My tutor
Dr. Benoît Chazal
A native of France, Benoît holds a MA in Modern Languages and is certified by the French Ministry of Education (CAPES). He also holds a Latin Studies PhD and has been working as a teacher for over ten years. He gave French Literature, Theatre and Latin classes in junior high schools and high schools and has been teaching French language to foreign students.
At University Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3, he used to give undergraduate classes: “Oral and Argumentation Training” for Licence 1 (Department of French and Latin Literature and Linguistics),“Recitation of Theatrical 17th Century Texts” and “Recitation of Fables by La Fontaine” for « les stages de pré-rentrée de Licence 1 » “Linguistics for the Professional License” and “Guidance in Professional and Private Writing, Writing Consultant” in the Department of Cultural Mediation.
He has been giving private lessons for several years to middle and high school students preparing for exams, or following CNED courses, and living in France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil, Spain…
Associate member of several research organisations in Classics, he gave lectures in Mexico City (National Autonomous University of Mexico), the United States (University of Chicago) and the United Kingdom (King’s College).
He speaks English and Spanish fluently and knows the basics of Italian. He also holds diplomas in Ancient Languages (Latin and Ancient Greek) from the University Paris Nanterre.
Right: presentation at the 5th International Congress of Classical Studies in Mexico City, in 2017.
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Publications
Scholarly work:
Rhetoric of Condemnation in the Historia Augusta, Paris, Classiques Garnier, 2021. To access the publisher’s website, click here.
In front of the Classiques Garnier bookstore in Paris, 2021.
“About the Encounter Between Demetrius and Caligula (De Beneficiis, VII, 11, 1-2)”, Revue des Études Latines, p. 83-106, 99, 2021.
- “From canine frugality to serendipity: the value of chance in the diet of Cynics”, Aitia [En ligne], Cynics at the table, 15 | 2025, mis en ligne le 05 juin 2025.
“Caligula: the Making of a Myth. Dramatisation of the Figure of the Tyrant in the Biography by Suetonius, enlightened by some Extracts from Historia Augusta”, Nova Tellus, Instituto de Investigaciones Filológicas, National Autonomous University of Mexico, vol. 36, no. 2 (2018). To access the article, click here.
Work of fiction (playwright):
Vienna-Berlin, Berlin-Vienna, Paris, Mon Petit Éditeur, 2012. To access the publisher’s website, click here. Vienna, Berlin, Berlin-Vienna, Mexico, Amazon Kindle, 2020. Spanish translation (Spain) by Gisela Santaeularia Riera, click here.
Lectures
1. The Historia Augusta and Lucian, King’s College, London (June 16, 2022), lecture ‘Historiography and Life Writing in the Late Antique World’, at the invitation of Mr. Karl Dahm. Audience: researchers. Language: English.
2. Epideictic Rhetoric and Philosophical Demonstration in the Historia Augusta, University of Chicago (May 16, 2019), at the invitation of Professor Michael Allen. Audience: professors, students. Language: English.
3. “Rhetoric in Antiquity,” Franco-Mexican High School, Mexico City (December 14, 2017). Audience: professors, high school students. Language: French.
4. “Caligula: The Making of a Myth,” National Autonomous University of Mexico (September 4, 2017), 5th International Congress of Classical Studies. Audience: professors, researchers, students, general public. Language: French.
5. “The Phantom of Caesar: Political Monster and Literary Creation,” Franco-Mexican High School (May 17, 2017). Guest: Philippe Heuzé, Professor Emeritus of Classical Literature at Sorbonne Nouvelle University – Paris 3. Audience: teachers, high school students, general public. Language: French.