In 1975, Follet became the adjunct director of the École normale supérieure, a post which she retained until 1987. From 1981 to 1985, she was also the director of a
CNRS project called "Etude de textes sophistiques et techniques tardifs" (Study of
Sophistic Texts and Late Techniques), based at the École normale supérieure. In this role, she was noted for her mentorship of younger female scholars of Classical philology.[1]
Follet's research focussed on the epigraphy of Roman Imperial Athens. Her 1976 book Athènes au IIe et au IIIe siècle. Études chronologiques et prosopographiques (Athens in the 2nd and 3rd centuries: Chronological and Prosopographic Studies), developed from her doctoral thesis, remains the standard work on the chronology of Imperial-period Athens. Follet produced numerous articles and book chapters on individual inscriptions or groups of inscriptions, often in collaboration with Dina Peppas Delmousou of the
Epigraphical Museum.[1] She was also a regular contributor to the Bulletin épigraphique in Revue des études grecques [
fr] and L'Année épigraphique.[1]
Follet also worked on imperial-period Greek literature and philosophy, especially the second Sophistic author
Philostratus, publishing the standard French edition of his Heroicus in 2017[1][3] and collaborating with Bernadette Peuch on a standard edition of his Lives of the Sophists, which will be published posthumously. She also contributed to work on a standard edition of
Callistratus's Descriptions and provided entries for the Dictionnaire des Philosophes Antiques.[1]
Follet, Simone (1989). "Contribution a la chronologie attique du premier siecle de notre ere". In Walker, S.; Cameron, Averil (eds.).
The Greek Renaissance in the Roman Empire. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 37–44.
JSTOR43768499.
Follet, Simone (1994). "Lettres d'Hadrien aux Épicuriens d'Athènes (14.2- 14.3.125): SEG III 226 + IG II² 1097". Revue des Études Grecques. 107 (509): 158–171.
doi:
10.3406/reg.1994.2610.
Follet, Simone; Peppas-Delmousou, Dina (2000). "La légende de Thésée sous l'empereur Commode d'après le discours d'un Éphèbe athénien (IG II2, 2291A + 1125, complétés)". Romanité et cité chrétienne. Permanences et mutations, intégration et exclusion Du Ier au VIe Siècle. Mélanges en l'honneur d'Yvette Duval. Paris: De Boccard. pp. 11–17.
ISBN978-2701801360.
Follet, Simone; Peppas-Delmousou, Dina (2001). "Les dédicaces chorégiques d'époque Flavienne et Antonine à Athènes". In Salomies, Olli (ed.). The Greek East in the Roman Context. Helsinki: Bookstore Tiedekirja.
ISBN9519880607.
Follet, Simone, ed. (2004). L'hellénisme d'époque romaine nouveaux documents, nouvelles approches (Ier s. a.C - IIIe s. p.C.) : actes du colloque international à la mémoire de Louis Robert, Paris, 7-8 juillet 2000. Paris: De Boccard.
ISBN2-7018-0174-5.
Follet, Simone, ed. (2017). Philostrate: Sur les héros. Paris: Les Belles Lettres.
ISBN9782251006178.