Pantos A . Pantos
Pantos Pantos, Director emeritus of the National Archive of Monuments at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture[*], member of the Department’s History and Archaeology/University of Thessaly teaching staff for many years. Pantos Pantos was born in Volos in 1946. He holds degrees in [a] History-Archaeology, [b] Byzantine and Modern Greek Studies, [c] Public Law and Political Science, University of Athens. He was awarded a PhD diploma by the faculty of History-Archaeology, University of Athens for the thesis entitled Τα σφραγίσματα της αιτωλικής Καλλιπόλεως [The Sealings of the Aetolian city Kallipolis]. An archaeologist of the Ministry of Culture (HMC), he served as a temporary archaeologist in Attica (1969,1971-3), as a Curator of Antiquities in Thrace (1973-7) and Macedonia (1977-8), as Head of the Section of Archaeological Museums in the central Archaeological Service (1978-80), as Ephor of Antiquities in Phthiotis-Eurytania (1980-93). He was a scholar of the Al.v.Humboldt Foundation for research at the Archaeological Institute of the University of Bonn (1984-5). The Senate of the University of Athens awarded him the "Emmanuel Andreades from Priene, Ionia" award for his trilogy of studies "The Goddess, the Queen - Goddess and the Politician - God. Essays on Interpretation of Hellenistic Seals" (1989)[**].From 1993 until his retirement (31.12.2006) he was Director of the National Archive of Monuments at HMC[***]. He is the author of books and numerous articles in archaeology, as well as on cultural heritage conservation and management. While serving at the HMC, he was in charge of research projects in the field of cultural informatics and archaeological archives, and also handled various legislative issues and represented the HMC abroad. He taught Classical archaeology, as well as subjects on statuary framework and administration of cultural heritage in undergraduate and postgraduate programs at the Universities of Thessaly, Crete and Athens. He was a deputy member of the Central Archaeological Council, a member of the Local Council of Monuments for the Region of Sterea Hellas, a member of the Committee of Experts provided by article 7 of Law 3658/2008 "Measures for the Protection of Cultural Property and Other Provisions", a member of the Commission for the legal and administrative support for the implementation of the provisions of Law 3028/2002 "For the Protection of Antiquities and the Cultural Heritage in general " at the Ministry of Culture, etc.. He is a lifelong member of the Archaeological Society at Athens, a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute, a member of the ICOMOS/Greek section, etc. He donated his library to the University of Thessaly. There has been fractional transfer of the books since 2012 that has not been completed yet[****].
[*] See also: The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, 7th Edition, 1998, p.154 [American Biographical Institute, ISSN 1087-3988]
[**] "Η θεά, η βασίλισσα-θεά και ο πολιτικός-θεός. Δοκιμές ερμηνείας ελληνιστικών σφραγίδων". The three studies are (a) “Τύποι της Αθηνάς στην Πέργαμο" in: "ΦΙΛΙΑ ΕΠΗ ΕΙΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΝ Ε. ΜΥΛΩΝΑΝ", Αθήνα 1989, τόμος Γ΄, σ.142-166, πιν. 42-43 , (b) "Berenice II Demeter", in: BCH 111 (1987) 342-352 , (c) "Echedemos, the Second Attic Phoibos", in: ΗESPERIA 58(1989)277-288 or "Εχέδημος, ο δεύτερος Ατθίδι Φοίβος", in: ΤΕΤΡΑΜΗΝΑ (Amphissa) 38, Φθινόπωρο 1988, pp.2453-72, all three also in academia.edu . The Introduction of the trilogy in: ΤΕΤΡΑΜΗΝΑ (Amphissa) 41-42, Καλοκαίρι 1990, pp.2719-22
[***] See: «Το έργο της Διευθύνσεως Εθνικού Αρχείου Μνημείων του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού (1993-2006)» / "The Work of the Directorate National Archive of Monuments at the Ministry of Culture (1993-2006)", both in: academia.edu
[****] See: http://www.ha.uth.gr/index.php?page=arch-donations-pantos
Phone: +306972348173
Address: Pantos A. Pantos
Odos Nikaias 75
GR-17564 Pal.Phaleron
GREECE
[*] See also: The International Directory of Distinguished Leadership, 7th Edition, 1998, p.154 [American Biographical Institute, ISSN 1087-3988]
[**] "Η θεά, η βασίλισσα-θεά και ο πολιτικός-θεός. Δοκιμές ερμηνείας ελληνιστικών σφραγίδων". The three studies are (a) “Τύποι της Αθηνάς στην Πέργαμο" in: "ΦΙΛΙΑ ΕΠΗ ΕΙΣ ΓΕΩΡΓΙΟΝ Ε. ΜΥΛΩΝΑΝ", Αθήνα 1989, τόμος Γ΄, σ.142-166, πιν. 42-43 , (b) "Berenice II Demeter", in: BCH 111 (1987) 342-352 , (c) "Echedemos, the Second Attic Phoibos", in: ΗESPERIA 58(1989)277-288 or "Εχέδημος, ο δεύτερος Ατθίδι Φοίβος", in: ΤΕΤΡΑΜΗΝΑ (Amphissa) 38, Φθινόπωρο 1988, pp.2453-72, all three also in academia.edu . The Introduction of the trilogy in: ΤΕΤΡΑΜΗΝΑ (Amphissa) 41-42, Καλοκαίρι 1990, pp.2719-22
[***] See: «Το έργο της Διευθύνσεως Εθνικού Αρχείου Μνημείων του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού (1993-2006)» / "The Work of the Directorate National Archive of Monuments at the Ministry of Culture (1993-2006)", both in: academia.edu
[****] See: http://www.ha.uth.gr/index.php?page=arch-donations-pantos
Phone: +306972348173
Address: Pantos A. Pantos
Odos Nikaias 75
GR-17564 Pal.Phaleron
GREECE
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Kallion/Kallipolis
Μετά την δημοσίευση της διδακτορικής μου διατριβής “Τa σφραγίσματα της αιτωλικής Καλλιπόλεως” (Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών 1984) μου εζητήθη από την ιταλική Enciclopedia dell’arte antica να γράψω το λήμμα Κallipolis (Kallion), το οποίο αναπαράγεται από το διαδίκτυο .
