Antonis K. Petrides, b. 1975, is an Assistant Professor of Greek
Culture at the Open University of Cyprus. He studied Greek
Philology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Classics
at Trinity College, University of Cambridge (MPhil & PhD,
2000-2005. His research interests lie mainly in the field of Greek
and Roman drama (particularly, comedy, mime and pantomime),
Hellenistic literature (mainly of the ‘comic mode’: mimiamb, epic
and philosophical parody, etc.) and Greek physiognomics. He has
published book chapters and papers in refereed international
journals (such as The Classical Quarterly, Greek Roman and
Byzantine Studies, Hermes, Eikasmos) and peer-reviewed collective
volumes. Prominent among his recent publications is the volume New
Perspectives on Postclassical Comedy (Newcastle upon Tyne:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2010), co-edited with Dr. Sophia
Papaioannou (Uni. Athens).