Camilla Basile has recently earned a Ph.D. in Classics from the University of Virginia (Charlottesville), with a dissertation titled ‘Religious Multiculturalism in Apollonius’ Argonautica’. Before coming to Virginia, she was at the University of Edinburgh, where she graduated with a thesis on ritual and religious language in Euripides’ Hippolytus. Born and raised in L’Aquila (Italy), Camilla’s personal and professional life spans across Europe and the States.

• University of Virginia, Charlottesville (2025)

• University of Edinburgh (2019)

Camilla’s current research project focuses on investigating the structure of Apollonius’ sacred landscape from a multicultural perspective. Her methodological approach encompasses the study of space, Greek and non-Greek religion and ritual, and multicultural societies. Her most recent publication, titled “Apollonius’ Μοῦσαι ὑποφήτορες and the Interpretation of the Egyptian Tradition” [forthcoming], engages with the long-standing debate about the Muses’ characterization in the Argonautica, arguing that they act as interpreters of both Greek and non-Greek knowledge on behalf of the Hellenistic poet. Camilla is also interested in the function of religious institutions, particularly oracular shrines as centers of multicultural interchange in the cosmopolitan society of Ptolemaic Egypt. 

Camilla’s latest project is Argomaps.com, an open resource designed for readers and scholars of Apollonius at all levels. The website explores the space, particularly the religious space, of the Argonautica in a reader-friendly, digital format.

Hellenistic literature;
Ancient Greek and non-Greek, Mediterranean religions, especially in Hellenistic societies and texts;
Multiculturalism in the Hellenistic period