Π.Α.Πάντος
After the publication of my doctoral dissertation "The Sealings of the Aetolian Kallipolis" (University of Athens, 1985) I was asked by the Italian Enciclopedia dell'arte antica to write the entry Kallion / Kallipolis,
which is reproduced here from the internet.
P.A.Pantos
The 14th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (Lamia) continued in 1983 the work mainly of rescue excavations. Because P.A. Pantos this year dealt extensively with legislative issues of the Archaeological Service and in addition from 1 Νovember 1983 received an educational license abroad, here is the brief summary of the few excavations and researches of 1983, conducted under his direction, which have been published in the Archaeological Deltion (Bulletin) of the Service.
The 14τη Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (Lamia) in 1982, with a staff of five archaeologists had to deal with a number of rescue excavations, due to the earthquakes of 1980 and the ensuing intense construction activity. Here is presented that part of the research and works of the Ephorate in the modern Prefecture of Phthiotis (ancient lands: Achaia Phthiotis, Malis, Ainis,Oitaia,Opuntian and Epiknamidian Lokris, Metropolis of the Dorians and eastern Phokis), for which the short reports was written by P.A. Pantos.
The paper "Nikolaos Papachatzis as Archaeologist. The Edition of Pausanias" is a translation of my speech ("Ο Νικόλαος Παπαχατζής ως αρχαιολόγος. Η έκδοση του Παυσανία", published also in academia.edu) at a philological commemoration of Nikolaos Papachatzis, organized by the City of Volos (9 May 2003). It describes the contributions of N. Papachatzis in the fields of ancient topography and religion, especially of Thessaly, and his magnum opus, the two editions of Pausanias Ελλάδος περιήγησις.
P.A.Pantos
The report "The Work of the Directorate National Archive of Monuments at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture (1993-2006)" is a translation of «Το έργο της Διευθύνσεως Εθνικού Αρχείου Μνημείων του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού (1993-2006)» , wich was published in the periodical Ο ΜΕΝΤΩΡ 108(2014)72-79 (Archaeological Society at Athens, ISSN 1105-7181), in the website of the Directorate (see: http://nam.culture.gr/images/deam/doc/to_ergo_ths_DEAM_1993_2006v5.pdf ), as well as in academia.edu (with enriched footnotes).
The paper "IV. Semaines philippopolitaines de l'histoire et de la culture thrace" is the presentation of the reports and communications of this conference, held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (October 3-17, 1980), on the general theme "The Thracian cultural heritage", but the reports and communications concerned a number also of other issues . However, there was a rather unfortunate attempt at grouping (Thrace and the foreign world / Early Bronze Age / Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age / Antiquity / Religion and cults / Philippopolis). The two Tables rondes had as subjects "Instruments de travails se rapportant a la Thrace et aux territoires voisins, editions epigraphiques, numismatiques, papyrologiques, linguistiques" the first, "L'heritage culturel thrace au Bas-Empire" the second. P.A.Pantos [*] emphasized the fact that the localization of constantly new sites (settlements, buildings, cemeteries, finds, etc.) to the North of the coastal Greek colonies of Western Thrace shows how early was the Greek penetration in the country and that the low land at least until the the foothills of the Rhodope Mt. during classical times was under the direct control of the coastal cities.Also in the valley of Ebros he placed the city Ζειρηνία in the area of the villages of Dadia, Lykofos, Kornofolia. Finally, it showed the current (1980) state of our knowledge of the topography of the coastal cities.
[*] " The Present Situation of the Studies in Archaeological Topography of Western Thrace ", PULPUDEVA 4. Semaines philippopolitaines de l' histoire et de la culture thrace (Plovdiv, 3 – 17 Οctobre 1980), Sofia 1983, 164 – 178 [& e-publication: academia edu]
Σημείωμα του Μεταφραστού:
Η νομισματολόγος Edith Schönert-Geiss έχει ασχοληθή επί πολλά έτη με την νομισματοκοπία της Μαρωνείας και έχει ήδη εκδοθή η μονογραφία της για το θέμα αυτό. Μία από τις προκαταρκτικές εργασίες ήταν η εισήγησίς της στο 9ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Νομισματικής (Βέρνη, Σεπτ.1979) με θέμα την «Μαρώνεια και τις σχέσεις της προς την ενδοχώρα», θέμα το οποίο αντιμετώπισε με μία άλλη οπτική. Τα νομίσματα της ελληνικής αποικίας που ευρέθησαν στο εσωτερικό της Θράκης δεν είναι ενδείξεις εξαρτήσεως ή υποτελείας της σε Θράκες δυνάστες, αλλά μάλλον εμπορικής και νομισματικής, αν όχι και πολιτικής, διεισδύσεως της Μαρωνείας στο εωτερικό της Θράκης. Π.Α.Π.
Σημείωσις του μεταφραστού (1985)
Το 2ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Θρακολογίας συνήλθε στο Βουκουρέστι (4-10 Σεπτεμβρίου 1976) και τα πρακτικά εξεδόθησαν σε τρείς τόμους το 1980. Μία κριτική βιβλιοκρισία γι΄αυτά εδημοσίευσε ο Γάλλος επιγραφικός και αρχαιολόγος Yves Grandjean, την οποία παρουσιάζομε σε μετάφρασι στα ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 40 (1985) 153.
Translator's Note (1985)
The 2nd International Congress on Thracology was held in Bucharest (4-10 September 1976) and the acts were published in three volumes in 1980. A critical book-review was published in 1984 by the French epigraphist and archaeologist Yves Grandjean. It is presented in a translation in the ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 40 (1985) 153.
Σημείωσις του μεταφραστού (1985)
Από τα σημαντικώτερα συνθετικά ιστορικά έργα που εκδόθηκαν τα τελευταία χρόνια στην Ελλάδα γιά την αρχαία Θράκη, και μάλιστα με αντικείμενο το καίριο θέμα του εξελληνισμού των θρακικών φύλων, είναι το βιβλίο του ιστορικού Δ.Κ.Σαμσάρη.Το βιβλίο αυτό, το οποίο βεβαίως δεν έχει καμμία σχέσι με τις διάφορες ιστορίες της Θράκης που συνέγραψαν ερασιτέχνες λόγιοι πρίν από και μετά τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο, δεν έχει γίνει μέχρι σήμερα (1985) ευρύτερα γνωστό. Η βιβλιοκρισία του από τον διαπρεπή Βρεταννό καθηγητή της Αρχαίας Ιστορίας N.G.L.Hammond (JHS 103(1983)215-6) αποτελεί ίσως την καταλληλότερη παρουσίασί του στους αναγνώστες των Θρακικών Χρονικών.
