Maria Helena da Rocha-Pereira: the suitable kairos back again

Abstract

It has recently become popular to celebrate major works from the past, whose real impact on society and among scholars has been particularly significant, not in terms of the strict impact factor popularised by bibliometrics, but rather because they have inspired and stimulated in-depth analysis and given momentous contributions to science in specific areas of expertise. If we were to choose, among Classicists in Portugal, the scholar who most perfectly corresponds to this special degree of excellence, the first choice would fall naturally upon Maria Helena da Rocha-Pereira. corresponds to this special degree of excellence, the first choice would fall naturally upon Maria Helena da Rocha-Pereira.