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Blog entries by Dimitris Grigoropoulos
Otto Lüders (1844 – 1912) – the first director of the DAI Athens
People at the DAI Athens
, 2023
When the Athens department of the DAI was formally founded in 1874, the philologist-turned-diplom...
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When the Athens department of the DAI was formally founded in 1874, the philologist-turned-diplomat Otto Lüders was the first person to be appointed as its director, at the time called the Sekretar (“Secretary”). He held this position only briefly, and until recently very little was known about his time at the DAI. This post focuses on Lüders as a scholar, from his student years to his arrival in Athens, and his crucial part in establishing the department, which has not thus far received the attention it deserves.
Book chapters by Dimitris Grigoropoulos
A Roman Marble Throne from the Piraeus and its Epicurean Connections
Γ. Τσιλογιάννη, Γ. Φράγκου & Χ. Μηλιώνης (επιμ.) Εκτός πεπατημένης: Μελέτες και κείμενα προς τιμήν του Άρη Τσαραβόπουλου
, 2024
Για τον Άρη, “praeceptori et amico bonorum consiliorum”.
Rescue Excavations/ Roman Ceramics, in Y. Lolos (ed.) Sikyon I: The Urban Survey (Athens: National Hellenic Research Foundation)
The Plateau Edge, Quarry Cuttings, and the City-Wall 3.6.1. Southern Edge of the Plateau 3.6.2. W...
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The Plateau Edge, Quarry Cuttings, and the City-Wall 3.6.1. Southern Edge of the Plateau 3.6.2. Western Edge of the Plateau 3.6.3. Northern Edge of the Plateau 3.6.4. Eastern Edge of the Plateau 3.7. Quarry Cuttings Within the Interior of the Plateau 3.7.1. Quarrying of the Terrace Slope to the South of the Excavated Site 3.7.2. Other Quarrying Visible within the Interior of the Plateau 3.8.
Books by Dimitris Grigoropoulos
Halasarna IX, 1. Pottery of the Roman Imperial Period: Chronology, Fine Ware Imports, Local and Other Table Wares
This is the first volume on the Roman pottery from the University of Athens excavations (1985-201...
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This is the first volume on the Roman pottery from the University of Athens excavations (1985-2013) at the sanctuary of Apollo in Halasarna on the island of Kos.
West Delta SurveyWilson.pdf
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Penny Wilson
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Dimitris Grigoropoulos
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Pottery samples date from the Ptolemaic to Early Roman periods, indicating consistent settlement activity at the site.
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P. Wilson & D. Grigoropoulos, The West Delta Regional Survey. Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces (EES Excavation Memoir 86). London 2009.
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Dimitris Grigoropoulos
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Penny Wilson
The West Delta Regional Survey is the result of five years of survey work carried out in Beheira ...
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The West Delta Regional Survey is the result of five years of survey work carried out in Beheira and Kafr el-Sheikh Provinces as part of the Sais and its Hinterland Project and the Delta Survey of the Egypt Exploration Society and Durham University, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council. The report by Penelope Wilson contains details of the current state of 70 archaeological sites, some of which are mapped here for the first time, their previous history and a photographic record. Dimitris Grigoropoulos discusses and dates the catalogue of pottery sherds, collected from most of the sites.
Books, co-edited by Dimitris Grigoropoulos
Intro Editors Whats New in Roman Greece
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Valentina Di Napoli
Francesco Camia
Vassilis Evangelidis
Dimitris Grigoropoulos
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Stavros Vlizos
What’s New in Roman Greece? Recent Work on the Greek Mainland and the Islands in the Roman Period. Proceedings of a Conference held at Athens, 8-10 October 2015
, 2018
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The informal group's formation aimed to elevate the study of Greece within the Roman context, fostering collaboration among scholars.
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J. Bruhn, B. Croxford & D. Grigoropoulos (eds.) TRAC 2004: Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference, Durham 2004. Oxford 2005
The fourteenth Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference was held at the University of Durham Depa...
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The fourteenth Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference was held at the University of Durham Department of Archaeology, March 2004. The papers present and discuss information drawn from as wide a range of geographical regions of the Roman Empire as the scope of theoretical and methodological approaches applied. An equally wide selection of subject matter is illustrated, including the ancient economy, historiography and modern perceptions of the Roman world, production, supply and consumption of material culture, social identities and the experience of social space and the landscape.
Papers, invited by Dimitris Grigoropoulos
Hadrian, Abai and the Memory of the Persian Wars. In: D. Panagiotopoulos, I. Kaiser & O. Kouka (Hrsg.), Ein Minoer im Exil. Festschrift für W.‐D. Niemeier (Universitätsforschungen zur Prähistorischen Archäologie 270). Bonn 2015, 75–98
The sanctuary near the village of Kalapodi in central Greece, now identified as the oracle of Apo...