" "Δ. Κ. Σαμσάρη, Ο εξελληνισμός της Θράκης κατά την ελληνική και ρωμαϊκή αρχαιότητα, Θεσσαλονίκη 1980", JOURNAL OF HELLENIC STUDIES 103 (1983) 215 – 216 [Book-review by N. G. l. Hammond , Translation: Π.Α. Πάντος), ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 40 (1985), 151 – 152]
Translator's note (1985)
One of the most important synthetic historical works published in Greece in recent years on ancient Thrace, and on the central theme of the Hellenization of the Thracian tribes, is the book by the historian D.Samsaris ["The Hellenization of Thrace during the Greco-Roman Antiquity"]. This book, which certainly has nothing to do with the various histories of Thrace written by amateur scholars before and after World War II, has not been widely known until today (1985). The book review by the prominent British Professor of Ancient History N.G.L. Hammond (JHS 103 (1983) 215-6) is perhaps the most appropriate presentation of this book to the readers of ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ.
Σημείωση του μεταφραστή
Το βιβλίο του καθ. Γεωργίου Μπακαλάκη , σε συνεργασία με την αρχαιολόγο Αγνή Σακελλαρίου, γιά τα αποτελέσματα της ανασκαφής στην προϊστορική τούμπα της Παραδημής είναι η μόνη, και πληρέστερη μέχρι σήμερα, δημοσίευσις νεολιθικού οικισμού στην ελληνική Θράκη. Αντί οποιασδήποτε άλλης παρουσιάσεως κρίναμε σκοπιμότερο να παραθέσωμε εδώ μία βιβλιοκρισία, γραμμένη από ένα εξαίρετο γνώστη της Βαλκανικής και Αιγαιακής προϊστορίας, τον Α. Colin Renfrew, καθηγητή της προϊστορικής αρχαιολογίας στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Cambridge. Η βιβλιοκρισία αυτή πρωτοδημοσιεύθηκε στο περιοδικό Bonner Jahrbücher 183 (1983) 723-724
"G. Bakalakis – A. Sakellariou, Paradimi, Mainz a. Rh. 1981), BΟΝΝΕR JAHRBÜCHER 183 (1983) 723 – 724 " (Book-review by Colin A. Renfrew, tranlation: Π.Α. Πάντος), in: ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 39 (1984), 233 – 234
Translator's note (1983):
The book of Prof. George Bakalakis, in collaboration with the archaeologist Agni Sakellariou, on the results of excavation in the prehistoric toumba of Paradim is the only, and most complete, publication of a Neolithic settlement in Greek Thrace. Instead of any other presentation, we thought it more appropriate to quote here a book-review written by an excellent expert on Balkan and Aegean prehistory, by A. Colin Renfrew, Professor of Prehistoric Archeology at the University of Cambridge. This book review was first published in the journal Bonner Jahrbücher 183 (1983) 723-724.
Μία περιγραφή του colloquium υπό τον τίτλο "Κανόνες δεοντολογίας στην αγορά αρχαίων και έργων τέχνης. Ένα colloquium στο J.Paul Getty Museum" δημοσίευσα στο περιοδικό ΤΕΤΡΑΜΗΝΑ (Άμφισσα) 43 (Φθινόπωρο 1990) 2809-2815 [και στο academia.edu]
In 1987, a panel of experts from six countries drafted a draft declaration on exports, new acquisitions and antiquities lending, which was finalized in 1988 and published. Here is the Greek translation of the final text, which I published in 1990 in the Newsletter of the Archaeological Society at Athens.
The paper "The 13th International Congress on Classical Archeology and Thrace", published in ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 43 (1989) 202-205, is a presentation of the papers concerning the area of ancient Thrace and made at this congress, held in Berlin (24-30 July 1988). Such communications, which are briefly mentioned in the text, were made by Prof. Al.Fol for the treasure found in Rogozen , Prof. V.Velkov for the Kabyle and M. Cicikova for the Thracian tombs of the Hellenistic era. Cl. Barsanti presented "Archaeological Notes on Roman Byzantium" and M. Dufkova dealt with "Beginnings of Hellenistic coproplastic in the Black Sea region". Summarizing the presence of the Greeks in the Pontic Thrace Dr. M. Ducek described the "Influence of the Greek Black Sea cities on the evolution of Thrace". In the Aegean Thrace was referred only Prof. Afif Erzen's communication about his excavations at Aenos (now Enez).
The paper "The Present Situation of the Studies in Archaeological Topography of Western Thrace" is my report at the Conference "Pulpudeva 4. Semaines philippopolitaines de l'histoire and de la culture thrace", held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (3-17 October 1980) and published in the proceedings, Sofia 1983, pp.164-178 [Editions de l`Academie Bulgare des Sciences] .
PS. According to later researches and excavations in "Mesembria" - Drys? (see par.30-31) it is now believed to be Zone, the main settlement of Samothracian Peraia, as L.Robert and A.Poimenidis have proposed.
In 2019 the Writers' Center of Magnesia, Thessaly, published an Anthology of Texts of Writers Originating or Living in the Area. This Anthology contains some short excerpts from my doctoral dissertation "The Sealings of the Aetolian city Kallipolis".
ΑΝΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΜΑΓΝΗΣΙΩΤΩΝ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΩΝ, Bόλος 2019, σ.265κεξ. [Πάντος Α. Πάντος]
Το 2019 το Κέντρο Συγγραφέων της Μαγνησίας, Θεσσαλία, δημοσίευσε μία Ανθολογία κειμένων συγγραφέων, που κατάγονται από ή ζούν στην περιοχή αυτή. Στην Ανθολογία αυτή δημοσιεύονται μερικά σύντομα αποσπάσματα της διδακτορικής μου διατριβής "Τα σφραγίσματα της Αιτωλικής Καλλιπόλεως".
