Louis Robert

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Louis Robert (born February 15, 1904 in Laurière , Haute-Vienne , † May 31, 1985 in Paris ) was a French epigraphist , ancient historian , numismatist and archaeologist .

Life

Robert studied from 1924 at the École normal supérieure after he had already attended lectures by the epigraphist Maurice Holleaux as a pupil , whom he described as his most important teacher. In 1927 he received a scholarship from the École française d'Athènes , 1932 lecturer (directeur d'études) for "Historical geography of the Greek world and Greek epigraphy" ( geographie historique du monde grec et d'épigraphie grecque) at the École Pratique des Hautes Études , an activity that he carried out until 1974. In 1939, Robert succeeded Holleaux as professor for Epigraphie et antiquités grecques at the Collège de France , and in 1948 a member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres . He was also a member of scientific academies and societies in numerous countries. From 1956 to 1964 he headed the Institut français d'archéologie in Istanbul. In 1946 he was elected to the British Academy and in 1961 to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .

Services

Robert is still considered to be one of the “grand masters” of Greek epigraphy, to whom he devoted almost five hundred studies in the form of essays, anthologies and a few monographs. One focus was the Hellenistic and imperial epigraphy of Asia Minor , where he also carried out extensive field research, for example two research trips on behalf of the Archaeological Institute of America in 1932 and 1939, as well as excavations in Amyzon in Caria (1949/1950) and in the oracle site Klaros (1950 –1961, together with Roland Martin ). He also devoted himself to inscriptions from Greece and other parts of the ancient world, as well as repeatedly to the pierres errants ("carried away inscriptions"). Again and again Robert emphasized the value of geographical and regional knowledge for the classical scholar. He always tried to embed the inscriptions in their context, emphasizing, for example, the liveliness of Greek culture during Hellenism and the imperial era. He also published numerous works in the field of ancient numismatics .

From 1938 to 1984 Robert and his wife Jeanne (1910–2002), who was also his regular collaborator, published the Bulletin épigraphique , an extensive column in the Revue des études grecques , in which all new publications on Greek epigraphy are displayed and published every year partly critically commented and supplemented. The Bulletin has been edited by a group of scientists since Robert's death.

In his work Robert was able to draw from a deep familiarity with the ancient sources. On the basis of his knowledge and his box of inscriptions that were published scattered about, he was able to prove that editors and commentators of inscriptions had sometimes serious omissions, which he often did in a rather sharp tone. However, he occasionally had to expose himself to the accusation of hardly publishing comprehensive syntheses himself, but mainly detailed and special studies. The corpus of the Greek inscriptions of Caria, which he tackled together with his wife, remained a torso with only one volume published. However, he also published monographs, such as his standard work published in 1940 on the gladiators in the east of the Roman Empire.

Robert's teaching at the École Pratique des Hautes Études and the Collège de France shaped generations of (not only French) epigraphers. Even after decades, his publications are regularly used by research.

Fonts

Robert's essays have been compiled in numerous anthologies (in particular Opera minora selecta. 7 volumes, 1969–1990), insofar as they did not appear in collections from the outset, such as the Hellenica series . Recueil d'épigraphie, de numismatique et d'antiquités grecques (13 volumes, 1940–1965, partly with Jeanne Robert).

Selected volume with a complete list of publications:

  • Denis Rousset (ed.): Choix d'écrits (= Histoire. 84). Les Belles Lettres, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-251-38083-4 .

The following monographic publications should be mentioned:

  • Villes d'Asie Mineure. Études de Géographie Antique (= Etudes Orientales. 2, ZDB -ID 439397-1 ). De Boccard, Paris 1935, (2e édition augmentée. Ibid 1962).
  • Inscriptions grecques (= Collection Froehner. 1). Éditions des Bibliothèques nationales, Paris 1936.
  • Études Anatoliennes. Recherches sur les inscriptions grecques de l'Asie Mineure (= Etudes Orientales. 5). De Boccard, Paris 1937.
  • Études épigraphiques et philologiques (= Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études, 4th Section Sciences Historiques et Philologiques. 272, ISSN  0761-148X ). Champion, Paris 1938.
  • Les gladiateurs dans l'Orient grec (= Bibliothèque de l'École des Hautes Études, 4th Section Sciences Historiques et Philologiques. 278). Champion, Paris 1940.
  • Les inscriptions Grècques (= Le sanctuaire de Sinuri près de Mylasa. Tl. 1 = Mémoires de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie de Stamboul. 7, ZDB -ID 449810-0 ). De Boccard, Paris 1945.
  • Études de numismatique grecque. Collège de France - Schlumberger Foundation pour la Numismatique, Paris 1951.
  • with Jeanne Robert: La Carie. Histoire et geographie historique avec le recueil des inscriptions antiques. Volume 2. Le plateau de Tabai et ses environs. Maisonneuve, Paris 1954.
  • Les Korkadia de Nicée, le combustible de Synnada et les poissons-scies. Sur des lettres d'un metropolite de Phrygie au Xe siècle. Philology et réalités. Klincksieck, Paris 1962.
  • Noms indigènes dans l'Asie Mineure gréco-romaine (= Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie d'Istanbul. 13, ISSN  0537-779X ). Volume 1. Maisonneuve, Paris 1963.
  • Décret hellénistique de Sardes (= Nouvelles inscriptions de Sardes. 1). Maisonneuve, Paris 1964.
  • with Nezih Firatli: Les Stèles funéraires de Byzance gréco romaine (= Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie d'Istanbul. 15). Maisonneuve, Paris 1964.
  • with André Dupont-Sommer: La déesse de Hiérapolis Castabala (Cilicie) (= Bibliothèque Archéologique et Historique de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie d'Istanbul. 16). Maisonneuve, Paris 1964.
  • Documents de l'Asie Mineure méridionale. Inscriptions, monnaies et geographie (= Center de Recherches d'Histoire et de Philologie de la IVe Section de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études. 3: Hautes Études du Monde gréco-romain. 2, ZDB -ID 2554087-7 ). Droz et al., Geneva et al. 1966.
  • Monnaies antiques en Troade (= Center de Recherches d'Histoire et de Philologie de la IVe Section de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études. 1: Hautes Études Numismatiques. 1, ZDB -ID 2708924-1 ). Droz, Geneva et al. 1966.
  • Monnaies grecques. Types, légends, magistrats monétaires et geographie (= Center de Recherches d'Histoire et de Philologie de la IVe Section de l'École Pratique des Hautes Études. 1: Hautes Études Numismatiques. 2). Droz, Geneva et al. 1967.
  • A travers l'Asie miners. Poètes et prosateurs, monnaies grecques, voyageurs et geographie (= Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome. 239, ISSN  0257-4101 ). Ecole Francaise d'Athènes et al., Athens et al. 1980.
  • with Jeanne Robert: Fouilles d'Amyzon en Carie. Volume 1: Exploration, histoire, monnaies et inscriptions. De Boccard, Paris 1983.
  • Documents d'Asie Mineure. (= Bibliothèque des Écoles Françaises d'Athènes et de Rome. 239bis). Ecole Francaise d'Athènes et al., Athens et al. 1987, ISBN 2-86958-015-0 .
  • with Jeanne Robert: Claros. Volume 1: Décrets hellénistiques. Fascicule 1. Éditions Recherche sur les civilizations, Paris 1989, ISBN 2-86538-203-2 .
  • Le Martyre de Pionios, pretre de Smyrne. Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington DC 1994.

literature

  • Fabrice Delrieux: Les monnaies du Fonds Louis Robert (= Mémoires de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 45). Boccard, Paris 2011, ISBN 978-2-87754-270-8 .
  • Simone Follet (Ed.): L'hellénisme d'époque romaine. Nouveaux documents, nouvelles approches. (Ier saC-IIIe spC). Actes du Colloque International à la Mémoire de Louis Robert, Paris, 7-8 June 2000. De Boccard, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-7018-0174-5 .
  • Pierre Grimal : Allocution à la mémoire de M. Louis Robert, membre de l'Académie décédé le May 31, 1985. In: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Comptes rendus des séances. 1985, pp. 344-347, ( online ).
  • Peter Herrmann : Louis Robert †. In: Gnomon . Vol. 58, No. 1, 1986, pp. 81-83, JSTOR 27689205 .
  • Georg Petzl : Louis Robert. In: Włodzimierz Appel (ed.): “Magistri et discipuli”. Chapter on the history of classical studies in the 20th century (= Xenia Toruniensia. 7). Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, Thorn 2002, ISBN 83-231-1521-4 , pp. 131-139.
  • Jean Pouilloux : Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Louis Robert, membre de l'Académie. In: Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. Comptes rendus des séances. 1986, pp. 356-366 ( online ).

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personal data
SURNAME Robert, Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French epigraphist
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Laurière
DATE OF DEATH May 31, 1985
Place of death Paris