Diplomas and academic degreed: MA in theology (1995) earned at the Pontifical Academy of Theology in Krakow. My MA thesis, "Literackie i teologiczne aspekty Mowy św. Jana Chryzostoma o św. Ignacym Antiocheńskim" [Literary and Theological Aspects of St John Chrysostom’s Speeches on St. Ignatius of Antioch], was written under the supervision of Professor Edward Staniek in the Department of Patrology and the History of Dogma. MA in Classical Studies (1996) earned at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. My MA thesis, "Podstawowe terminy kultowo-religijne w Bakchantkach Eurypidesa" [Basic Cult and Religious Terms in Euripides’ Bacchae], was written under the supervision of Professor Romuald Turasiewicz in the Institute of Classics. PhD in Literary Studies (2002) in the Faculty of Philology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. The PhD dissertation, "Rytualno-kultowe elementy leksykalne w greckim dramacie V wieku p.n.e." [Cult and Ritual Lexical Elements in the Greek Drama in the 5th Century BC], was written under the supervision of Professor Romuald Turasiewicz and reviewed by Professors: Jerzy Danielewicz and Józef Korpanty. Habilitation in Literary Studies (2013) in the Faculty of Philology at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow.To date employment in academic and artistic institutions:1995–1999: Foreign language teacher at the Centre for Practical Teaching of Foreign Languages at the Jagiellonian University1997–2000: Foreign language teacher at the Centre for Practical Teaching of Foreign Languages at the Pontifical Academy of Theology1998–2010: Lecturer at the Dominican College of Philosophy and Theology1999–2005: Assistant lecturer at the Faculty of Classics at the Jagiellonian University2005– Associate professor at the Faculty of Classics at the Jagiellonian University2005– : Lecturer in the Institute of Theatre Arts, Department of Polish studies, Jagiellonian University2008– : Lecturer at the Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Krakow2011– : Lecturer in the European Centre for Theatre Practices in Gardzienice2014–2017: Director of the research project: “Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece in the light of philological testimonies”2016– : Director of the Jagiellonian Centre for Interdisciplinary Study of Culture2016-2020: Director of the PhD Studies, Faculty of Philology, Jagiellonian University.
Cet ouvrage rassemble les actes du premier seminaire international de Cracovie sur le sacrifice a... more Cet ouvrage rassemble les actes du premier seminaire international de Cracovie sur le sacrifice animal en Grece ancienne. Il s’ouvre sur une introduction de R. Parker et compte neuf articles. — S. Scullion s’interroge sur les sacrifices animaux de « penalite », imposes suite a la violation de regles cultuelles. De tels sacrifices, qui fonctionnent comme des complements obligatoires a des sacrifices purificatoires, sont attestes a plusieurs reprises dans l’inscription de Marmarini publiee en 2...
Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece. Proceedings of the First International Workshops in Kraków (1... more Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece. Proceedings of the First International Workshops in Kraków (12-14. 11. 2015). Book available at the Publisher's webpage: http://www.sublupa.pl/
"Simplicity, obviousness, matter. Mount Olympus in Greek religious and literary imagination"
Moun... more "Simplicity, obviousness, matter. Mount Olympus in Greek religious and literary imagination" Mount Olympus has established itself in European culture as a topos of loftiness, transcendence and the absolute. And yet, although it functions like this in religious terms, in Greek literature it is a point of reference whose significant features include simplicity, unequivocalness and sui generis down-to-earthiness. This results, on the one hand, from the terrifying obviousness of the symbolism of what is high, lofty, shrouded by clouds and hard to attain and,on the other, from the very nature and essence of Greek religiousness which focuses on the cult and ritual rather than the dogma and morality. The paper is a review of literary references to Mount Olympus and its symbolism with particular consideration of the Greeks’ religious imagination horizon and their religious experience. The image of Mount Olympus that emerges from Greek literary source texts is quite static and simple. The vocabulary pertaining to it is rather poor. It is a puzzling fact that such a unique place has never had either a theological personification or any other form of deification. It does not even have patron deities. Mount Olympus is marked out by a singular form of religious loneliness. It is worth considering why.
"The Ancient Grief of Persephone – Faces of Kore in the Cult and Myth of the Ancient Greece".
