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Papers by Ioannis Panteleon
Archäologischer Anzeiger, 2008
Working Paper Series 4, 2012
Während der Sommerkampagne 1997 wurde in Milet im Rahmen des Projektes zur touristischen Erschlie... more Während der Sommerkampagne 1997 wurde in Milet im Rahmen des Projektes zur touristischen Erschließung des Ruinengeländes 1 der Südabhang des Theaterhügels in Richtung Faustina-Thermen von Bewuchs und kleinen Steinen bereinigt. Im Bereich eines mit dichten Büschen bewachsenen Erdhügels entdeckten die Arbeiter nach der Entfernung der Vegetation einige wenige Skulptur-und Keramikfragmente. Es war bekannt, daß Th. Wiegand an dieser Stelle zwei Aufbewahrungsorte für die Funde seiner Grabung unterhalten hatte 2 , zudem lag die Erhebung in unmittelbarer Nähe zu einem Fundament, das traditionell als Überrest eines Magazins der alten Grabung benannt wurde. Deshalb war anzunehmen, daß auch dieser Hügel das Fundament eines Magazinbaus der Vorkriegsgrabung in sich barg. Durch eine sogleich unternommene Ausgrabung konnte eine große Anzahl antiker Objekte geborgen werden, die als verlorengegangene Funde der Wiegandschen Grabung 1899-1914 in Milet angesehen wurden (Abb. 1) 3 .
Reviews by Ioannis Panteleon
BJb 217, 2017, 626–629, 2017
GGA 2019/3-4, 189–198, 2019
Talks by Ioannis Panteleon
Virgil’s invention of ‘Arcadia’ not only inspired Renaissance poets and baroque painters to envis... more Virgil’s invention of ‘Arcadia’ not only inspired Renaissance poets and baroque painters to envision an idyllic rural land of shepherds, but also provided a powerful metaphor for many writings about travels in Italy and Greece. A common characteristic of these ‘Arcadian’ imaginations – with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Italienreise certainly being the most prominent – is their tendency to impose features of an inner journey to (self-) knowledge onto a physical landscape. In this way, they articulated individual travel experiences with collectively meaningful symbolisms, at least from a European perspective, together with topics drawn from the Classical past.
Outstanding examples of this kind of literature include Elizabeth Dilys Powell’s (1901–1995) four books on Greece – Remember Greece (1941), The Traveller's Journey is Done (1943), An Affair of the Heart (1957) and The Villa Ariadne (1973) – which are concerned for the most part with Powell’s way of coping with the sudden death of her husband, Humfry Payne, in Greece in 1936, an archaeologist and head of the British School at Athens. Her ‘Arcadian’ topography is one of remembrance – of loss, mourning and finally consoling acceptance – that introduces a grave existential theme into the usually light and liberating ‘Arcadian’ realm.
In a striking coincidence, Erwin Panofsky published an influential essay on the proper translation of the famous phrase “Et in Arcadia ego” in 1936, the very year that Humfry Payne died. Before this essay, the widely accepted translation was “I too was in Arcadia,” a translation which Goethe also used. Panofsky showed that it was in fact a personification of Death who spoke these words, and that their meaning was, “Even in Arcadia, am I.” Seeing that Powell’s books were written during and after World War II, one could argue that her works secured a more suitable and reinvigorated image of ‘Arcadia’ for post-war Europe.
After finishing his dissertation, the Swiss classical archaeologist, Arnold von Salis (1881–1958)... more After finishing his dissertation, the Swiss classical archaeologist, Arnold von Salis (1881–1958), travelled in the Aegean region between December 1905 and February 1907. During this time, von Salis wrote 73 letters to his parents in Basel (Switzerland) to keep them informed and obviously also to entertain them with humorous anecdotes, photographs etc.
During his stay in Athens, von Salis was invited to take part in excavations at the ancient city of Miletus on the western coast of Asia Minor. This excavation was one of the largest endeavours initiated by the Berlin Museums within the Ottoman Empire; it was carried out between 1899 and the outbreak of World War I. While working on site, team members not only produced scholarly texts and imagery, but also kept personal diaries, wrote letters and even communicated with each other through impromptu poems. The architect, Hubert Knackfuss (1866–1948), additionally created a visual diary with hundreds of labelled and dated photographs arranged neatly in three albums spanning the years between 1902 and 1910.
While research on the rich German travel literature about Greece in the Kaiserreich has shown that the majority of authors focussed rather narrowly on their experience of Greece’s ancient past, and paid little or no attention to contemporary conditions and people, the above mentioned private writings by persons who stayed and worked for substantial periods in these countries, reflect broader interests and understanding. The body of letters by Arnold von Salis in particular allows us to trace his development from an excited but detached tourist, who narrates his experiences of otherness with images and topics from scholarly knowledge of ancient Greece, to a more involved person, who slowly reaches a deeper comprehension of his foreign surroundings.
