Sophia Xenophontos

Sophia Xenophontos FHEA is a Greek-Cypriot classicist and associate professor of Greek at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.^[3] She is also affiliate scholar with the University of Glasgow,^[4] where she was previously lecturer in Classics and principal investigator and director of the Byzantine Aristotle project^[5][6] funded by the AHRC.^[7] Xenophontos is an external collaborator for the Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca et Byzantina project (under the auspices of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities) and the founder and editor-in-chief of the book series ‘Theorising the Greek and Roman Classics’ (Routledge, UK).^[8]

She specializes in the Greek literature of the 1st-2nd century AD, with particular focus on Plutarch. She has made significant contributions to the field, with her novel approaches to Plutarch's Lives and Moralia, which have been acclaimed by several reviewers. Xenophontos has expanded her scholarly pursuits to include the physician Galen of Pergamum, investigating the interplay between his psychological/moral writings and medical theory and practice. She has received recognition, including a Wellcome Trust University Award.^[9] Its main output is the monograph ‘Medicine and Practical Ethics in Galen’ published in 2024 by Cambridge University Press, which was highly praised.^[a] Her research on Galen has had an impact beyond academia, featuring in the German Der Spiegel, thus also contributing to popular understandings of ancient psychotherapy and emotions.

Active in the Aristotelian commentary tradition and the study of Byzantine philosophical works, Xenophontos has published critical editions and translations,^[11][12] focusing mainly on Theodore Metochites and George Pachymeres in whom she is considered a leading authority.

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