test «ΧΑΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΗ»: ΕΡΕΥΝΑ ΣΤΙΣ ΝΕΟΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΕΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΕΝΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΤΕΣ ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΕΙΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΥ ΔΡΑΜΑΤΟΣ [LOST IN TRANSLATION. RESEARCHING THE PUBLISHED AND NON-PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA]|ΠΑΡΑΒΑΣΙΣ/PARABASIS

«ΧΑΜΕΝΟΙ ΣΤΗ ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΗ»: ΕΡΕΥΝΑ ΣΤΙΣ ΝΕΟΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΕΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΜΕΝΕΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΤΕΣ ΜΕΤΑΦΡΑΣΕΙΣ ΑΡΧΑΙΟΥ ΔΡΑΜΑΤΟΣ [LOST IN TRANSLATION. RESEARCHING THE PUBLISHED AND NON-PUBLISHED TRANSLATIONS OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA]

Εξώφυλλο Παράβασις Τόμ. 20 / Cover Parabasis Vol. 20
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Published: Nov 24, 2025
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12681//.43346
Kaiti Diamantakou
Evdokia Delipetrou
Manos Damaskinos
Alexandros Cohen
Abstract

This publication presents a summary of the aim, scope, methodology, personnel, and the initial quantitative and qualitative findings related to two complementary, funded research projects. Although formally completed, these projects continue to operate institutionally and substantially within the Laboratory of Ancient Drama and Theatrological Research (L.AN.D.THE.RE.) of the NKUA Department of Theatre Studies. The projects are: «Translations of Ancient Drama in the New Millennium» (Μεταφράσεις Αρχαίου Δράματος στη Nέα Xιλιετία) and «Unpublished Translations of Ancient Drama: Location – Cataloguing – Collection – Evaluation» (Αδημοσίευτες μεταφράσεις αρχαίου δράματος: Εντοπισμός – Καταγραφή – Συγκέντρωση – Αξιολόγηση). Both are conducted under the scientific supervision of Kaiti Diamantakou, Professor at the NKUA Department of Theatre Studies, and their research teams include the co-authors of this publication: Evdokia Delipetrou, Manos Damaskinos, and Alexandros Cohen.

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Author Biographies
Kaiti Diamantakou

Aikaterini (Kaiti) Diamantakou is a Professor in the Department of Theatre Studies at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), where she was elected and has worked since 2005. Her subject area is “Theatrology – Theory and Theatrological Analysis of Ancient Dramaturgy with an emphasis on Ancient Comedy.” She is a valedictorian graduate of the Department of Philology, specializing in Classical Philology, and the Department of Theatre Studies of the School of Philosophy at NKUA, where she also completed her doctoral studies with a scholarship from the State Scholarships Foundation (IKY). Her educational and research work, scientific announcements, and publications focus on the field of ancient drama, both tragic and comic, and their modern, Greek, and global reception through dramaturgy and theatrical practice. Since the 1990s, she has presented papers at scientific conferences and published studies in scientific journals, conference proceedings, and edited volumes, both in Greece and abroad. She has edited theatrological publications, contributed texts to editions of theatrical works and translations, theatrological books, and theatre programs, and has translated books in the field of humanities. Recent books include: Theatrical Stories of Grandfather Aristophanes. Scenes of Reception (Gutenberg, 2021) and Ancient Greek Theatre. Textual Stichomythia (Book Institute – Kardamitsa 2025).

Evdokia Delipetrou

Evdokia Delipetrou is a Theatrologist. Studies: Royal Holloway University of London (M.A. in Theatre, Directing), Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA, where she completed her doctoral dissertation titled Manifestations of Greek Identity in the Representation of History. The National Theatre 1932-1967. She has participated in the program «Digitization and Promotion of the National Theatre Archive» (2007), the «Theatrical Reading Series 2005»,  and the research projects: «Performing Arts and the Revolution of 1821» (Center for the Study of the 1821 Revolution, Laboratory of Historical Research and Documentation, Department of History and Archaeology, NKUA, 2021), and «Translations of Ancient Drama in the New Millennium» (Laboratory of Ancient Drama and Theatrological Research, Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA, 2023). She was a scientific associate for the digitization program of the Dimitris Rontiris Archive (2019) and the classification program of the Katrakis Archive (2022) at the Municipality of Piraeus. Since 2011, she has participated in the actions and seminars of ARC-NET (European Network of Research and Documentation of Ancient Greek Drama). She has collaborated with artistic groups and participated in the research performance series It Happened in Greece (National Theatre, 2017-2018). She also contributed to the documentation for the publication Iakovos Kampanellis, the Renovator of Modern Greek Dramaturgy (Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, 2022).

