Fw: JOIN US: The Art of the True-False:Konstantinos Simonides and the Making of Philology

[Roland Moore]

From: The Gennadius Library <genn...@ascsa.edu.gr>

Subject: JOIN US: The Art of the True-False:Konstantinos Simonides and the Making of Philology

The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to invite you to the symposium The Art of the True-False: Konstantinos Simonides and the Making of Philology Luciano Canfora, University of Bari Aldo Corcella, University of Basilicata Massimo Pinto, University of Bari Stamatis Bussès, University of Thrace Carmelo Nicolò Benvenuto, University of Basilicata Monday, January 26, 2026 16:30 - 20:30 (Greece) 9:30 - 13:30 (U.S. EST) Cotsen Hall 9, Anapiron Polemou Street, Athens & Online Ελληνικά / Greek The Art of the True–False: Konstantinos Simonides and the Making of Philology seeks to re-evaluate one of the most controversial and fascinating figures of nineteenth-century scholarship. Philologist, forger, and self-styled discoverer of lost manuscripts, Konstantinos Simonides (1820–1890) embodied the tensions of his time: between erudition and deceit, Hellenism and modernity, archaeology and imagination. Through a series of contributions by philologists from Italy and Greece, the symposium will explore Simonides’s ambiguous legacy — from the construction of his European myth to his paradoxical dialogue with the ideals of modern philology — and will address the persistent question of what separates the true from the false in the making of textual history. The presentations will be in English. Join on Zoom Watch on YouTube FOLLOW THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY SUPPORT THE GENNADIUS LIBRARY GIVE SUBSCRIBE TO OUR E-NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBE

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