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The sanctuary near the village of Kalapodi in central Greece, now identified as the oracle of Apollon of Abai, has provided dramatic evidence of destruction during the Persian campaigns in the early 5th c. BC. This paper explores the significance of the memory of the Persian Wars in the context of the monumentalization of the sanctuary in the Roman imperial period. Material remains and textual sources suggest that the oracle was an important component in this nexus of memories during the early empire. Taking as a starting point the literary tradition, with particular reference to Pausanias’ narrative, the examination seeks to understand how the fate of the oracle during the Persian invasions is represented and how this representation relates to the material record. An assessment of the available evidence shows that, while the ruins of the Persian sack were an important structuring element in the monumental topography of the sanctuary throughout the centuries following the Persian Wars, it was only in early imperial times that they elicited a concerted intervention with the building of a new temple. An examination of the form and architecture of the Roman temple reveals a building project of a scale and significance that on several grounds can be linked to imperial agency – most probably Hadrian. This evidence invites us to rethink the impact of this building project on a local and provincial level and to assess the ideological backdrop of Hadrian’s act of dedication.
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Heritage of Greek resistance against Persians was influential in Second Sophistic literature and civic honors.
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Roman Pottery in the Greek Countryside: Some Notes on the Evidence from Rural Sites. In: A.D. Rizakis and I.P. Touratsoglou (eds.) Villae Rusticae: Family and Market-Oriented Farms in Greece under Roman Rule (Meletemata 68). Athens 2013, 762–791
This paper offers some reflections on the ceramic evidence from Greek rural sites of the Roman pe...
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This paper offers some reflections on the ceramic evidence from Greek rural sites of the Roman period (1st c. BC to ca. 7th c. AD), as reported in the papers of this volume. Its purpose is to highlight a number of themes that emerge from them in relation to pottery as a tool for understanding rural settlement in Roman Greece in its broader social, economic and cultural context. The discussion begins with an investigation of the nature of Roman pottery assemblages from rural sites based on the evidence from both excavation and survey presented in this volume. In the second part, it deals with the use of pottery for site classification and addresses the question of differences in the pottery supply between town and country. In the third part, discussion turns to the use of pottery types and vessels particular to rural sites and explores how these might help us understand the character and organization of the activities performed there. The fourth part collects and discusses the evidence for pottery production in the countryside during the Roman period reported in the papers of this volume and addresses some of its socio-economic implications. The brief examination of these themes shows the need for a more systematic study and publication of pottery from excavated rural sites of the Roman period that can contribute to wider discussions about the organization and evolution of rural settlement in Roman Greece.
Ρωμαϊκή κεραμική. Στο: A. Κάντα – K. Δαβάρας (επιμ.), Ελουθία Χαριστήιον. Το ιερό σπήλαιο της Ειλειθυίας στον Τσούτσουρο. Ηράκλειο 2011, 80–83
ΕΙΛΕΙΘΥΙΑ Κρητικός αμφορέας τύπου AC 1 (= Benghazi Middle Roman 2 = Agora G197) Εικ... α,β. Σε συ...
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ΕΙΛΕΙΘΥΙΑ Κρητικός αμφορέας τύπου AC 1 (= Benghazi Middle Roman 2 = Agora G197) Εικ... α,β. Σε συντριπτικό ποσοστό τα απεικονιζόμενα όστρακα αμφορέων ανήκουν στον κοινό τύπο των κρητικών αμφορέων Amphore Crètoise 1a-b (γνωστού και ως Middle Roman 2 = Agora G197 = Hayes Villa Dionysos Type 2), πιθανές θέσεις παραγωγής του οποίου έχουν εντοπιστεί σε διάφορα σημεία της βόρειας και νότιας κεντρικής και δυτικής ακτής της Κρήτης (Ηράκλειο, Χερσόνησος, Κερατόκαμπος, Νοπήγια κ.α.). Από τις φωτογραφίες ο πηλός φαίνεται ο ίδιος, κάτι που ίσως δηλώνει ότι οι αμφορείς προέρχονταν από ένα κοντινό εργαστήριο. Τόσο στον Τσούτσουρο (θέση «Κάφας») όσο και στη θέση Δέρματος, σε μικρή απόσταση Α της Ινάτου, έχουν εντοπιστεί αποθέτες οστράκων αμφορέων και απορριμάτων όπτησης που υποδηλώνουν πιθανές θέσεις παραγωγής τέτοιων αμφορέων (βλ. Empereur et al. 1991, 507-511 (Δέρματος) και 512-518 (Τσούτσουρος), με εικ. 50-52). Οι τύποι που πιθανόν παράγονταν στις θέσεις αυτές παρουσιάζονται με χαρακτηριστικά παραδείγματα στο Marangou-Lerat 1994, πιν. VI, εικ. 37 και 38. Γενικά ο τύπος AC1 και ειδικά οι υποκατηγορίες a και b χρονολογούνται μεταξύ δευτέρου μισού του 1ου -3ου/4ου τετάρτου του 2ου αι. μ.Χ. και μέσα στον 2ο -3ο αι. μ.Χ., αντίστοιχα. Το όστρακο χείλους και τα όστρακα σώματος με βαθιά κτενωτή διακόσμηση Εικ... γ. θυμίζουν την ύστερη παραλλαγή του τύπου ΑC1e, που είναι γνωστή από αποθέτες εργαστηρίων κεραμικής στη Χερσόνησο και χρονολογείται στον 4ο αι. μ.Χ. και εξής. Βλ. σχετικά παραδείγματα στο Marangou-Lerat 1994, πιν. X, εικ. 47-48.
