Spyridon Marinatos
Spyridon Nikolaou Marinatos ( Greek Σπυρίδων Νικολάου Μαρινάτος , born November 4, 1901 in Lixouri ; † October 1, 1974 in Santorini ) was a Greek classical archaeologist . In 1955 he became a full member of the Academy of Athens and in 1971 its president.
Life
Spyridon Marinatos discovered the Minoan city of Akrotiri on the island of Santorini in 1967 . The Bronze Age city was buried by the island's volcano in the so-called Minoan eruption . Marinatos saw the eruption as the cause of the downfall of the Minoan culture. The exact time of the volcanic eruption is still debatable today, but it has been proven that it did not immediately lead to the decline of the Minoan civilization. Marinatos believed that he had found the historical core of Plato's Atlantis story in the volcanic eruption and the fall of the Minoan culture . He was killed when an exposed wall collapsed during the excavations in Akrotiri. He is buried there and a memorial stone commemorates him.
The wall paintings Akrotiris discovered by him can be seen partly in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, partly on the island itself in a newly built museum. The excavations have continued with interruptions for over 40 years until today, since Marinato's death under the guidance of his then assistant Christos Doumas .
He was a corresponding member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences .
Publications
- Excavations at Thera. First Preliminary Report (1967 Season) , Vivliothēke tēs en Athēnais Archaiologikēs Hetaireias (Βιβλιοθήκη της εν Αθήναις Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας), Athens 1968.
literature
- Literature by and about Spyridon Marinatos in the catalog of the German National Library
- Christos G. Doumas: Thera Santorin - The Pompeii of the ancient Aegean . Translated by Werner Posselt. Koehler & Amelang, Berlin and Leipzig 1991, ISBN 3-7338-0050-8 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the HAdW since it was founded in 1909. Spyridon Marinatos. Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, accessed June 20, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Marinatos, Spyridon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Marinatos, Spyridon Nikolaou (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek archaeologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lixouri |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st October 1974 |
| Place of death | Santorini |