Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi

Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi works on Greek aesthetics, especially on the Greek notion of aesthetic pleasure in both poetry and philosophy. Currently, one of her main research and teaching interests is Greek chorality (the cultural practice of choral singing and dancing) and especially the aesthetic and cognitive aspects of the Greek conceptualization of dance. She is also interested in the relationship between the visual and the verbal, especially between poetry and painting.

Prior to her appointment at Stanford in 2004, Peponi she visited the United States on fellowships and conducted research at east coast universities. So far at Stanford she has taught the Majors seminar, a capstone course for Classics majors and minors. She also taught advanced Greek and freshman seminars. Her graduate seminars included : Aesthetics and Politics of Dance in Ancient Greece (Spring 2003, as a visiting Professor), Choral Poetry and Performance (2005), Criticism, Interpretation and Reception in Antiquity: the case of Sappho (2006), Mimesis in Poetry and Philosophy (with Andrea Nightingale, 2007).Her recent publications include "Sparta's Prima Ballerina: Choreia in Alcman 3 PMGF", Classical Quarterly 57.2 , 2007 : 351-362 ; "Initiating the Viewer: Deixis and Visual Perception in Alcman's Lyric Drama", Arethusa 37.3, 2004: 295-316; "Mixed Pleasures, Blended Discourses: Poetry, Medicine and the Body in Plato's Philebus" 46-47c, Classical Antiquity 21, 2002: 135-160; "A Theatrical Chorography : Homeric Hymn to Apollo" 146-206 Thymeli. "Festschrift in honor of N. Chourmouziadis", Iraklion 2004 : 303-322 (in Greek).She is a core member of the newly created Network for the Study of Archaic and Classical Greek Song, an international network that will promote the study of Greek lyric poetry and its performance contexts.