Ettore PISTOLESI

Born in Bagno a Ripoli (Florence), in 2019 I obtained a classical high school diploma from the Liceo Classico "Michelangiolo" in Florence.

In 2022 I earned a Bachelor's degree in Classics at the University of Florence, defending a thesis entitled John Botaneiates, Carmen de metro iambico: introduction, critical text, translation, and commentary (supervisor: Prof. Enrico Magnelli; co-supervisors: Prof. Lorenzo Ferroni and Dr. Federica Scognamiglio).

In 2025 I earned a Master's degree in Classical Philology at the same university, defending a thesis entitled Theodore Prodromos, Two Essays on Poverty (150–151 H.): introduction, critical text, translation, and commentary (supervisor: Prof. Enrico Magnelli; co-supervisors: Prof. Lorenzo Ferroni and Dr. Federica Scognamiglio).

Since September 2025 I have been a PhD candidate in Sciences of Antiquity (41st cycle) at Ca' Foscari University of Venice (interuniversity doctoral programme involving the Universities of Trieste and Udine). My doctoral project focuses on the critical edition, with translation and commentary, of the "minor" works of Niketas Eugenianos (12th century), under the supervision of Prof. Claudio De Stefani (University of Trieste).

I am a member of the interdepartmental research unit Cultures, Texts, and Traditions of the Christian East in Dialogue with Europe and Islam (EuTradOr) at the University of Florence, within which I have worked on the presence of the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus in Photius' Bibliotheca.

My research interests include Byzantine philology and literature; the relationship between literati and power in Byzantium; education in the Byzantine world; Byzantine metre and prose rhythm; hagiography (especially the legend of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus); and, more broadly, Greek philology and literature.