Petros Themelis

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Petros G. Themelis (Πέτρος Θέμελης, * 1936 in Thessaloniki ) is a Greek classical archaeologist .

Life

Petros Themelis is the son of the poet George Themelis. He studied Classical Archeology and Classical Philology at the University of Thessaloniki from 1955 and 1959 . From 1960 to 1962 he did his military service and then became a research assistant at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki . During this time he took part in excavations in Thessaloniki, Pella , Lefkandi on Euboea , in Stratoni on Chalkidiki and at the palace in Verginia . From 1963 to 1969 he worked in the position of epimelet of the archaeological service in Olympia , Attica and on Evia. Themelis received her doctorate in 1972 with the work Early Greek Grave Buildings . A year later he became "Ephoros" of the antiquities in the regions of Phocis , West Lokris and Aetolia / Acarnania . In 1980 he moved to the newly created director's post for paleoanthropology and speleology .

In 1984 Themelis became professor at the University of Crete based in Rethymnon . He led the extensive excavations and restoration work in ancient Messene and also carried out excavations in Eleutherna on Crete . He is the chairman of the Society for Messenian Studies and a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute and the Austrian Archaeological Institute .

Publications (selection)

  • Early Greek grave structures . Zabern, Mainz 1976 (dissertation Munich 1972)
  • Mycenae. The monuments and the finds . Athens 1985
  • Η αρχαία Μεσσήνη (He archaia Messene). Athens 1999 (German edition: Das antike Messene. Athens 2003, ISBN 9789602142066 )
  • Ήρωες και ηρώα στη Μεσσήνη (Heroes kai heroa ste Messene). Athens 2000
  • The Poseidon sanctuary at Akovitika in Messenia. Structure and development context of a regional center, Wiesbaden 2010 (with M. Kinderlen)

Numerous articles, most recently mainly on Messene, including the original works by the ancient sculptor Damophon von Messene found there .

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personal data
SURNAME Themelis, Petros
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Themelis, Petros G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek archaeologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Thessaloniki