Ioannis Threpsiadis
Ioannis Threpsiadis ( Greek Ιωάννης Θρεψιάδης ) (* 1907 in Athens , † 1962 in Athens) was a Greek classical archaeologist .
He studied archeology in Athens, Germany and the United States . After his training he carried out excavations at the Demeter sanctuary in Eleusis from 1931 under Konstantinos Kourouniotis . In 1934 he made test excavations in Megara with Ioannis Travlos . A year later, during excavations in Piraeus , he discovered the fortifications of the Athenian port of Munychia and the remains of the temple of Artemis Munychia.
In 1940 he began excavations in Galaxidi , but these were interrupted by the Second World War. After the war he became Ephorus in Boeotia and from 1955 to 1961 directed the exploration of the Mycenaean fortress of Gla . In 1956 he also carried out excavations in Aulis . Towards the end of his career he was curator of the Acropolis Museum , the National Archaeological Museum and Agora Museum
Ioannis Threpsiadis was a member of the Athens Archaeological Society .
Fonts
- Ελευσινιακά: τεύχος Α. 1932 (co-author)
- with Eugene Vanderpool : Themistocles' Sanctuary of Artemis Aristoboule. In: Archaiologikon Deltion 19, 1, 1964, pp. 29-36.
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| SURNAME | Threpsiadis, Ioannis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Threpsiades, Johannes; Threpsiadis, Yannis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek classical archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Athens |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1962 |
| Place of death | Athens |