Claude Calame is Director of Studies at the École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales of Paris, prior to which he taught Greek Language and Literature at the University of Lausanne. His most recent publications include: Poétique des mythes dans la Grèce antique (2000); Masques d'autorité (2005); Pratiques poétiques de la mémoire (2006); Prométhée généticien (2010). With Laterza he published: Rites and Choral Poetry in Greece. A historical and critical guide (editor, 1977); Storytelling in Greece (1988); Love in Greece (editor, 2006⁶).