Phillip Mitsis

Phillip Mitsis

About

Phillip Mitsis is an Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization. He came to NYU from Cornell where he was Mellon Chair in the Humanities. He has been a visiting professor at Aberdeen, Pittsburgh, and Princeton, and a recipient of fellowships from the National Humanities Center, the Howard Foundation, the ACLS, and the NEH. From 1994 until 2005 he was director of the A.S. Onassis Center and then A.S. Onassis Program in Hellenic Studies. He teaches a wide variety of undergraduate humanities courses that focus on ancient, medieval, and modern philosophical, historical, and literary texts.

Education

B.A., Williams;
Ph.D., Cornell

Areas of Research/Interest

Ancient philosophy and its reception; ancient drama; modern Greek literature and culture.

Recent Books

  • Wordplay and Powerplay in Roman Literature
    (Trends in Classics-- Supplementary Volumes 36), co-editor with Ioannis Ziogas (De Gruyter, 2016).
  • La libertà, il piacere, la morte. Studi sull'Epicureismo e la sua influenza
    (Biblioteca di Testi e Studi 1222), Carocci, 2018.
  • La teoria etica di Epicuro. I piaceri dell'invulnerabilità
    (Studia Philologica, 22) L'Erma di Bretschneider, 2019.
  • Natura aut Voluntas. Recherches sur la pensée politique et éthique hellénistique et romaine et son influence
    (Brepols, 2020).
  • The Oxford Handbook of Epicurus and Epicureanism
    Editor (Oxford University Press, 2020).
  • The Poetry in Philosophy. Essays in Honor of Christos C. Evangeliou
    Editor with Heather Reid (Parnassos Press, 2021).
  • Ratio certe Cogit. Studi sulla teoria etico-politica degli Stoici
    (La Sapienza Editrice, 2021).
  • The Battle of Frogs and Mice
    Text, translation, and notes with George Grimbilas (Paideia Institute Press, 2021).
  • How to be Happy: An Ancient Guide to the Epicurean Life
    (Translation of texts with introduction) in Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers (Princeton University Press, in preparation for 2021).