Journal articles by Dimitris Grigoropoulos
Kalapodi Legacy Data und die digitale Welt
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Dimitris Grigoropoulos
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Michelle Greif
Forum for Digital Archaeology and Infrastructure
, 2023
Research data management not only focuses on archiving and documenting large datasets but is also...
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Research data management not only focuses on archiving and documenting large datasets but is also meant to enable better ways of processing them. For this purpose, iDAI.world and especially iDAI.field as one of its core elements, can offer valuable tools. This article outlines the work carried out so far as part of the retrodigitization and recontextualisation of legacy data from the DAI excavation at Kalapodi in central Greece and their integration into modern software. The project illustrates the potential of digital tools as well as the value of this approach to organizing and processing old excavation data.
Εξερευνώντας τα προσωπικά αρχεία του Γερμανικού Αρχαιολογικού Ινστιτούτου Αθηνών
Αρχαιολογία και Τέχνες 136
, 2021
ARCHAthen – Archivquellen sichern, erschließen und bereitstellen/ Αναδεικνύοντας τις αρχειακές πηγές – το πρόγραμμα ARCHAthen
ATHENEA
, 2021
Alle Rechte vorbehalten, insbesondere das Recht der Übersetzung in fremde Sprachen. Ohne ausdrück...
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Alle Rechte vorbehalten, insbesondere das Recht der Übersetzung in fremde Sprachen. Ohne ausdrückliche Genehmigung ist es auch nicht gestattet, dieses Dokument oder Teile daraus auf fotomechanischem Wege (Fotokopie, Mikrokopie) zu vervielfältigen oder unter Verwendung elektronischer Systeme zu verarbeiten und zu verbreiten. Bildrechte können nach Rücksprache erteilt werden. Διατηρούνται όλα τα νόμιμα δικαιώματα, και ιδιαιτέρως τα δικαιώματα της μετάφρασης σε ξένες γλώσσες. Επιτρέπεται η αναπαραγωγή ή αναδημοσίευση του παρόντος έργου, αποσπασματικά ή στο σύνολό του, με οποιοδήποτε μέσο, ηλεκτρονικό ή μηχανικό, μόνο με προηγούμενη έγγραφη άδεια του εκδότη. Δικαιώματα εικόνων μπορούν να δοθούν κατόπιν συνεννόησης.
Sanctuaries and cult places from the Roman conquest to Late Antiquity: a survey of recent work in Achaea, Epirus and the islands
Archaeological Reports
, 2021
This paper surveys archaeological work on Greek sanctuaries of the Roman period conducted over th...
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This paper surveys archaeological work on Greek sanctuaries of the Roman period conducted over the past 20 years. Previously largely ignored or simply overlooked, in recent times the Roman phases of sanctuaries have seen a tremendous amount of excavation and research work, mirroring the increased interest in the archaeology of Roman Greece as a whole. In addition to brief presentations of new and recent archaeological discoveries and material studies, this survey also aims to highlight the importance of current work based on the re-examination of sites excavated long ago and the contribution of various strands of archaeological evidence to an enhanced understanding of the history and function of Greek sanctuaries from the time of the Roman conquest to Late Antiquity.
Four groups of roman pottery from the Sanctuary of Apollo at Halasarna on the island of Kos
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Dimitris Grigoropoulos
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Athens University Review Of Archaeology
AURA
, 2020
This study presents and discusses the pottery from four recently investigated stratified assembla...
