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Biography
I was born in South Africa and was raised in Greece. Following a successful career in the commercial shipping industry, I am (since 2011) a freelance researcher and writer and an associate member of the UoN Centre for Spartan and Peloponnesian Studies. As a local from Laconia in southern Greece, I have acted as the UoN CSPS's Greek Community Liaison and have designed educational packs for Greek schools since 2011.
Research Summary
I am interested in the nautical history, archeology and folklore of southern Laconia, Greece, in particular the region of Vatika (ancient Boiae).
Since October 2021, I work on the production of an archaeological and archival resource for the archaeology of Sparti and southern Laconia (i.e. the area covered by the modern Municipalities of Anatoliki Mani, Elaphonisos, Evrotas, and Monemvasia), for the Centre for Spartan & Peloponnesian Studies (CSPS). 螜 am also working on my new book project on Cape Malea in s. Greece in literature (from Homer to modern times) and in travel writings, in collaboration with CSPS.
I contribute articles in the local Greek and Laconian press and I have completed the manuscripts of two children's books on archaeological projects led by the UoN Centre for Spartan & Peloponnesian Studies.
Children's books (in Greek):
Minopetros, S. (forthcoming), Life Code: Lydia (partly sponsored by the UoN Faculty of Arts)
Minopetros, S. (forthcoming), Arasantoe and the sea-garlanded town.
Selected journal contributions (culture and folklore; in Greek)
Minopetros, S. in press. 螝伪位蠈 蟿伪尉委未喂 蟽蟿慰 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂慰 蟿慰蠀 螝伪尾慰渭伪位喂维. 螣 螔伪蟿喂魏喂蠋蟿畏蟼.
Minopetros, S. 2022. 螤维谓蟿伪 蟽蟿慰 维未喂魏慰 畏 胃维位伪蟽蟽伪 未伪魏蟻蠉味蔚喂. 螣 螔伪蟿喂魏喂蠋蟿畏蟼 425: 24-25 (on piracy in pre-modern Laconia)
Minopetros, S. 2021. I am sorry (For the WWII 'Comfort Women'). 6.4.2021
Minopetros, S. 2020. 危蟿畏蟼 螜蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼 蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪. 螣 芦韦喂蟿伪谓喂魏蠈蟼禄 蟿慰蠀 螝伪尾慰渭伪位喂维 (Part 1). 螣 螔伪蟿喂魏喂蠋蟿畏蟼 423: 20-21
Minopetros, S. 2020. 危蟿畏蟼 螜蟽蟿慰蟻委伪蟼 蟿伪 蠂苇蟻喂伪. 螣 芦韦喂蟿伪谓喂魏蠈蟼禄 蟿慰蠀 螝伪尾慰渭伪位喂维 (Part 2). 螣 螔伪蟿喂魏喂蠋蟿畏蟼 424: 18-21