Solon Polydorou

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I attained my BA with excellence in the History, Archaeology, and Literature of Ancient Greece from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece (Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών) in 2025.

My primary interest is in the movement and migration of Greeks during the Archaic and Hellenistic periods. In the Archaic period I focus on the formation of the city-states, the persistence of Greek cultural identity in foreign lands. In the Hellenistic period I focus on the expansion of Greek culture throughout the eastern Mediterranean (especially Egypt), placing particular emphasis on cross-cultural exchange and the lived experiences of everyday people. 

I maintain additional interests in papyrology, epigraphy and the reception of the ancient world in modern media.

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