Yesterday, at the age of 86, Nikos Skouteropoulos, a great academic, leading scholar and translator of ancient Greek literature, passed away.

Nikolaos M. Skouteropoulos was born in Athens in 1938. He studied classical literature and philosophy at the universities of Athens, Göttingen and Tübingen in Germany. Among other things, he had published three studies on the Platonic dialogues “Lysis”, “Euphyphron”, “Euthydemus” and had translated works by Nietzsche, Husserl, Windelband, etc. He taught history of philosophy at the University of Athens.

Informed of the death of Nikos Skouteropoulos, the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni made the following statement:

“Nikolaos M. Skouteropoulos was a great university teacher, leading scholar and translator of ancient Greek literature. With solid studies in classical philology and philosophy, he formed generations of young philologists at the University of Athens, opening up new perspectives in the perception of the ancient world. To the wider public, he was known for his voluminous and high-quality translation work, spanning from Thucydides and Plato to Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, but also for directing the Reflections series of the quality Moment Editions. His loss deprives us of an extremely versatile man, leaving an unfillable void in classical studies. To his family, my sincere condolences.”