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Greek and World Theatre: Drama, Performance, Education

MARINIS AGIS

AGIS MARINIS

Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Philology and Ancient Theatre

Department of Theatre Studies • University of Patras

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Agis Marinis is Associate Professor of Ancient Greek Philology and Ancient Theatre at the Department of Theatre Studies of the University of Patras.

His teaching and research focus on ancient Greek theatre, tragedy and comedy, the relationship between text and performance, the reception of ancient drama and comparative approaches to theatrical practice.

Ancient Greek TheatreGreek TragedyAncient ComedyPindarReception of Ancient DramaPerformance and Acting
Teaching Experience
  • Higher education: University of Patras.
  • Open and distance education: Hellenic Open University.
  • Open and distance education: Open University of Cyprus.
Supervision of Postgraduate and Doctoral Research
  • Supervisor of two completed doctoral dissertations at the Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras.
  • Co-supervisor of doctoral dissertations at the University of Patras, the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the University of Ioannina.
  • Member of seven-member doctoral examination committees.
  • Supervisor of postgraduate dissertations in the MA programme “Ancient Greek Theatre” at the University of Patras.
  • Supervisor of dissertations at the Open University of Cyprus and co-supervisor in the “Korais” MA programme of the Department of Philology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
Research Project: Mask and Ancient Comedy

“The Mask in Commedia dell’Arte and Ancient Greek Comedy: A Comparative and Historical Approach, with Emphasis on the Methodology of Acting”

  • Project: “Support for Researchers with an Emphasis on Young Researchers – Cycle B” (NSRF 2014-2020).
  • Duration: 04/12/2019 – 03/03/2021 (15 months).
  • Project / MIS code: 5047160.
  • Funding: €41,500.
  • Participation as Scientific Coordinator (“Academic Adviser”).
Research Areas
  • Ancient Greek tragedy and comedy
  • Aeschylus, Euripides and Pindar
  • Dionysiac poetics and religion
  • Stage practice and performance studies
  • Masks and acting
  • Reception and translation of ancient drama
  • Ancient tragedy and Latin epic
  • Modern performances of ancient drama
Conferences and Invited Lectures

He has presented papers at international and Greek conferences, including events hosted by:

  • University of Cambridge
  • University of British Columbia
  • Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  • National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • University of Patras
  • University of Crete

He has also delivered invited lectures at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, the University of Crete, the Open University of Cyprus, the University of Cambridge and other institutions.

Administrative Roles
  • Coordinator of the Library Committee of the Department of Theatre Studies, University of Patras (2018–).
  • Member of the University of Patras team participating in the European Universities alliance EuniCoast.
  • President of the Scientific Supervisory Council of the Model General Lyceum of Patras.
University Teaching
His teaching activity includes higher education as well as open and distance learning, with particular emphasis on Ancient Greek theatre and Ancient Greek philology.
Books
  • Poetics and Religion in Pindar. Ambits of Performance and Cult , London: Routledge, 2025.
  • Euripides’ Bacchae: Readings (co-edited with Eleni Boliaki), Athens: Herodotos, 2023.
  • Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic (co-edited with Sophia Papaioannou), Berlin / Boston: de Gruyter, 2021.
  • Study Guide on Ancient Greek Drama, Hellenic Open University, 2015.
Selected Articles and Book Chapters
  1. “Cassandra in Bacchic Frenzy on Stage in The Trojan Women”, in St. Tsitsiridis (ed.), Euripides’ Trojan Women: Readings, Heraklion: Crete University Press, 2025, pp. 169-187.
  2. “The 1966 Oresteia in America: Stage Approach and Ideological Background”, Athens, 2024, pp. 107-132.
  3. “Alexis Solomos as Translator of Aristophanes’ Birds (1979)”, Athens, 2024, pp. 85-99.
  4. “‘Faithful ... to this duty’: The Problem of Moral Obligation in Aeschylus’ Seven Against Thebes”, Athens, 2022, pp. 132-159.
  5. “Eteocles and Polynices in Statius’ Thebaid: Revisiting the Issue of Tragic Causality”, in Sophia Papaioannou & Agis Marinis (eds.), Elements of Tragedy in Flavian Epic, de Gruyter, 2021, pp. 149-169.
  6. “The Mask in Commedia dell’Arte and Ancient Greek Comedy. Towards a Comparative Approach, with Emphasis on the Methodology of Acting”, Mediterranean Chronicle 10, 2020, pp. 59-88.
  7. “‘Realism’ and Reflections of Art in Aeschylean Stage Settings (Persae, Supplices, Theoroi)”, Logeion 9, 2019, pp. 45-79.
  8. “Statius and Greek Tragedy. The Legacy of Thebes”, in William J. Dominik, Kyle Gervais & Carole E. Newlands (eds.), Brill Companion to Statius, Brill, 2015, pp. 343-361.
  9. “Dionysiac Metaphor in Aeschylus’ Seven against Thebes”, Materiali e Discussioni 69, 2012, pp. 9-43.
  10. “Seeing Sounds: Synaesthesia in the Parodos of Seven against Thebes”, Logeion 2, 2012, pp. 26-59.
Book Reviews
He has published book reviews in:
  • Classical Review
  • Logeion / Λογείον
  • Athens Review of Books
Translations
  • Greek translation of Alan Hughes’ Performing Greek Comedy, Heraklion: Crete University Press, 2019.
  • Translations of academic articles.