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She translated several works of Greek authors into Czech: Thomas' Pseudo-Gospel, Jakovos Kampanelis' trilogy The Supper, Choricius of Gaza's Apologia Mimorum, minor translations of Lykophron's Alexandra published in the Czech translation of The Invention of Solitude by Paul Auster, and old Greek historians published in the book Origins of Intelligent Services by Francis Dvornik.
Alena Sarkissian graduated from the Masaryk University in Brno, the Department of Theatre Science and the Institute of Classical Studies. As a researcher of the Institute for Classical Studies, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, she focuses on theatrical culture of Late Antiquity, mainly in Eastern Rome. She is a member of the Czech team of Network of Research and Documentation of Ancient Greek Drama and she also cooperates with theatres on productions of Ancient Drama. From her publications and translations: Na okraj vydání Tertulliánova pojednání O hrách (Notes on a Czech Edition of Tertullian's Treatise De Spectaculis); In Divadelní revue 1/2005, p. 70; Chvála pantomimu dvakrát jinak. Lúkiános - Libanios (Two Different Eulogies of Pantomime. Lucianus - Libanius.) In Divadelní revue 4/2005, pp. 22-26; Skenikoi, mimoi and other defectors: Theatre in Testimonies of Early Christian Legal Decrees of Eastern Rome. In Eirene 2007 (in print). She translated Sophocles' Electra for a production by Valmet Theatre Company at Divadlo V Celetné, Prague (2005), and Ludus Danielis, (first translation into Czech, first staging in the Czech Republic) for Čára Theatre, Brno (2004). Currently, she is preparing Czech translation of Libanius' Oration LXIV (On Dancers) and two sermons by John Chrysostom against theatre.
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