Th... more "The Ancient Grief of Persephone – Faces of Kore in the Cult and Myth of the Ancient Greece". The goddess Persephone appears as a central figure of the Eleusinian myth and cult, what was a part of the official Athenian religion; on the other hand she successfully operates on the margins – or even out of the margins – of the religious spectrum of any Greek polis: inside the theological and ritual structures of the orphic sect, where she appears next to the most inconceivable, mysterious and ambiguous god – Dionysos. In these both appearencess Persephone is the Mistress of life and death, the goddess of the underworld, and everyone must meet her sooner or later. Her name appears in an extraordinary context on the gold Orphic tablets, and Pindarus recalls an “ancient grief of Persephone”, referring rather to the Orphic, not Eleusinian, tradition. In Eleusis we face the grief of Demeter. In the Orphic theology this is the Kore’s grief that constitutes the axis of the eschatological hope. The Demeter’s grief emerges from her longing for the lost daughter, and Kore’s grief turns to her lost child, Dionysos. The death of Kore’s child is the starting point for the existence of the human race. Any human goodness comes directly from Persephone’s pain. The cult must remember it.
Cet ouvrage rassemble les actes du premier seminaire international de Cracovie sur le sacrifice a... more Cet ouvrage rassemble les actes du premier seminaire international de Cracovie sur le sacrifice animal en Grece ancienne. Il s’ouvre sur une introduction de R. Parker et compte neuf articles. — S. Scullion s’interroge sur les sacrifices animaux de « penalite », imposes suite a la violation de regles cultuelles. De tels sacrifices, qui fonctionnent comme des complements obligatoires a des sacrifices purificatoires, sont attestes a plusieurs reprises dans l’inscription de Marmarini publiee en 2...
Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece. Proceedings of the First International Workshops in Kraków (1... more Animal Sacrifice in Ancient Greece. Proceedings of the First International Workshops in Kraków (12-14. 11. 2015). Book available at the Publisher's webpage: http://www.sublupa.pl/
"Simplicity, obviousness, matter. Mount Olympus in Greek religious and literary imagination"
Moun... more "Simplicity, obviousness, matter. Mount Olympus in Greek religious and literary imagination" Mount Olympus has established itself in European culture as a topos of loftiness, transcendence and the absolute. And yet, although it functions like this in religious terms, in Greek literature it is a point of reference whose significant features include simplicity, unequivocalness and sui generis down-to-earthiness. This results, on the one hand, from the terrifying obviousness of the symbolism of what is high, lofty, shrouded by clouds and hard to attain and,on the other, from the very nature and essence of Greek religiousness which focuses on the cult and ritual rather than the dogma and morality. The paper is a review of literary references to Mount Olympus and its symbolism with particular consideration of the Greeks’ religious imagination horizon and their religious experience. The image of Mount Olympus that emerges from Greek literary source texts is quite static and simple. The vocabulary pertaining to it is rather poor. It is a puzzling fact that such a unique place has never had either a theological personification or any other form of deification. It does not even have patron deities. Mount Olympus is marked out by a singular form of religious loneliness. It is worth considering why.
"The Ancient Grief of Persephone – Faces of Kore in the Cult and Myth of the Ancient Greece".
Th... more "The Ancient Grief of Persephone – Faces of Kore in the Cult and Myth of the Ancient Greece". The goddess Persephone appears as a central figure of the Eleusinian myth and cult, what was a part of the official Athenian religion; on the other hand she successfully operates on the margins – or even out of the margins – of the religious spectrum of any Greek polis: inside the theological and ritual structures of the orphic sect, where she appears next to the most inconceivable, mysterious and ambiguous god – Dionysos. In these both appearencess Persephone is the Mistress of life and death, the goddess of the underworld, and everyone must meet her sooner or later. Her name appears in an extraordinary context on the gold Orphic tablets, and Pindarus recalls an “ancient grief of Persephone”, referring rather to the Orphic, not Eleusinian, tradition. In Eleusis we face the grief of Demeter. In the Orphic theology this is the Kore’s grief that constitutes the axis of the eschatological hope. The Demeter’s grief emerges from her longing for the lost daughter, and Kore’s grief turns to her lost child, Dionysos. The death of Kore’s child is the starting point for the existence of the human race. Any human goodness comes directly from Persephone’s pain. The cult must remember it.
AIA COLLOQUIUM ON ARCHAEOMUSICOLOGY
Soundscape and Landscape at Panhellenic Greek Sanctuaries
Sa... more AIA COLLOQUIUM ON ARCHAEOMUSICOLOGY Soundscape and Landscape at Panhellenic Greek Sanctuaries Saturday, January 9, 2021 2:00 - 5:00PM (Local time in Chicago) 122TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA AND THE SOCIETY FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES
Sponsored by the AIA Archaeomusicology Interest Group Organizers: Erica Angliker, Institute of Classical Studies. University of London and Angela Bellia, Institute of Heritage Science. National Research Council of Italy
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Book available at the Publisher's webpage: http://www.sublupa.pl/
Mount Olympus has established itself in European culture as a topos of loftiness, transcendence and the absolute. And yet, although it functions like this in religious terms, in Greek literature it is a point of reference whose significant features include simplicity, unequivocalness and sui generis down-to-earthiness.
