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Jadwiga Czerwińska – full Professor at the University of Łódź, the chief editor of “Collectanea Philologica”, a member of The Committee on Ancient Culture of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), The Classical Association, The Center Latinitatis Europae, The Scientific Committee of Łódź (ŁTN), The Scientific Committee at Catholic University of Lublin (KUL), The Polish Philological Committee (PTF), the stipendist of Fondation Hardt pour L’Etude de L’Antiquité Classique, Vandoeuvres-Genève and The Lanckoroński Foundation. Interested in Greek theatre and drama (mainly Euripides), Greek philosophy and the reception of Antiquity in Italian culture. The author of many articles, including Polish and Italian monographs about the works of Euripides. For her achievements she was awarded inter alia with the Medal of the Commission of National Education and many others. She was also prized by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education.

Katarzyna Chiżyńska – assistant Professor at the Department of Classical Philology at the University of Łódź. PhD (2012) in Classical Literature (Scholia Medicea in Aeschyli „Persas” – Translation and Commentary), MA (2007) in Cultural Science (theatre), MA (2005) in Classical Philology. Her current research project is Ancient theatre and drama in the light of scholia (National Science Center). Her research concerns ancient scholars’ works and poetics of ancient drama.