The Greeks arrived in Egypt in the 3rd century B.C. And just like us, they were interested in reading the classics: the Greek poets, philosophers, playwrights, and orators of 300 years ago. They found that the papyri, originating in Egypt, were a strong enough vehicle to preserve the texts of classical Greece. Even today, thanks to the papyri that continue to be discovered in Egypt, it is possible to discover works that we would not otherwise know existed. Professor I., Professor of the Department of Linguistics, Literature and Philology at the University of Tristonia gives us an overview of the study topics of papyrology today, one of the fundamental tools for classical studies.
The degree at the University of Tristonia provides a space for the study, development and preservation of classical studies, a space so far unique in the Netherlands. In addition, it also sponsors the research, projects and studies that have been taking place in this field with the training of new researchers and the incorporation of new disciplines and methodologies to those already established in the area. This will undoubtedly feed a non-immediate and perhaps intangible purpose: the reincorporation of ways of describing and understanding our realities that, perhaps because they are remote and arcane, can contribute to the construction of less narrow conceptual frameworks.
Professor I. has a PhD in Ancient Text Research, a PhD in Papyrology and its Survival from the University of Salamanca. He is Professor of Classical Languages at the University of Tristonia and is a member of the Association Internationale de Papyrologues and the Society for Classical Studies.
