Maximilian Mayer (archaeologist)

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Maximilian Mayer (also Massimiliano Mayer; born August 30, 1856 in Prenzlau ; † 1939 ) was a German classical archaeologist .

After attending the Gymnasium zum Grauen Kloster in Berlin, Mayer studied classical archeology and philology in Berlin and Bonn , and received his doctorate in Berlin in 1883 under Carl Robert . From 1889 to 1893 he went on extensive study trips through Europe and Asia Minor. He then worked for ten years in Bari , where he was the first director of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale from 1894 to 1903 . In 1899 he published the museum's first collection catalog. In Bari, Via Massimiliano Mayer was later named after him.

In 1909 Mayer returned to Germany and worked in the manuscript department of the Hiersemann publishing house in Leipzig. He spent his old age in material poverty. On the occasion of his 80th birthday in 1936, Theodor Wiegand called for a fundraising campaign for him.

Maximilian Mayer was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute from 1893 and a full member from 1911 .

Publications

  • De Euripidis mythopoeia capita duo. Berlin 1883 (= dissertation)
  • The Protesilaos of Euripides. In: Hermes 20 (1885) pp. 101-143
  • The giants and titans in ancient legend and art. Berlin 1887
  • Breve guida al museo provinciale di Bari. Bari 1899
  • Le stazioni preistoriche di Molfetta. Relazione sugli scavi eseguiti nel 1901. Bari 1904
  • La Coppa Tarantina di argento dorato del Museo Provinciale di Bari. Bari 1910
  • Apulia before and during the Hellenization. Leipzig 1914
  • Molfetta and Matera. On the prehistory of southern Italy and Sicily. Leipzig 1924

literature

  • Maximilian Mayer . In: Gerhard Lüdtke (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar . Founded by Joseph Kürschner . 5th edition. De Gruyter, Berlin 1935, OCLC 257208931 , p. 117 .
  • Francesco Quarto: Massimiliano Mayer. In: Rosa Martucci: I nomi antichi - profili biobibliografici pugliesi. Ministero per i Beni Culturali e Ambientali, Biblioteca Nazionale Sagarriga Visconti Volpi, Bari. Istituto poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, 1998 Rome, pp. 291-295

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