
- 2013 – 2016: Master’s studies at the Department of Philosophy and Education, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Grade: 9.88.
- 2017 – 2023: Doctoral studies in Ancient Philosophy and the History of Ancient Science, with an emphasis on Ancient Philosophy, at the Department of Philosophy, Humboldt University of Berlin, Research Training Group “Philosophy, Science and the Sciences.” Dissertation: “Proclus’ Hypotyposis Astronomicarum Positionum. Introduction, Translation, Commentary with a Study of the Diagrams & Illustrations”, supervised by Prof. Dr. Gerd Graßhoff and Prof. Dr. Dr. Stephen Menn. Unanimous evaluation of the dissertation by the supervisors and the external examiner Prof. Daryn Lehoux: summa cum laude.
Research interests
- Ancient Greek Philosophy
- Commentators of Aristotle and Neoplatonism
- Ancient Science (Mathematics-Astronomy in Greek Antiquity)
- Textual Transmission
Publications
Monographs
- Lithari, A. (2025). Proclus, “Hypotyposis Astronomicarum Positionum”: Introduction, Text, Translation and Commentary with a Study of the Diagrams and Illustrations (Science, Technology and Medicine in Ancient Cultures, vol. 16), Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter.
Articles
- Lithari, A. (2022). “Platonic Teachings and Astronomers’ Hypotheses in the Proemium of Proclus’ Hypotyposis Astronomicarum Positionum: Between Opposition and Agreement”, στο P. d’Hoine, G. Roskam, St. Schorn and J. Verheyden (eds.), Polemics, Rivalry and Networking in Greco-Roman Antiquity (Lectio, vol. 12), Turnhout: Brepols, p. 361-381.
- Λιθαρή, Α. (2018). «Η Διαλεκτική της Ερμηνευτικής: Για την Πρόσληψη της Εγελιανής Φιλοσοφίας από τον Γκάνταμερ», Δευκαλίων, 32/1-2, σ. 76-97.
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