Konstantinos Karapanos
Konstantinos Karapanos ( Greek Κωνσταντίνος Καραπάνος , also in the spelling Constantinos Carapanos , * 1840 in Arta ; † 1914 in Athens ) was a Greek banker , politician and amateur archaeologist.
Karapanos studied law in Athens and Paris . He later worked as a banker in Constantinople and Paris.
As a layman, he undertook the first excavations at the ancient site of Dodona from 1875 to 1877 , the results of which he published in two volumes in French in 1878 under the title Dodone et ses ruines . Due to his good relations with the Ottoman decision-makers - Dodona was still part of the Ottoman Empire at that time - he was able to obtain the excavation license for the site. His methods corresponded to those usual at the time, for example no stratigraphies were recorded. In 1893, Alexander von Warsberg criticized Karapanos for claiming all the fame for himself and for pushing his colleague, road construction engineer Zygmunt Mineyko , into the background despite his protests. He donated the finds from his excavations to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens , which assigned them their own room and named it after the founder.
After Greece conquered his hometown Arta, Karapanos was elected Foreign Minister in 1881. From 1881 to 1910 he also represented Arta in parliament.
literature
- Martina Dieterle: Dodona. Religious-historical and historical research on the origin and development of the Zeus sanctuary , Spudasmata , Volume 116, Olms, Hildesheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-487-13510-6 , pp. 11-12 online version of the dissertation
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| SURNAME | Karapanos, Konstantinos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Carapanos, Constantinos (French spelling); Καραπάνος, Κωνσταντίνος |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek banker, politician and archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arta (Greece) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1914 |
| Place of death | Athens |