This results, on the one hand, from the terrifying obviousness of the symbolism of what is high, lofty, shrouded by clouds and hard to attain and,on the other, from the very nature and essence of Greek religiousness which focuses on the cult and ritual rather than the dogma and morality.
The paper is a review of literary references to Mount Olympus and its symbolism with particular consideration of the Greeks’ religious imagination horizon and their religious experience.
The image of Mount Olympus that emerges from Greek literary source texts is quite static and simple. The vocabulary pertaining to it is rather poor. It is a puzzling fact that such a unique place has never had either a theological personification or any other form of deification. It does not even have patron deities. Mount Olympus is marked out by a singular form of religious loneliness. It is worth considering why.
The goddess Persephone appears as a central figure of the Eleusinian myth and cult, what was a part of the official Athenian religion; on the other hand she successfully operates on the margins – or even out of the margins – of the religious spectrum of any Greek polis: inside the theological and ritual structures of the orphic sect, where she appears next to the most inconceivable, mysterious and ambiguous god – Dionysos.
In these both appearencess Persephone is the Mistress of life and death, the goddess of the underworld, and everyone must meet her sooner or later. Her name appears in an extraordinary context on the gold Orphic tablets, and Pindarus recalls an “ancient grief of Persephone”, referring rather to the Orphic, not Eleusinian, tradition. In Eleusis we face the grief of Demeter. In the Orphic theology this is the Kore’s grief that constitutes the axis of the eschatological hope. The Demeter’s grief emerges from her longing for the lost daughter, and Kore’s grief turns to her lost child, Dionysos. The death of Kore’s child is the starting point for the existence of the human race. Any human goodness comes directly from Persephone’s pain. The cult must remember it.
Book available at the Publisher's webpage: http://www.sublupa.pl/
Mount Olympus has established itself in European culture as a topos of loftiness, transcendence and the absolute. And yet, although it functions like this in religious terms, in Greek literature it is a point of reference whose significant features include simplicity, unequivocalness and sui generis down-to-earthiness.
This results, on the one hand, from the terrifying obviousness of the symbolism of what is high, lofty, shrouded by clouds and hard to attain and,on the other, from the very nature and essence of Greek religiousness which focuses on the cult and ritual rather than the dogma and morality.
The paper is a review of literary references to Mount Olympus and its symbolism with particular consideration of the Greeks’ religious imagination horizon and their religious experience.
The image of Mount Olympus that emerges from Greek literary source texts is quite static and simple. The vocabulary pertaining to it is rather poor. It is a puzzling fact that such a unique place has never had either a theological personification or any other form of deification. It does not even have patron deities. Mount Olympus is marked out by a singular form of religious loneliness. It is worth considering why.
The goddess Persephone appears as a central figure of the Eleusinian myth and cult, what was a part of the official Athenian religion; on the other hand she successfully operates on the margins – or even out of the margins – of the religious spectrum of any Greek polis: inside the theological and ritual structures of the orphic sect, where she appears next to the most inconceivable, mysterious and ambiguous god – Dionysos.
In these both appearencess Persephone is the Mistress of life and death, the goddess of the underworld, and everyone must meet her sooner or later. Her name appears in an extraordinary context on the gold Orphic tablets, and Pindarus recalls an “ancient grief of Persephone”, referring rather to the Orphic, not Eleusinian, tradition. In Eleusis we face the grief of Demeter. In the Orphic theology this is the Kore’s grief that constitutes the axis of the eschatological hope. The Demeter’s grief emerges from her longing for the lost daughter, and Kore’s grief turns to her lost child, Dionysos. The death of Kore’s child is the starting point for the existence of the human race. Any human goodness comes directly from Persephone’s pain. The cult must remember it.
Soundscape and Landscape at Panhellenic Greek Sanctuaries
Saturday, January 9, 2021 2:00 - 5:00PM (Local time in Chicago)
122TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA AND THE SOCIETY FOR CLASSICAL STUDIES
Sponsored by the AIA Archaeomusicology Interest Group
Organizers: Erica Angliker, Institute of Classical Studies. University of London and
Angela Bellia, Institute of Heritage Science. National Research Council of Italy