Dr Simon Trépanier (PhD)
Dr Simon Trépanier is a Senior Lecturer in Classics at the University of Edinburgh, where he teaches ancient Greek, with a main research interest in ancient philosophy. His particular specialisms include Early Greek philosophy (also known as the Presocratics), Plato, Epicureanism and Lucretius. He is especially interested in the emergence of philosophy and its relation to literature and wider society, and in ancient philosophical religion.
The Classical Institute is honoured to host Dr Trépanier for the seasonal four-part seminar series The Homeric Gods and Their First Philosophical Critics.
