Dr Myrto Hatzimichali

Homerton College crest
Homerton College
  • Associate Professor in Classics (Ancient Philosophy)
  • Fellow and Director of Studies at Homerton College
Available to supervise doctoral students
Available to supervise masters students
Dr Myrto Hatzimichali

Contact

Location

  • Homerton College, Cambridge, CB2 8PH, mh303@cam.ac.uk

Research

I have undertaken research and published in a number of areas, ranging from the work of scholars based at the great Library of Alexandria, to Aristotle's biological works (these interests might sometimes intersect: see publications on the early reception of Aristotle's biology and on the Aristotelian Mirabilia). I have also done work on the history of the Aristotelian corpus, the Peripatetic tradition (especially physics and ethics) and on the Greek commentaries on Aristotle's Categories. I am currently looking to pursue further projects on Aristotle (especially on the Historia Animalium) and on ancient theories of language and grammar.

Publications

Selected publications

Potamo of Alexandria and the Emergence of Eclecticism in Late Hellenistic Philosophy Book 5 July 2011 Cambridge University Press Hatzimichali, M. The texts of Plato and Aristotle in the first century BC Chapter 5 February 2013 Cambridge University Press Hatzimichali, M. Ashes to ashes? The Library of Alexandria after 48 BC Chapter 5 May 2013 Cambridge University Press Hatzimichali, M. The early reception of Aristotle's Biology Chapter 14 May 2021 Cambridge University Press Hatzimichali, M. Philosophical self-definition in Strabo’s Geography Chapter 21 April 2022 Cambridge University Press Hatzimichali, M. Encounters with Curious Animals: De mirabilibus auscultationibus 1-15 and Historia Animalium 8(9) Chapter 13 February 2024 Routledge Hatzimichali, M. Philosophy between Pergamon and Rome Chapter 25 June 2025 Oxford University Press Hatzimichali, M. Aspasius on earlier Peripatetic debates on Aristotelian ethics Chapter 7 August 2026 Routledge Hatzimichali, M. Situating the Parts of Animals in Aristotle's biological corpus Chapter 31 December 2025 Cambridge University Press Hatzimichali, M. Andronicus of Rhodes on Aristotelian physics Chapter 8 December 2025 Brill Hatzimichali, M.

Teaching and supervision

Available to supervise doctoral students
Available to supervise masters students

I lecture and supervise undergraduate students on all the topics offered in ancient philosophy, and I also contribute to language teaching (reading classes on Greek texts and Greek Accents. In 2026-27 I will be lecturing primarily on Aristotle and on Plato's Republic. I supervise MPhil students across all areas of Greek and Roman philosophy, and my PhD students past and present have worked on the Neoplatonist Proclus, on Aristotle's metaphysics and on Plato's Republic.