On May 15 2024 the Philology Department of the University of Thessaloniki honoured Professor Paul Cartledge (A.G. Leventis Senior Research Fellow, Clare College, Cambridge) by conferring upon him an honorary doctorate in recognition of his contributions both to Hellenic archaeohistorical scholarship and to Hellenism (the Parthenon Marbles and their reunification in Athens' Acropolis Museum) more generally.

The chair of the Department, Prof. Ioanna Karamanou, and the chief promoter, Prof. Alexandra Lianeri, made exceptionally eloquent addresses, to which Professor Cartledge (Commander of the Greek Order of Honour) replied with a short talk on the modern Olympic 'ideal' as compared/contrasted with any ancient Greek equivalent notion.

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is the largest university in Greece.