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This study presents and discusses the pottery from four recently investigated stratified assemblages of Roman Imperial date from the University of Athens excavations at the sanctuary of Apollo in Halasarna (modern Kardamena) on the island of Kos. The deposits come from the area of the so-called Building Δ, a distyle in antis temple of the Roman Imperial period, which is located in the northeastern part of the site. They span a period of ca. one and a half centuries, from the later first/early second to ca. the mid-third century CE. The pottery is presented and analyzed contextually, followed by a catalogue of selected diagnostic finds. Detailed quantified data for each assemblage are presented in an appendix, allowing an understanding of the relative volume of pottery wares circulating in the sanctuary, the sources from which they came and the changes in their relative proportions over time. In addition to providing the first detailed publication of Roman pottery from the island of Kos, the paper offers an opportunity to glimpse into the economy and trade links of Halasarna in imperial times, especially for the period after the earthquake of 139 or 141/142 CE that reportedly devastated the island.
K. Sporn u.a., Forschungen zur Anlage, Ausdehnung und Infrastruktur des Heiligtums von Kalapodi. Die Kampagnen 2014-2016, AM 131/132, 2016/2017, 173–278
by
Katja Sporn
Mila Andonova
Stefan Biernath
Themistoklis Bilis
Anne Fohgrub
Johanna Fuchs
Dimitris Grigoropoulos
Nils Hellner
Hristina Ivanova-Anaplioti
Eric Laufer
Maria Magnisali
Wolfgang Rabbel
Katharina Rusch
, and
Hristina Ivanova
The first report on the excavations and geophysical prospections at the sanctuary of Kalapodi (an...
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The first report on the excavations and geophysical prospections at the sanctuary of Kalapodi (ancient Phokis/Greece), in order to trace the outline, setting and layout of the ancient sanctuary. The report includes studies by various authors, also on issues of restoration and presentation of the site.
The Piraeus from 86 BC to Late Antiquity: Continuity and Change in the Landscape, Economy and Function of the Port of Roman Athens, Annual of the British School at Athens 111 (2016)
Modern perceptions of the ancient Piraeus have been monopolised by the urban image and function o...
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Modern perceptions of the ancient Piraeus have been monopolised by the urban image and function of the port as the naval stronghold of Classical Athens. Existing scholarship so far has tended to consider the post-Classical centuries, especially the era following the sack of the port in 86 BC by the Romans, as a period of decline. Such preconceptions, based on largely superficial readings of a few ancient literary texts and a near-total disregard of the material evidence, have created a distorted image of the Piraeus and its significance in the Roman period. Drawing upon textual sources as well as archaeological evidence, this paper explores the changing nature of urban settlement, maritime functions and the economy of the port from the time of its destruction in 86 BC to c. the 6th c. AD. Particular emphasis is placed on a re-examination of the existing evidence from rescue excavations conducted by the Greek Archaeological Service as they relate to the topography of the Roman port and its long-term evolution. This combined study offers a more complex picture of the infrastructure, urban image and operational capability of the port during the Roman period than was hitherto possible. It also permits a more balanced understanding of the port’s function at local, regional and provincial levels, and thus enables comparisons with other Roman ports in the Aegean and the rest of the Mediterranean.
Αρχαία Ρώμη και "εκρωμαϊσμός": απαρχές και μετασχηματισμοί της έννοιας στην ιστοριογραφία και την αρχαιολογία από τον 19ο στον 21ο αιώνα, Αρχαιογνωσία 16 (2012), 25–49.
Kaiserzeitliche und spätantike Keramik in der Sammlung des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Athen. Die Funde aus West- und Mittelgriechenland, der Peloponnes und den Inseln. Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts. Athenische Abteilung 126 (2011), 177–244
This study presents Roman pottery finds stored at the DAI Athens and collected during early explo...
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This study presents Roman pottery finds stored at the DAI Athens and collected during early explorations by German archaeologists from various sites on the Greek mainland, the islands and the western coast of Asia Minor. The sherds date from the 1st cent. B.C. to the 7th cent. A.D. and belong to a wide range of functional categories, including imported fine ware, local and regional tablewares, coarse and cooking ware, lamps and transport amphorae. Most of the sites they were recovered from are known from previous research, but not all of them have been investigated systematically, especially with respect to their Roman or Late Antique phases. The specific information about those sites makes the material valuable for comparison with future excavations and surveys. In addition, these sherds provide important information about the distribution of particular ceramic wares and shapes. They illustrate the existence of regional or local production and allow a broad overview of the typological and chronological characteristics for certain areas of Greece and the Aegean.
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