Kostas Kapparis is Associate Professor of Classics, and the Associate Director of the Center for Greek Studies. He graduated from the University of Crete and took his PhD from Glasgow. He taught at the University of Glasgow and the Queen's University of Belfast, and then came to the University of Florida in 2000. In the UF he has taught a considerable variety of undergraduate and graduate courses, and has continuously participated in the Honors program since his arrival. His research interests include the Attic Orators,  Ancient Greek Social and Cultural History, and Ancient Medical Literature. He views Greek literature, history and culture, from antiquity to the present day, as one undivided contiInnuum, and this perception of the Greek world is often reflected in his research and teaching. In his free time he is a big fan of science-fiction and enjoys painting and gardening.