Archäologischer Anzeiger, 2008
Working Paper Series 4, 2012
Während der Sommerkampagne 1997 wurde in Milet im Rahmen des Projektes zur touristischen Erschlie... more Während der Sommerkampagne 1997 wurde in Milet im Rahmen des Projektes zur touristischen Erschließung des Ruinengeländes 1 der Südabhang des Theaterhügels in Richtung Faustina-Thermen von Bewuchs und kleinen Steinen bereinigt. Im Bereich eines mit dichten Büschen bewachsenen Erdhügels entdeckten die Arbeiter nach der Entfernung der Vegetation einige wenige Skulptur-und Keramikfragmente. Es war bekannt, daß Th. Wiegand an dieser Stelle zwei Aufbewahrungsorte für die Funde seiner Grabung unterhalten hatte 2 , zudem lag die Erhebung in unmittelbarer Nähe zu einem Fundament, das traditionell als Überrest eines Magazins der alten Grabung benannt wurde. Deshalb war anzunehmen, daß auch dieser Hügel das Fundament eines Magazinbaus der Vorkriegsgrabung in sich barg. Durch eine sogleich unternommene Ausgrabung konnte eine große Anzahl antiker Objekte geborgen werden, die als verlorengegangene Funde der Wiegandschen Grabung 1899-1914 in Milet angesehen wurden (Abb. 1) 3 .
Virgil’s invention of ‘Arcadia’ not only inspired Renaissance poets and baroque painters to envis... more Virgil’s invention of ‘Arcadia’ not only inspired Renaissance poets and baroque painters to envision an idyllic rural land of shepherds, but also provided a powerful metaphor for many writings about travels in Italy and Greece. A common characteristic of these ‘Arcadian’ imaginations – with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s Italienreise certainly being the most prominent – is their tendency to impose features of an inner journey to (self-) knowledge onto a physical landscape. In this way, they articulated individual travel experiences with collectively meaningful symbolisms, at least from a European perspective, together with topics drawn from the Classical past.
Outstanding examples of this kind of literature include Elizabeth Dilys Powell’s (1901–1995) four books on Greece – Remember Greece (1941), The Traveller's Journey is Done (1943), An Affair of the Heart (1957) and The Villa Ariadne (1973) – which are concerned for the most part with Powell’s way of coping with the sudden death of her husband, Humfry Payne, in Greece in 1936, an archaeologist and head of the British School at Athens. Her ‘Arcadian’ topography is one of remembrance – of loss, mourning and finally consoling acceptance – that introduces a grave existential theme into the usually light and liberating ‘Arcadian’ realm.
In a striking coincidence, Erwin Panofsky published an influential essay on the proper translation of the famous phrase “Et in Arcadia ego” in 1936, the very year that Humfry Payne died. Before this essay, the widely accepted translation was “I too was in Arcadia,” a translation which Goethe also used. Panofsky showed that it was in fact a personification of Death who spoke these words, and that their meaning was, “Even in Arcadia, am I.” Seeing that Powell’s books were written during and after World War II, one could argue that her works secured a more suitable and reinvigorated image of ‘Arcadia’ for post-war Europe.
After finishing his dissertation, the Swiss classical archaeologist, Arnold von Salis (1881–1958)... more After finishing his dissertation, the Swiss classical archaeologist, Arnold von Salis (1881–1958), travelled in the Aegean region between December 1905 and February 1907. During this time, von Salis wrote 73 letters to his parents in Basel (Switzerland) to keep them informed and obviously also to entertain them with humorous anecdotes, photographs etc.
During his stay in Athens, von Salis was invited to take part in excavations at the ancient city of Miletus on the western coast of Asia Minor. This excavation was one of the largest endeavours initiated by the Berlin Museums within the Ottoman Empire; it was carried out between 1899 and the outbreak of World War I. While working on site, team members not only produced scholarly texts and imagery, but also kept personal diaries, wrote letters and even communicated with each other through impromptu poems. The architect, Hubert Knackfuss (1866–1948), additionally created a visual diary with hundreds of labelled and dated photographs arranged neatly in three albums spanning the years between 1902 and 1910.
While research on the rich German travel literature about Greece in the Kaiserreich has shown that the majority of authors focussed rather narrowly on their experience of Greece’s ancient past, and paid little or no attention to contemporary conditions and people, the above mentioned private writings by persons who stayed and worked for substantial periods in these countries, reflect broader interests and understanding. The body of letters by Arnold von Salis in particular allows us to trace his development from an excited but detached tourist, who narrates his experiences of otherness with images and topics from scholarly knowledge of ancient Greece, to a more involved person, who slowly reaches a deeper comprehension of his foreign surroundings.