Apostolos Athanassakis

Apostolos Nikolaou Athanassakis (; born 1938 in the village of Astrochori, near Arta, Epirus region, Greece, died October 4, 2025 in Athens, Greece ) was a Greek classical scholar, and the former Argyropoulos Chair in Hellenic Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Professor Athanassakis, or "Professor A," as he was often referred to by students, served as the faculty in residence in Manzanita Village. Athanassakis taught at UCSB for nearly 30 years in the Classics Department. From 1984 to 1986 he served as head of the Humanities Division at the University of Crete, in Greece. On October 4, 2025, Athanassakis died in Athens, Greece, aged 87 years old.