The POLEMON project aims to deploy coordinated technology services for the recording, documentation, management and presentation of the cultural heritage, implemented at a national level. This project has addressed the requirements for computerization of the National Archive of Monuments, which is a major priority for the Greek Ministry of Culture. The system is geographically distributed and covers both movable and immovable objects. It supports a range of administrative functions, authority service, map display, images and text, and it has federated database architecture implemented over interconnected local and wide area computer networks. In this paper, the rational behind and basic requirements for the National Archive of Monuments information system are presented its technical characteristics are outlined.
IN: "Our Fragile Heritage, Documenting the Past for the Future" Edited by Henrik Jarl Hansen & Gillian Quine· Linguistic revision by Gillian Quine· Layout and typesetting in PageMaker 6.5 by Henrik Jarl Hansen· Font: AGaramond. Helvetica· Cover by bØving design. The publication has been supported by CIDOC. The documentation committee within the international Council of Museums (ICOM). Published by The National Museum of Denmark, DKC, Copenhagen, 1999, pp.139-145.
Pantos A. Pantos
The paper "Antiquities and Monuments of Thrace 1976" is the report of the works and activities of this year, I have conducted in the three prefectures of Greek Thrace. It is published in ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΝ 31 (1976 ) Β2-ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ, 316-317, plate 256.
Pantos A. Pantos
The paper "Antiquities and Monuments of Thrace 1975" is the report of the works and activities of this year, I have conducted in the three prefectures of Greek Thrace. It is published in ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΝ 30 (1975 ) Β2-ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ, 303-305, plate 207. The clay object with incisions from Paradimi (plate 207a) has been published: Π.Α.Πάντος, " Προïστορικά ιδεογράμματα από την Παραδημή ", in: ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 42 (1987 - 88), 93 – 98
Kallion/Kallipolis
Μετά την δημοσίευση της διδακτορικής μου διατριβής “Τa σφραγίσματα της αιτωλικής Καλλιπόλεως” (Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών 1984) μου εζητήθη από την ιταλική Enciclopedia dell’arte antica να γράψω το λήμμα Κallipolis (Kallion), το οποίο αναπαράγεται από το διαδίκτυο .
Π.Α.Πάντος
After the publication of my doctoral dissertation "The Sealings of the Aetolian Kallipolis" (University of Athens, 1985) I was asked by the Italian Enciclopedia dell'arte antica to write the entry Kallion / Kallipolis,
which is reproduced here from the internet.
P.A.Pantos
The 14th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (Lamia) continued in 1983 the work mainly of rescue excavations. Because P.A. Pantos this year dealt extensively with legislative issues of the Archaeological Service and in addition from 1 Νovember 1983 received an educational license abroad, here is the brief summary of the few excavations and researches of 1983, conducted under his direction, which have been published in the Archaeological Deltion (Bulletin) of the Service.
The 14τη Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities (Lamia) in 1982, with a staff of five archaeologists had to deal with a number of rescue excavations, due to the earthquakes of 1980 and the ensuing intense construction activity. Here is presented that part of the research and works of the Ephorate in the modern Prefecture of Phthiotis (ancient lands: Achaia Phthiotis, Malis, Ainis,Oitaia,Opuntian and Epiknamidian Lokris, Metropolis of the Dorians and eastern Phokis), for which the short reports was written by P.A. Pantos.
The paper "Nikolaos Papachatzis as Archaeologist. The Edition of Pausanias" is a translation of my speech ("Ο Νικόλαος Παπαχατζής ως αρχαιολόγος. Η έκδοση του Παυσανία", published also in academia.edu) at a philological commemoration of Nikolaos Papachatzis, organized by the City of Volos (9 May 2003). It describes the contributions of N. Papachatzis in the fields of ancient topography and religion, especially of Thessaly, and his magnum opus, the two editions of Pausanias Ελλάδος περιήγησις.
P.A.Pantos
The report "The Work of the Directorate National Archive of Monuments at the Hellenic Ministry of Culture (1993-2006)" is a translation of «Το έργο της Διευθύνσεως Εθνικού Αρχείου Μνημείων του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού (1993-2006)» , wich was published in the periodical Ο ΜΕΝΤΩΡ 108(2014)72-79 (Archaeological Society at Athens, ISSN 1105-7181), in the website of the Directorate (see: http://nam.culture.gr/images/deam/doc/to_ergo_ths_DEAM_1993_2006v5.pdf ), as well as in academia.edu (with enriched footnotes).
The paper "IV. Semaines philippopolitaines de l'histoire et de la culture thrace" is the presentation of the reports and communications of this conference, held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (October 3-17, 1980), on the general theme "The Thracian cultural heritage", but the reports and communications concerned a number also of other issues . However, there was a rather unfortunate attempt at grouping (Thrace and the foreign world / Early Bronze Age / Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age / Antiquity / Religion and cults / Philippopolis). The two Tables rondes had as subjects "Instruments de travails se rapportant a la Thrace et aux territoires voisins, editions epigraphiques, numismatiques, papyrologiques, linguistiques" the first, "L'heritage culturel thrace au Bas-Empire" the second. P.A.Pantos [*] emphasized the fact that the localization of constantly new sites (settlements, buildings, cemeteries, finds, etc.) to the North of the coastal Greek colonies of Western Thrace shows how early was the Greek penetration in the country and that the low land at least until the the foothills of the Rhodope Mt. during classical times was under the direct control of the coastal cities.Also in the valley of Ebros he placed the city Ζειρηνία in the area of the villages of Dadia, Lykofos, Kornofolia. Finally, it showed the current (1980) state of our knowledge of the topography of the coastal cities.
