George E. Mylonas

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Grave of George E. Mylonas in Mykines, Greece

George Emmanuel Mylonas ( Greek Γεώργιος Εμμανουήλ Μυλωνάς , born December 9, 1898 in Smyrna , Ottoman Empire ; † April 15, 1988 in Greece ) was an American classical archaeologist of Greek descent.

After attending school in Smyrna, he studied classical studies at the University of Athens . In the Greco-Turkish War from 1921 to 1922 he fought on the Greek side in his native Asia Minor and returned to Athens as a refugee in 1923. Here he found a position at the American School of Classical Studies as assistant to Stuart Thompson . In 1928 he received his doctorate with a thesis on the Neolithic in Greece in Athens. In 1928 he obtained his second doctorate with David Moore Robinson at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

In 1933 he became Professor of Classical Archeology at Washington University in St. Louis , where he taught until his retirement in 1968. After acquiring US citizenship in 1937, he was also temporarily President of the Archaeological Society . In 1961 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

After his retirement he returned to Greece and was Secretary General of the Archaeological Society of Athens from 1979 until his death . The best-known results of his excavations include the Bronze Age finds from Agios Kosmas , the Neolithic finds from the vicinity of Olynth and the discovery of the outer circle of tombs in Mycenae . He campaigned for the construction of a new museum in Mycenae to accommodate the new discoveries he had made. However, this museum was not completed until 19 years near his death. George Mylonas found his final resting place in the Mykines cemetery .

His daughter Ione (1936–2005) also became an archaeologist and worked with her father on many excavations. She was with the archaeologist , T. Leslie Shear Jr. married.

Publications (selection)

  • The Balkan States. An Introduction to Their History . 1946.
  • (Ed.): Studies presented to David M. Robinson , St. Louis 1953
  • Mycenae: The Capital City of Agamemnon . 1957.
  • Mycenae and the Mycenaean Age . 1966.
  • Grave Circle B of Mycenae . 1972.
    • Greek version: Ο ταφικός κύκλος Β των Μυκηνών . 1973
  • Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries . 3rd edition, Princeton University Press Princeton 1974, ISBN 0-691-00205-3 (Original edition: 1932).
  • Mycenae. A Guide to Its Ruins and Its History . 1981.
    • German translation: Mycenae. A guide to its ruins and history. Ekdotike Athenon, Athens 1993, ISBN 960-213-213-2
  • Mycenae Rich in gold . 1983.

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personal data
SURNAME Mylonas, George E.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mylonas, George Emmanuel (full name); Μυλόνας, Γεώργιος Ε. (Greek)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American classical archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH December 9, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Smyrna , Ottoman Empire
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1988
Place of death Greece