Prof. Irini-Fotini Viltanioti
Associate Professor of Ancient Philosophy, University of Crete
viltanioti@uoc.gr
Publications
Monograph
Viltanioti, I.-F. 2015. L’harmonie des Sirènes du pythagorisme ancien à Platon. Studia Praesocratica 7. Berlin; Boston: Walter De Gruyter. *Prix Eugène Goblet d’Alviella, Royal Academy of Belgium (2016)
Edited Volumes
Selected Refereed Articles and Book Chapters
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2025. “La doctrine de la justice-harmonie dans les pythagorica dorica.” In L. Brisson, T. Dorandi, and C. Macris, eds. From the Pseudopythagorica to the Neopythagoreans: Further Studies on the Texts Attributed to Pythagoras and the Pythagoreans. Baden Baden: Academia Verlag.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2024. “Plotinus on Plato’s Timaeus 90 a.” “New Light.” Special Issue in Honour of the Τwentieth Anniversary of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 18.1, ed. I.-F. Viltanioti, 27-63.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. and E. Watts. 2024. “Neoplatonists and the Great Library.” New Light.” Special Issue in Honour of the Τwentieth Anniversary of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 18.1, 1-9.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2021. “Synesius of Cyrene: Philosophy and Poetry 'Sharing the Same Temple'.” In The Routledge Handbook of Early Christian Philosophy, ed. M. J. Edwards, 528-548. Abingdon; New York: Routledge.
- Viltanioti, I.-F and L. Brisson. 2020. “La Lettre II attribuée à Platon et les traités «pythagoriciens» Sur la Royauté.” Ktèma. Civilisations de l’Orient, de la Grèce et de Rome antiques 45: 45-55.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2019. “Porphyre lecteur d’Homère.” In L’Antre des Nymphes de Porphyre. Introduction, édition du texte grec, traduction et notes, dir. Tiziano Dorandi, 21-40. Coll. “Histoire des doctrines dans l’Antiquité classique.” Paris: Librairie Philosophique J. Vrin.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2018. “Death, Body, and Soul in Porphyry of Tyre.” Ancient Philosophy 38: 409-420.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2017a. “Cult Statues in Porphyry of Tyre and Makarios Magnes (Porph. Chr. Fr. 76 and 77 von Harnack).” Journal of Late Antiquity 10.1: 187-220.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2017b. “Porphyry’s Real Powers in Proclus’ Commentary on the Timaeus.” The International Journal of the Platonic Tradition 11. 1: 24-43.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2017c. “Divine Powers and Cult Statues in Porphyry of Tyre.” In Divine Powers in Late Antiquity, eds. Irini Fotini-Viltanioti and Anna Marmodoro, 61-74. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2016. “Porphyry’s Letter to Marcella: A Literary Attack on Christian Appropriation of (Neo-) Pythagorean Moral Wisdom?” In Pythagorean Knowledge from the Ancient to the Modern World: Askesis, Religion, Science, eds. Almut-Barbara Renger and Alessandro Stavru, 163-184. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. and B. Decharneux. 2015a. “La source de la sagesse: Homère, Solon, Platon, Aristote et l’orphico-pythagorisme.” In Le Livre des Égyptes, savoirs et imaginaires, dir. Florence Quentin, 89-124. Paris: Éd. Laffont.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. and B. Decharneux. 2015b. “Les Mystères ou l’expérience de la transformation.” In Le Livre des Égyptes, savoirs et imaginaires, dir. Florence Quentin, 191-208. Paris: Éd. Laffont..
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2015c. “The Emergence of Political Theory in Herodotus’ “Persian Debate”: Otanes’ Speech on Isonomia (Hdt. III 80, 25-31).” Diotima 43: 15-24.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2014. “Plato on Iron Reduction Technique (Ti. 60 d 2-5).” Almagest. International Journal for the History of Scientific Ideas 5, 1: 23-31.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2012. “Powers as the Fundamental Entities in Philolaus’ Ontology.” The Journal of Ancient Philosophy VI, 2: 1-31.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2011. “La statue vivante en Grèce classique. De la représentation symbolique au réceptacle de la divinité.” In Arts et Religions, éds. S. Peperstraete, C. Vanderpelen and A. Dierkens, 17-30. Bruxelles: Éditions de l’Université de Bruxelles.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. and B. Decharneux. 2010. “La notion d’hyponoia de Platon à Philon d’Alexandrie.” Philosophia 40: 391-408.
- Viltanioti, I.-F. 2008. “Πλανωμένη αἰτία (Timée, 48 a). De la causalité à la notion d’errance chez Platon.” Philosophia 38: 101-115.