Homer in Iberian-American Culture and Literature

Christian Werner, a professor of ancient Greek at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, specializes in Greek epic and tragic poetry and their reception in modernity. He authored 'Memórias da Guerra de Troia' (2018) and translated Homer's 'Iliad' and 'Odyssey' (2018) and Hesiod's 'Theogony' and 'Works and Days' (2022).Graciela Zecchin de Fasano, a professor of Classics at the University of La Plata, Argentina, researches Homeric Epic, Archaic Poetry, and Greek Tragedy. She co-edited 'Literature and Society in Ancient Greece' (2018) and 'Cartographies of the Self in the Ancient World' (2022). Her current project focuses on poetic forms of lament in ancient Greece.Maria de Fátima Silva, a retired professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, has published extensively on ancient Greek theatre – tragedy and comedy – and reception studies. She translated, among other authors, Aristophanes' and Menander's plays, and published some titles on Portuguese reception of Greek myths.Maria António Hörster, a retired professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, focuses on comparative studies, German literature, and translation studies.Marta González González, a professor at the University of Málaga, Spain, researches Greek religion, mythology, and ancient Greek tragedy. Her recent books include 'La diosa Perséfone en la religión griega' (2023) and 'Funerary Epigrams of Ancient Greece' (2019).