Xenofon Kalogeropoulos is an aspiring writer and postgraduate researcher at the University of Oxford, specializing in Hellenistic history and specifically the Graeco-Bactrian kingdom and the Indo-Greeks. He is interested in identity, continuity, and hybridisation, in cultural crossroads such as the Hellenistic world, from Egypt to Gandhara.
Education
MLitt (in-progress) Ancient History — University of Oxford
MSc in Empires, Colonialism and Globalisation — London School of Economics and Political Science, 2022.
Joint Honours BA in Ancient History and History with a Year Abroad — University of Leicester, 2020
Areas of Expertise
The Meeting of a Greek King and a Buddhist Monk, As Mentioned in a Buddhist Sacred Text
Centuries after Alexander, in northwest India, the Greek king Menander and a Buddhist monk sat down together; their meeting was immortalized in a sacred text.
The Forgotten War Between a Greek Kingdom and a Chinese Army Over… Heavenly Horses
Han Chinese armies marched across Central Asia to besiege the remnants of a Greek kingdom. The reason? The fabled Heavenly Horses of Ferghana.