Semni Karusou

Semni Karusu (Papaspyridi-Karusu) ( Greek Σέμνη Καρούζου ; * 1898 in Tripoli ; † December 8, 1994 ) was a Greek classical archaeologist . In 1922 she came to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens as curator . She briefly managed the branches in Volos and Nafplio , and in 1934 she became a curator at the National Museum. In 1930 she married Christos Karusos . Together with him she hid the treasures of the National Museum at the beginning of the Second World War and took care of the reorganization. In 1961 she became a corresponding member of GöttingenAcademy of Sciences elected.

She wrote numerous articles, especially on sculptures and vases.

Fonts (selection)

• Guide du Musée National: marbres, bronzes et vases , Athens 1927
• The Amasis painter , Oxford 1956
• Angeia tu Anagyruntos , Athens 1963
• Collection of sculpture: a catalog. National Archaeological Museum , Athens 1968.
• National Archaeological Museum: ancient sculptures; descriptive catalog , Athens 1969

literature

• Klaus Fittschen : Memorial ceremony for Emil Kunze and Semni Karusu on March 10, 1995 , in: Athenische Mitteilungen 110, 1995, 1 ff.
• Werner Fuchs : Semni Papaspyridi-Karusu , in: Athenische Mitteilungen 110, 1995, 31–35 (with picture)
• Mneme Semnes Karuzu . Timetike uncompromising ste mneme tes Semnes Karuzu; Ethniko Archaiologiko Museio, May 10, 1995. Athens 1997. ISBN 960-214-647-8

Web links

• Literature by and about Semni Karusou in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 185.