Alexander Cambitoglou

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Alexander Cambitoglou ( Greek Αλέξανδρος Καμπίτογλου Aléxandros Kabítoglou ; born 1922 in Thessaloniki ; died on November 29, 2019 in Sydney ) was an Australian classical archaeologist of Greek descent.

Life

Alexander Cambitoglou initially studied at the University of Thessaloniki , where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts . He received his Masters from the University of Manchester before earning his PhD from the University of London . He received another doctorate from the University of Oxford , where he studied with John D. Beazley . From 1954 to 1956 he was the second professor of classical archeology at the University of Mississippi , from 1956 to 1961 he was second professor at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania .

From 1956 to 1961 he was a member of the American committee for the Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum and was director of the summer seminars of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens . Under George E. Mylonas he took part in the excavations at the sanctuary in Eleusis .

In 1961 he made his way to Australia, where he initially worked as a lecturer at the University of Sydney and from April 1, 1963 as a professor of archeology. In 1978 he became Arthur and Renee George Professor of Classical Archeology at the University of Sydney. He held this chair until his retirement in 1989. From 1963 to 2000 Cambitoglou was also curator of the antiquities collection at the Nicholson Museum in Sydney.

Soon after arriving in Australia, Alexander Cambitoglou began promoting Australian research in Greece. In 1967 he began his excavations in the geometric settlement of Zagora on Andros , a joint project of the Archaeological Society in Athens and the University of Sydney. In 1975 these investigations were replaced by the Australian excavations in Torone , which he also directed. These ventures made a permanent Australian presence in Greece necessary. In 1980 Cambitoglou founded the Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens (AAIA), of which he was director until 2016.

In addition to the publication of his numerous excavation reports, his main interest since his student days was the red-figure vase painting of the Greek colonies in southern Italy . In this research area he worked for over forty years with Arthur D. Trendall , with whom he published numerous works on the results of their research.

Due to his extensive knowledge, Cambitoglou was a member of the international scientific committee of the Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae and the Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum .

Awards

  • Commander of the Order of Australia (AO), awarded in 1987 for contributions to archeology and international cultural relations in Australia
  • Commander of the Order of the Phoenix , awarded by Greece in 1998.
  • Awarded the Centenary Medal by Australia in 2001 for his services to Australian society and humanity through his work as a classical archaeologist.

Memberships

Publications (selection)

  • with Arthur D. Trendall: Apulian Red-Figured Vase-Painters of the Plain Style . Archaeological Institute of America, Rutland (Vermont) 1961.
  • The Brygos Painter . Sydney University Press, Sydney 1968.
  • with James J. Coulton, Judith M. Birmingham, John Richard Green: Zagora I. Excavations of a Geometric Settlement on the Island of Andros, Greece . Sydney University Press, Sydney 1971. (Reprinted in Athens 1992 by the Athens Archaeological Society).
  • with Margot Schmidt, Arthur D. Trendall: A group of Apulian grave vases in Basel. Studies on the content and form of sub-Italian sepulchral art by Zabern, Mainz 1976.
  • with Arthur D. Trendall: The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia . Volume 1. Oxford University Press, Oxford 1978.
  • (Ed.): Studies in Honor of Arthur Dale Trendall . Sydney University Press, Sydney 1979.
  • with Arthur D. Trendall: The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia . Volume 2. Oxford University Press; Oxford 1982.
  • with Arthur D. Trendall: First Supplement to The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia . Institute of Classical Studies, London 1983.
  • with Christian Aellen, Jacques Chamay: Le Peintre de Darius et son Milieu . Hellas et Roma, Geneva 1986.
  • with James J. Coulton, Ann Birchall, John Richard Green: Zagora II. Excavation of a Geometric Town on the Island of Andros, Greece . Athens Archaeological Society, Athens 1988.
  • with Arthur D. Trendall: Second Supplement to The Red-Figured Vases of Apulia . Part 1. London Institute of Classical Studies, London 1992.
  • (Ed.): Classical Art in the Nicholson Museum Sydney . von Zabern, Mainz 1995.
  • with Jacques Chamay: Céramique de Grande Grèce. La collection de fragments HA Cahn . Hellas et Roma, Geneva 1997.

literature

  • Eumusia: ceramic and iconographic studies in honor of Alexander Cambitoglou , Sydney, Meditarch, University of Sydney 1990. (Mediterranean archeology, Supplement 1) ISBN 0-909797-17-X (S. XIX Bibliography)

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Year of birth according to the membership list of the Academy of Athens ( memento of January 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ). Accessed June 12, 2017.
  2. ^ The Emeritus Director. The Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens, Date: August 11, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Cambitoglou, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian Classical Archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Thessaloniki
DATE OF DEATH 29th November 2019
Place of death Sydney