[*] " The Present Situation of the Studies in Archaeological Topography of Western Thrace ", PULPUDEVA 4. Semaines philippopolitaines de l' histoire et de la culture thrace (Plovdiv, 3 – 17 Οctobre 1980), Sofia 1983, 164 – 178 [& e-publication: academia edu]
Σημείωμα του Μεταφραστού:
Η νομισματολόγος Edith Schönert-Geiss έχει ασχοληθή επί πολλά έτη με την νομισματοκοπία της Μαρωνείας και έχει ήδη εκδοθή η μονογραφία της για το θέμα αυτό. Μία από τις προκαταρκτικές εργασίες ήταν η εισήγησίς της στο 9ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Νομισματικής (Βέρνη, Σεπτ.1979) με θέμα την «Μαρώνεια και τις σχέσεις της προς την ενδοχώρα», θέμα το οποίο αντιμετώπισε με μία άλλη οπτική. Τα νομίσματα της ελληνικής αποικίας που ευρέθησαν στο εσωτερικό της Θράκης δεν είναι ενδείξεις εξαρτήσεως ή υποτελείας της σε Θράκες δυνάστες, αλλά μάλλον εμπορικής και νομισματικής, αν όχι και πολιτικής, διεισδύσεως της Μαρωνείας στο εωτερικό της Θράκης. Π.Α.Π.
Σημείωσις του μεταφραστού (1985)
Το 2ο Διεθνές Συνέδριο Θρακολογίας συνήλθε στο Βουκουρέστι (4-10 Σεπτεμβρίου 1976) και τα πρακτικά εξεδόθησαν σε τρείς τόμους το 1980. Μία κριτική βιβλιοκρισία γι΄αυτά εδημοσίευσε ο Γάλλος επιγραφικός και αρχαιολόγος Yves Grandjean, την οποία παρουσιάζομε σε μετάφρασι στα ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 40 (1985) 153.
Translator's Note (1985)
The 2nd International Congress on Thracology was held in Bucharest (4-10 September 1976) and the acts were published in three volumes in 1980. A critical book-review was published in 1984 by the French epigraphist and archaeologist Yves Grandjean. It is presented in a translation in the ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 40 (1985) 153.
Σημείωσις του μεταφραστού (1985)
Από τα σημαντικώτερα συνθετικά ιστορικά έργα που εκδόθηκαν τα τελευταία χρόνια στην Ελλάδα γιά την αρχαία Θράκη, και μάλιστα με αντικείμενο το καίριο θέμα του εξελληνισμού των θρακικών φύλων, είναι το βιβλίο του ιστορικού Δ.Κ.Σαμσάρη.Το βιβλίο αυτό, το οποίο βεβαίως δεν έχει καμμία σχέσι με τις διάφορες ιστορίες της Θράκης που συνέγραψαν ερασιτέχνες λόγιοι πρίν από και μετά τον Δεύτερο Παγκόσμιο Πόλεμο, δεν έχει γίνει μέχρι σήμερα (1985) ευρύτερα γνωστό. Η βιβλιοκρισία του από τον διαπρεπή Βρεταννό καθηγητή της Αρχαίας Ιστορίας N.G.L.Hammond (JHS 103(1983)215-6) αποτελεί ίσως την καταλληλότερη παρουσίασί του στους αναγνώστες των Θρακικών Χρονικών.
" "Δ. Κ. Σαμσάρη, Ο εξελληνισμός της Θράκης κατά την ελληνική και ρωμαϊκή αρχαιότητα, Θεσσαλονίκη 1980", JOURNAL OF HELLENIC STUDIES 103 (1983) 215 – 216 [Book-review by N. G. l. Hammond , Translation: Π.Α. Πάντος), ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 40 (1985), 151 – 152]
Translator's note (1985)
One of the most important synthetic historical works published in Greece in recent years on ancient Thrace, and on the central theme of the Hellenization of the Thracian tribes, is the book by the historian D.Samsaris ["The Hellenization of Thrace during the Greco-Roman Antiquity"]. This book, which certainly has nothing to do with the various histories of Thrace written by amateur scholars before and after World War II, has not been widely known until today (1985). The book review by the prominent British Professor of Ancient History N.G.L. Hammond (JHS 103 (1983) 215-6) is perhaps the most appropriate presentation of this book to the readers of ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ.
Σημείωση του μεταφραστή
Το βιβλίο του καθ. Γεωργίου Μπακαλάκη , σε συνεργασία με την αρχαιολόγο Αγνή Σακελλαρίου, γιά τα αποτελέσματα της ανασκαφής στην προϊστορική τούμπα της Παραδημής είναι η μόνη, και πληρέστερη μέχρι σήμερα, δημοσίευσις νεολιθικού οικισμού στην ελληνική Θράκη. Αντί οποιασδήποτε άλλης παρουσιάσεως κρίναμε σκοπιμότερο να παραθέσωμε εδώ μία βιβλιοκρισία, γραμμένη από ένα εξαίρετο γνώστη της Βαλκανικής και Αιγαιακής προϊστορίας, τον Α. Colin Renfrew, καθηγητή της προϊστορικής αρχαιολογίας στο Πανεπιστήμιο του Cambridge. Η βιβλιοκρισία αυτή πρωτοδημοσιεύθηκε στο περιοδικό Bonner Jahrbücher 183 (1983) 723-724
"G. Bakalakis – A. Sakellariou, Paradimi, Mainz a. Rh. 1981), BΟΝΝΕR JAHRBÜCHER 183 (1983) 723 – 724 " (Book-review by Colin A. Renfrew, tranlation: Π.Α. Πάντος), in: ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 39 (1984), 233 – 234
Translator's note (1983):
The book of Prof. George Bakalakis, in collaboration with the archaeologist Agni Sakellariou, on the results of excavation in the prehistoric toumba of Paradim is the only, and most complete, publication of a Neolithic settlement in Greek Thrace. Instead of any other presentation, we thought it more appropriate to quote here a book-review written by an excellent expert on Balkan and Aegean prehistory, by A. Colin Renfrew, Professor of Prehistoric Archeology at the University of Cambridge. This book review was first published in the journal Bonner Jahrbücher 183 (1983) 723-724.
Μία περιγραφή του colloquium υπό τον τίτλο "Κανόνες δεοντολογίας στην αγορά αρχαίων και έργων τέχνης. Ένα colloquium στο J.Paul Getty Museum" δημοσίευσα στο περιοδικό ΤΕΤΡΑΜΗΝΑ (Άμφισσα) 43 (Φθινόπωρο 1990) 2809-2815 [και στο academia.edu]
In 1987, a panel of experts from six countries drafted a draft declaration on exports, new acquisitions and antiquities lending, which was finalized in 1988 and published. Here is the Greek translation of the final text, which I published in 1990 in the Newsletter of the Archaeological Society at Athens.
