Education

Since 07/2025
Freie Universität Berlin/BerGSAS
PreDoc scholarship - Altorientalistik Department

2022 – 2025
University of Pavia
Master in Classics and Near Eastern Studies

01 – 06/2024
École pratique des hautes études EPHE – PSL Paris
Erasmus+ scholarship for thesis research purposes - Sciences Religieuses Department

07 – 08/2022
University of Cambridge (Corpus Christi College)
Borromeo College scholarship for thesis research purposes - Department of Classics

01 – 06/2022
University of Pavia
Teacher training certificate (24CFU).

2019 – 2025
University School for Advanced Studies IUSS Pavia
Master (I level; II level) in Human Sciences

2019 – 2024
Almo Collegio Borromeo
Diploma of College of Merit

2019 – 2022
University of Pavia
Bachelor in Ancient Literature

Work Experience

01 – 06/2025
Istituto Paritario S. Giuseppe of Vigevano
Middle and High School Teacher in Humanistic subjects (Italian Language and
Literature; Latin language and civilization; Ancient History)

10/2024 – 06/2025
University of Pavia
Academic tutor in Latin and Ancient Greek (first-years undergraduate courses)

07/2024
Kınık Höyük (Turkey) Archaeological Project
Participant in the excavation and labwork project, with responsibility for ceramic
processing.

06/2023 – 07/2024
Evaluation Nucleus of IUSS Pavia
Component as a student representative

09 – 12/2023
Apprenticeship in Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense, MilanoVisitor guide and user assistance for the exhibition Alpha beta. Apprendere il Greco in
Italia (1360-1860).

The mythology of Akkadian Kings: the cultural transmission of kingship and heroism between Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and Greece

This dissertation investigates the transformation of Akkadian kings, specifically Sargon and Naram-Sîn, from historical figures into models of royal legitimacy in Near Eastern mythology. It examines motifs such as the obscure or extraordinary origins of the king who rises to power and his heroic conquests in extreme or marginal regions, exploring their evolution in Mesopotamian and Hittite traditions - particularly in the way they are reworked through textual transmission and translation - and traces their possible echoes in Greek mythology, for instance in narratives about city-founding tyrants and their claims to legitimacy. The study utilizes philological, narratological, and comparative approaches to contextualize how these myths were adapted to specific cultural and political settings, responding to and shaping ideological paradigms. Ultimately, the project aims to uncover patterns of motif transmission across different traditions, thereby contributing to our understanding of crosscultural influences on the conceptualization of kingship and myth in the ancient Mediterranean.

The project is supported by a grant from BerGSAS, Freie Universität Berlin

2024
“Il logos di Cambise e il paradigma del tiranno nel terzo libro delle Storie di Erodoto: storia, antropologia, narrazione”, in Quaderni Borromaici 2024, Interlinea edizioni, Novara 2024.