Lysimachos Kalokairinos
Lysimachos Andreas Kalokairinos ( Greek Λυσίμαχος Καλοκαιρινός ; * around 1840 in Heraklion ; † August 25, 1898 ibid) was a Greek politician and brother of the amateur archaeologist Minos Kalokairinos .
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He was the eldest son of the Cythian trader Andreas Kalokairinos and the Margiortas Krasaki, who came from a wealthy, Franco-Cretan family. He had three brothers (Minos, Thrasivoulos and Myron) and a sister (Penelope).
After the death of his father, he and Minos took over the trade in agricultural products. In 1859 he was appointed British Vice- Consul of Crete and on July 27, 1871, he became a British citizen. In 1867 he and Minos donated a marble statue of a woman to the British Museum in London .
He lived and resided in a neoclassical building built in 1870, the so-called Kalokairinos Mansion . His home was burned down during the last great Greek revolution in 1898. Lysimachus and his family died in the flames. Only his youngest daughter survived and was apparently deported to Thessaloniki by the Turks . The archaeological finds that his brother Minos had exhibited in the house were destroyed. In 1903 the building was rebuilt. The Heraklion Historical Museum is located here today .
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- Arthur John Evans , Scripta Minoa , Volume I.
Web links
- The British and the Hellenes (here he is wrongly called Calymachus Calocherino)
- Entry in the British National Archives
- The family Andreas and Maria Kalokairinos (Greek) (Οικία Ανδρέου και Μαρίας Καλοκαιρινού)
- Marble statue in the British Museum
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kalokairinos, Lysimachus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kalokairinos, Lysimachos Andreas (full name); Καλοκαιρινός, Λυσίμαχος (Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heraklion |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1898 |
| Place of death | Heraklion |