The paper "The 13th International Congress on Classical Archeology and Thrace", published in ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 43 (1989) 202-205, is a presentation of the papers concerning the area of ancient Thrace and made at this congress, held in Berlin (24-30 July 1988). Such communications, which are briefly mentioned in the text, were made by Prof. Al.Fol for the treasure found in Rogozen , Prof. V.Velkov for the Kabyle and M. Cicikova for the Thracian tombs of the Hellenistic era. Cl. Barsanti presented "Archaeological Notes on Roman Byzantium" and M. Dufkova dealt with "Beginnings of Hellenistic coproplastic in the Black Sea region". Summarizing the presence of the Greeks in the Pontic Thrace Dr. M. Ducek described the "Influence of the Greek Black Sea cities on the evolution of Thrace". In the Aegean Thrace was referred only Prof. Afif Erzen's communication about his excavations at Aenos (now Enez).
The paper "The Present Situation of the Studies in Archaeological Topography of Western Thrace" is my report at the Conference "Pulpudeva 4. Semaines philippopolitaines de l'histoire and de la culture thrace", held in Plovdiv, Bulgaria (3-17 October 1980) and published in the proceedings, Sofia 1983, pp.164-178 [Editions de l`Academie Bulgare des Sciences] .
PS. According to later researches and excavations in "Mesembria" - Drys? (see par.30-31) it is now believed to be Zone, the main settlement of Samothracian Peraia, as L.Robert and A.Poimenidis have proposed.
In 2019 the Writers' Center of Magnesia, Thessaly, published an Anthology of Texts of Writers Originating or Living in the Area. This Anthology contains some short excerpts from my doctoral dissertation "The Sealings of the Aetolian city Kallipolis".
ΑΝΘΟΛΟΓΙΑ ΜΑΓΝΗΣΙΩΤΩΝ ΣΥΓΓΡΑΦΕΩΝ, Bόλος 2019, σ.265κεξ. [Πάντος Α. Πάντος]
Το 2019 το Κέντρο Συγγραφέων της Μαγνησίας, Θεσσαλία, δημοσίευσε μία Ανθολογία κειμένων συγγραφέων, που κατάγονται από ή ζούν στην περιοχή αυτή. Στην Ανθολογία αυτή δημοσιεύονται μερικά σύντομα αποσπάσματα της διδακτορικής μου διατριβής "Τα σφραγίσματα της Αιτωλικής Καλλιπόλεως".
The POLEMON project aims to deploy coordinated technology services for the recording, documentation, management and presentation of the cultural heritage, implemented at a national level. This project has addressed the requirements for computerization of the National Archive of Monuments, which is a major priority for the Greek Ministry of Culture. The system is geographically distributed and covers both movable and immovable objects. It supports a range of administrative functions, authority service, map display, images and text, and it has federated database architecture implemented over interconnected local and wide area computer networks. In this paper, the rational behind and basic requirements for the National Archive of Monuments information system are presented its technical characteristics are outlined.
IN: "Our Fragile Heritage, Documenting the Past for the Future" Edited by Henrik Jarl Hansen & Gillian Quine· Linguistic revision by Gillian Quine· Layout and typesetting in PageMaker 6.5 by Henrik Jarl Hansen· Font: AGaramond. Helvetica· Cover by bØving design. The publication has been supported by CIDOC. The documentation committee within the international Council of Museums (ICOM). Published by The National Museum of Denmark, DKC, Copenhagen, 1999, pp.139-145.
Pantos A. Pantos
The paper "Antiquities and Monuments of Thrace 1976" is the report of the works and activities of this year, I have conducted in the three prefectures of Greek Thrace. It is published in ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΝ 31 (1976 ) Β2-ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ, 316-317, plate 256.
Pantos A. Pantos
The paper "Antiquities and Monuments of Thrace 1975" is the report of the works and activities of this year, I have conducted in the three prefectures of Greek Thrace. It is published in ΑΡΧΑΙΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ ΔΕΛΤΙΟΝ 30 (1975 ) Β2-ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ, 303-305, plate 207. The clay object with incisions from Paradimi (plate 207a) has been published: Π.Α.Πάντος, " Προïστορικά ιδεογράμματα από την Παραδημή ", in: ΘΡΑΚΙΚΑ ΧΡΟΝΙΚΑ 42 (1987 - 88), 93 – 98
P.A.Pantos
Numerous stolen works of art, which investigators seized in Munich more than 15 years ago, go back to the island state.This has now been decided by a court (Higher Regional Court (OLG) Munich (decision no. AZ 19 U 4878/10).
The frescoes and icons were stolen during the Turkish occupation after the invasion in 1974. They have been stored since the seizure for the most part in the Exhibitroom
of the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office. The news from the periodical Der Spiegel 18.03.2013 (attached).
There is a Cypriot law from 1930 according to which things found on the Cypriot land belong to the state - but the time of discovery is unclear. The political question of whether the 1930 law applies to items stolen in the socalled "Republic of Northern Cyprus" also played a role here. "Northern Cyprus" had been declared
a constituent (sc.afterwards independent) republic by Turkey, but had not been recognized by the international community. The court also had doubts about the legal capacity of the socalled "Republic of Northern Cyprus". It therefore came to the conclusion that the Republic of Cyprus is a unified state structure whose law of 1930 also applies to the northern part.
Ετυμηγορία στο Μόναχο (2013): Η Κύπρος λαμβάνει πίσω λεηλατημένα έργα τέχνης
Π.Α.Πάντος
Μία εξαιρετικά σημαντική απόφαση ελήφθη από γερμανικό δικαστήριο (Ανώτερο Περιφερειακό Δικαστήριο (OLG) του Μονάχου (AZ 19 U 4878/10). Πολλά κλεμμένα έργα τέχνης, τα οποία οι ερευνητές κατέσχεσαν στο Μόναχο πριν από περισσότερα από 15 χρόνια, επιστρέφουν στην Κύπρο. Αυτό έχει πλέον αποφασιστεί. Οι τοιχογραφίες και οι εικόνες εκλάπησαν κατά τη διάρκεια της Τουρκικής κατοχής μετά την εισβολή το 1974. Έχουν αποθηκευτεί μετά την κατάσχεση ως επί το πλείστον στο εκθετήριο της Βαυαρικής Κρατικής Ποινικής Αστυνομικής Υπηρεσίας. Η είδηση δημοσιεύθηκε στο περιοδικό Der Spiegel (18.03.2013) (συνημμένο).
