Penelope Skarsouli is completing a doctoral degree in ancient Greek philosophy, under the direction of Jesper Svenbro, at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales in Paris. Her dissertation, which deals with Presocratic philosophers/poets, is entitled: “Orality, Literacy and the Beginnings of Greek Philosophy.” Collaborating with a colleague, she has published a translation of and commentary on Empedocles’ poem Physics, published in Athens in 1999.