Dimitris Kyrtatas

Dimitris Kyrtatas was born in 1952 in Athens and studied in Thessaloniki and London. He has been teaching ancient history from 1985 to 2001 at the School of Philosophy of the University of Crete and since 2002 at the Department of History, Archaeology, and Social Anthropology of the University of Thessaly. His publications include the following books: "Slaves, Slavery, and the Slave-owning Mode of Production," Politis, Athens 1987, "Epikrisis: The Social Structure of Christian Communities from the First to the Third Century," foreword by G.E.M. de Ste Croix, translated by Yiannis Kritikos, Estia, Athens 1992, "Pedagogue: Moral Education in Late Greek Antiquity," Historical Archive of Greek Youth, Athens 1994, "The Revelation of John and the Seven Churches of Asia," Alexandria, Athens 1995, "Woman's Wrath and Other Stories from the Erotic Life of the Ancient Greeks," with illustrations by Alekos Levidis, Agra, Athens 1999, "Priests and Prophets: The Production and Management of Doctrine in Early Christianity," Institute of the Book - A. Kardamitsa, Athens 2000, "Conquering Antiquity: Historiographical Routes," Polis, Athens 2003, among others. In 2010, he published with Spyros Ragos, and a foreword by D. N. Maronitis, the book "Greek Antiquity: War, Politics, Culture" (Institute of Modern Greek Studies / Manolis Triantafyllidis Foundation) and in 2010 "666: The Number of the Book" (Agra Publications).