Περιβαλλοντική καταστροφή στο περιβάλλον του Ναού Απόλλωνος Ζωστήρος ;
Το Επιμελητήριο Περιβάλλοντος και Βιωσιμότητος εξέδωσε ανακοίνωσι , σύμφωνα με την οποία τα έργα αναπτύξεως στον ιδιωτικοποιηθέντα χώρο του πρώην ξενοδοχείου Αστήρ Βουλιαγμένης, απειλούν πλήν των άλλων να βλάψουν και τον περιβάλλοντα χώρο του ναού του Απόλλωνος Ζωστήρος* (βλ. αεροφωτογραφία), που έχει ανασκαφεί στον χώρο αυτόν.
Στο συνημμένο δημοσίευμα (κατωτέρω) αναφέρεται ότι τα έργα θα εκτελεσθούν και με άδεια του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού.Έχει υποβληθεί αίτηση ακυρώσεως της αδείας στο Συμβούλιο της Επικρατείας.
ARCHAEOLOGICAL NEWS
Environmental disaster in the environment of the Temple of Apollo Zoster?
The Chamber of Environment and Sustainability issued a statement, according to which the development works in the privatized area of the former hotel Astir Vouliagmeni, threaten - among other things - to damage the surrounding area of the temple of Apollo Zoster* (see aerial photograph), which has been excavated in this area. According to the attached statement (below), the works will be executed with the permission of the Ministry of Culture. An application for annulment of the permission has been submitted to the Council of State, the highest administrative court in Greece.
*https://www.arxaiologikoktimatologio.gov.gr/el/monuments_info?id=33665&type=Zone
Π.Α.Πάντος
One of the most important returns of antiquities, which had been illegally exported from Greece, is the one that was decided at the end of 2021. The issue was addressed to the American and Greek press and some
of the relevant articles with the relevant illustrations are reproduced below [attached] for the information of colleagues and other interested parties.
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Μία σημαντική επιστροφή αρχαιοτήτων από τις ΗΠΑ στην Ελλάδα
[Δεκέμβριος 2021]
Μία από τις σημαντικώτερες επιστροφές αρχαιοτήτων, που είχαν εξαχθεί παράνομα από την Ελλάδα είναι αυτή που απεφασίσθη στα τέλη του 2021. Το θέμα απησχόλησε τον αμερικανικό και ελληνικό τύπο
και μερικά από τα σχετικά δημοσιεύματα με την σχετική εικονογράφησι αναπαράγονται κατωτέρω [συνημμένα] πρός ενημέρωσι των συναδέλφων και άλλων ενδιαφερομένων.
Π.Α.Πάντος
In 1943 the soldier Karl Faber, who was serving in a Jaeger unit of Wehrmacht, which blew up the Monastery of St. Dionysius in Olympus, had received with his camera aspects of the historic monastery
before the blowing up. In 1993 he sent to the abbot of the monastery a letter with photographs he received before the blowing up. It was a surprise, but these photographs are valuable in the restoration work that is now being carried out in this historic Monastery. (Published now by Stavros Tzimas in: e-kathimerini , 4 December 2021)
Νέα Μονή Αγίου Διονυσίου στον Όλυμπο- Μία μαρτυρία γιά την καταστροφή της (1943) βοηθεί στην ανακατασκευή
Το 1943 ο στρατιώτης Καρλ Φάμπερ , ο οποίος υπηρετούσε σε μονάδα Jaeger της Wehrmacht, η οποία ανετίναξε την Μονή του Αγίου Διονυσίου εν Ολύμπω, είχε λάβει με την φωτογραφική του μηχανή όψεις της ιστορικής μονής πρίν από την ανατίναξη.Το 1993 απέστειλε στον ηγούμενο της Μονής επιστολή με φωτογραφίες που έλαβε πρίν από την ανατίναξη. Ήταν μία έκπληξη, αλλα οι φωτογραφίες αυτές είναι πολύτιμες στις εκτελούμενες τώρα αναστηλωτικές εργασίες σε αυτήν την ιστορική Μονή. (Δημοσιεύεται τώρα από τον Σταυρο Τζίμα στην: e-kathimerini , 4 Δεκεμβρίου 2021)
On October 22, 2021, a question by a Member of parliament, elected in Chios, on the subject "Need for studies and restoration works of Byzantine and post-Byzantines monuments of Chios" was discussed in the Greek Parliament. Since the relevant reply of Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni (attachment) is an informative briefing of the ongoing relevant projects, it is reproduced here for the information of colleagues and other interested.
