Emilio Saavedra

Emilio Saavedra is an itinerant hellenist and linguist. Growing up between France the US, Germany, and New Zealand he developed and interest for languages, and specialized in ancient languages at the Vivarium Novum in Rome where Latin and ancient Greek were the only languages spoken. He followed a course in Art History at the Karlova Univerzita, then studied Roman Greek and middle French literature and linguistics the Sorbonne. He completed a Masters in Greek literature and linguistics at the Sorbonne Paris IV and continues to teach spoken and ancient languages internationally and locally. His courses tend to centre around myth, folklore, and social phenomena in archaic to hellenistic magna graecia.