Manos Damaskinos

Manos (Emmanouil) Damaskinos holds an Integrated Master's Degree from the Department of Theatre of the School of Fine Arts, AUTH (2013), and a Postgraduate Diploma from the Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA (MPhil «From Text to Stage. Greek Theatre in Dialogue with the World», 2017). He is a PhD candidate at the same Department, with a dissertation topic on Spyros A. Evangelatos' Direction of Ancient Greek Tragedy. He has worked as a Theatrologist-Assistant Director for the following productions: Pass-Port. Sea Journeys in Ancient Greek Tragedy (2022), directed by Leonidas Papadopoulos (ARGO Theatre – Aimilia Ypsilanti); Mikrasia (Asia Minor) (2022), directed by Leonidas Papadopoulos (Ilioupoli Municipal Theatre "A. Kintis" and tour); Makrygiannis (2021-2022), directed by I. Vivialakis (Alkmene Theatre); The Birds (2021), directed by Leonidas Papadopoulos (Vault Theatre Plus, Amalia Theatre); Spanos (2021), text and direction by I. Vivialakis (Daphni Monastery 27/09/21). He served as Assistant Artistic Director, Text Editor – Proofreader – Head of Theatrical Readings Organization (seven theatrical readings by Drama Schools) at the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus (2019). He participated as a Theatrologist in the three-year spring festival «The Dynamics of the Greek Word in Theatre (2018-2020)», in the presentation of Open Rehearsals, and in the analysis of Makis Tsitas' work, The General Makes Noise in the Square (2017), directed by Roula Pateraki. He collaborated with the National Theatre within the framework of the "Let's Go to Epidaurus" program, accompanying the audience to the performance at the Ancient Theatre of Epidaurus, as well as presenting and analyzing ancient dramas (2015-2019). He was a member of the scientific and artistic group Othonion (2019-2021). He has been involved in the organizational implementation and secretarial support of theatrological events and conferences, has presented scientific papers at theatrological conferences, and his articles have been published in the Proceedings of theatrological conferences and other theatrological publications.

Alexandros Cohen

Alexandros Cohen is a graduate of the Iasmos Higher School of Dramatic Art. This was followed by postgraduate studies in directing at Middlesex University in London (Master of Arts in Theatre Directing) and the Russian Academy of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow. He attended the First Summer Academy of the National Theatre as well as acting and lighting design seminars. He is a graduate of the Department of Theatre Studies, NKUA, and a student in the Postgraduate Program of the same Department. He has directed  plays by William Mastrosimone, Nicky Silver, Tennessee Williams, William Shakespeare, Friedrich Schiller, Bernd Lichtenberg, J.B. Priestley, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Henrik Ibsen, Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Maxim Gorky, Patrick Hamilton, Eugene O’Neill, John Fowles, Lillian Hellman, Gerhart Hauptmann, John Osborne, Bost, Carlo Goldoni, William Nicholson, Gardner McKay, Frederick Knott, Mike Kenny, Beth Henley, Aeschylus, which were presented by the theatre organizations: Theatre Epi Kolono, Polyhoros Six D.O.G.S., Theatre Argo, Michael Cacoyannis Foundation, Theatre Altera Pars, Theatre Simio, Synchrono Theatre, Theatre Beton 7, Theatre Hytirio, Theatre Vretania, Theatre Alpha, Theatre Exarheion, Theatre Veaki, Theatre Alma, Theatres Athinon & Dimitris Horn, DI.PE.THE. Agriniou, Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, Theatre Lampeti, Theatre Athina, Theatre Mikro Gloria, et al. He has translated works by William Shakespeare, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Friedrich Schiller, Eugène Labiche, Henrik Ibsen, Anton Chekhov, Arthur Schnitzler, Gerhart Hauptmann, Luigi Pirandello, Maxim Gorky, Eugene O’Neill, J.B. Priestley, Bertolt Brecht, Roger Vitrac, Patrick Hamilton, Lillian Hellman, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, John Fowles, Peter Shaffer, John Osborne, William Mastrosimone, William Nicholson, Terry Johnson, Charlotte Keatley, Nicky Silver, Martin McDonagh, David Gieselmann, and others. These translations have been presented by the National Theatre of Northern Greece, the Art Theatre, the Open Theatre, the Cyprus Theatre Organization, private troupes, theatre groups, and published by: Kappa Ekdotiki, Iridanos, Sokoli, Aegokeros, Aparsis, and Odos Panos publications. Since 2007, he has taught Acting and Improvisation at the Iasmos Higher School of Dramatic Art, where he also serves as the Artistic Director.