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The Sealings of the Aetolian Kallipolis - no 221
Pantos A. Pantos
In this sealing of Kallipolis, the characteristic tower polos, which Athena wears, leads us to the East and especially to Asia Minor. In Roman imperial times, Athena as Polias, is synkretized with the Tyche (Fortuna) of the city in coins. It seems that this sealing comes from a town in the Seleucid East, where the Macedonian Athena Alkis wore on her head this particular Asia Minor turreted polos, which was characteristic for the Tyche (Fortuna) of the various cities. (Translation. Initial publication in my Dissertation "ΤΑ ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ", University of Athens, in Greek)
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis - no. 60
PantosA. Pantos
Insect, possible fly, seen from above. Its head is small and from it two antennae are extended. In the ringstones, but also in coins, the ancient Greek engravers often represented insects, and other animals, seen from above, as early as the 5th century BC., while the representations are numerous in the 4th century BC. The subject is, of course, also found in sealings and ringstones, while the minute depiction as device on the shield of a Lakon was mocked according to Plutarch. (Translation. Initial publication in my Dissertation "ΤΑ ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ", University of Athens, 1984-5)
The Sealings of the Aetolian Kallipolis-no. 51
Pantos A. Pantos
The subject of the eagle holding thunderbolt, not unknown either in coins or in sealings, appeared since the years of Alexander. We have this pattern primarily in the coins of Ptolemies, starting from the reverse of the gold and silver coins of Ptolemy I. Innumerable mints then copy the theme across the Hellenistic world. The plasticity of the present eagle puts it near the coins of Pyrrhos (second quarter of the 3rd c. BC.) (Translation. Initial publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ", Dissertation, University of Athens 1983/4)
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis-nos. 101, 102
Pantos A. Pantos
The history of the oval ("Galatian") shield in Greece is not very well known. However, we have it in monuments, in Eretreia, Delphi, from Marathon in the British Museum, in Tanagra. Outside mainly Greece, we have numerous depictions of oval shields in Pergamon, Miletos, Sidon, Alexandreia. Also on coins from ptolemaic Egypt (it is considered a kind of personal emblem of Ptolemy II Philadelphos), of Pyrrhos, on aes grave in Italy and on coin of kings of Cimmerian Bosporos. In Aetolia itself we can remember the pile of shields (Galatian or Macedonian), on which “Aetolia” sits on the Aetolian coins. (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
Pantos A. Pantos
The position of the griffin with the raised leg is already found in the classical era and it also exists in the 3rd c. BC. The naturalistic rendering of the griffin, like this in the present depiction, begins from the 5th c. BC. with the introduction of the cock-crest. The existence of the inscription [....]ΩΤΑΝ in the present sealing means that it comes from a public seal. Of the well-known cities that used the griffin as their emblem, only in Ambrakia does the suffix [AMBΡAKI]ΩTAN fit. Therefore it is almost certain that it is the public seal of this city. (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis - no.168
Pantos A. Pantos
The main feature of this figure of the young Apollo is the headdress, which is a Hellenistic creation. This creation can be traced to monetary types in Asia Minor and in continental Greece.Similar are the representations
of this type of Apollo on ring stones and in sealings.(Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis – no. 219
Pantos A. Pantos
Athena in the type of Parthenos by Pheidias. The types and variations of the Athena Parthenos by Pheidias, from the 4th cent. BC. onwards, are repeated very often in various coin mintings, sealstones and in the sealings of Kyrene. The rare bronze coin (400-344 BC) of the neighboring to Kallipolis city of Hypate in Aenis, gives us perhaps the solution of the origin the sealing no.219. (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis no. 237
Pantos A. Pantos
The Amazon raises her right hand and bends it over her head, one would say in a Lykeios` gesture. That we have one of the Amazons of Ephesos is manifest, either the type Sciarra or Mattei. Perhaps the Hellenistic ring-engraver copied in general only the shape of an Amazon of Ephesos, from memory, freely attributing various individual forms.(Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis – no 187
Pantos A. Pantos
The motif of the Cupids riding wild animals is one of the most beloved among the sealstones, and the examples innumerable.Some entirely analogous seal would have inspired in Marcus Argentarius` epigram (Anthologia Palatina IX, 221). Leo and panther are considered Bacchic animals, and cupids on them belong to the circle of worship of Dionysus. (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis – no.190
Pantos A. Pantos
The figure of Zeus, who is preparing to launch a thunderbolt, appeared in Peloponnesian works of the 6th c. ΒC., and at the same time holds a scepter, is found in a series of classical vases. From the 5th century B.C. the type has a huge spread. The Κallipolis sealing no. 190 despite the archaistic elements there is no doubt that we have in front of us a seal of the 3rd c. ΒC. In Hellenistic times, the mixing of archaistic elements is obvious in the figures of Zeus on a series of coins as well. (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis – no 141
Pantos A. Pantos
The rider, standing on the back of the horse, raises his right hand, with which he swings obliquely down the javelin. He wears a cuirass, the embossed fringe of which is visible as a line on the abdomen, right armpit and neck. The armored horseman of this seal is certainly a warrior. (Similar motion and muscular horse on glass seals in British Museum and Geneva respectively). These Aetolian cavalry men, outside a squadron, are admired by Polybius (IV, 8, 10). (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis - nos. 114-116
Pantos A. Pantos
Macedonian helmets are most often depicted on coins , seal stones and other monuments . The Macedonian helmet of the sealing no. 114 of Kallipolis, which may belong to a public seal of the 3rd c. BC. , resembles the two helmets, which were found in a tomb in Prodromi, Thesprotia. These ring stones with a representation of a Macedonian helmet could be given to soldiers. It was assumed that the frequent presence of the Macedonian helmet in Macedonian coins suggests that it was the symbol of the main Macedonian mint, perhaps in Pella. But it is also a fact that all the Hellenistic armies, and not only the Macedonian one, have divisions or even mercenaries "armed in the Macedonian way". (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis – no.82
Pantos A. Pantos
The distinction between Satyr and Silenos is clear in art from the 4th c. BC.: the old, hollow, bearded and bald Silenos has a snub nose and strong ithyphallic form. In seal engraving, the representations of Silenos are several (examples). The Silenos of Kallipolis, like many others, has "Socratic" features. (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of Aetolian Kallipolis – no. 80-81
Pantos A. Pantos
The masks of Comedy are most commonly depicted in Hellenistic, "Graeco-Roman" and later seal stones. The variety is quite large and sometimes it is possible to proceed with identifications on the base of descriptions of persons of the New Comedy, given by Pollux (IV,143-155). The masks on the present sealings of Kallipolis depict the «ἡγεμών θεράπων» and the «πρεσβύτης ἡγεμών» . Many are the representations of the New Comedy masks on the seal stones, but also in other monuments (in clay, bronze and stone - examples). In the excavation at Kallion has been discovered the scene of a theater. (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).
The Sealings of the Aetolian Kallipolis – no. 111
Pantos A. Pantos
Representation of a snake rolling on a shield. At the top, following the circle of the shield the inscription: [Ε]ΧΙΝΑΙΩ[Ν]. The head of the snake has the form of an arrow tip. Representations of snakes are not unknown in sealstones and coins. In several representations the shield of Achilles bears as an episemon a snake. We have therefore the public seal of Echinos in Achaia Phthiotis, one the cities , which belonged to the Kingdom of Achilles, according to the Homeric tradition. (Translation. Initial Publication in "TA ΣΦΡΑΓΙΣΜΑΤΑ ΤΗΣ ΑΙΤΩΛΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΛΛΙΠΟΛΕΩΣ" (Dissertation, University of Athens, 1984-5, in Greek ).