I hold a BA in Classics and Philosophy from the University of Cyprus, and an MPhil and PhD (both in Classics) from the University of Cambridge. I am a member of the Centre for Classical Studies of the University of Lisbon and the PI of its team ‘Byzantium’. I am also an Assistant Professor and Director of the Department of Classical Studies of the University of Lisbon. I work in two inter-related areas. The first is concerned with the interaction between Christianity and the classical literary tradition in Nonnus’ two epics, the secular Dionysiaca and the Christian Paraphrase of the Gospel according to John. My second area of work lies in the broad intersection between mythology, education, and rhetoric in the Imperial period and Late Antiquity. In this field I was awarded a project on the reception of Achilles in Late Antiquity, funded by FCT for four years (2018–2022).