Konstantinos Kourouniotis

Konstantinos Kourouniotis ( Greek Κωνσταντίνος Κουρουνιώτης ; * 1872 in Chios ; † 1945 in Athens ) was a Greek classical archaeologist .

Life

Kourouniotis began to study archeology at the University of Jena . In 1890 he became active in the Corps Saxonia Jena . When he was inactive , he moved to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he was awarded a Dr. phil. received his doctorate . His long career in the archaeological service began as a curator (Ephorus) of archaeological sites and led to the director of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens . He took part in several excavations, such as on Milos , Antikythira , Olympia and Eleusis . In 1902, the Archaeological Society of Athens began systematic archaeological research in the region around the Temple of Apollo near Bassae under his leadership . From 1917 Kourouniotis was engaged in researching the Demeter sanctuary in Eleusis.

In 1929 he became a member of the Academy of Athens .

Fonts

• Herakles with Halios Geron and Triton on works of older Greek art. Munich 1893. GoogleBooks
• Κατάλογος του Μουσείου Λυκοσούρας (catalog of the museum in Lykosoura). Athens 1911.

Web links

• Photo by Konstantinos Kourouniotis in: Modern Greek Visual Prosopography
• WorldCat

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 71/496
2. ↑ Dissertation: Herakles with Halios geron and Triton on works of older Greek art .
3. ^ Website of the municipality of Eleusis ( Memento from January 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Greek)
4. ^ Members of the Academy of Athens on the website of the Academy of Athens ( Memento of December 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (Greek)