Undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Letters, University of Athens, Greece (BA in History and Archaeology 1978) Undergraduate studies at the Panteion University of Athens (BA in Political Studies 1983). Graduate studies at the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, in Linguistics, Ancient and Modern Greek Literature, Sanscrit, Ethnography (1978-1980) Graduate studies at the University of Nancy II, France, in General and Applied Linguistics, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Literature, Ancient Greek History, Archaeology (1984-1989); DEA in Ancient Greek Dialectology, Epigraphy and Archaeology (1985); PhD in “Langues et littératures anciennes” (Ancient Languages and Literatures) (1990). Title of thesis: La langue des inscriptions grecques de Macédoine (IVe s. a.C.-VIIe s. p.C.). Phonétique-Phonologie, Morphologie). Supervisor: Professor Cl. Brixhe. ACADEMIC EMPLOYEMENT • 1981-1994: Centre of Greek and Roman Antiquity of the National Research Foundation. • University of Cyprus 1993–: Assistant Professor (1993-1995), Associate Professor (1995-2007), Professor 2007–

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