Olivier Picard (4 March 1940, Bernay) is a French

Hellenist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient ...

. He was director of the

French School at Athens The French School at Athens (french: École française d’Athènes, EfA; el, Γαλλική Σχολή Αθηνών ''Gallikí Scholí Athinón'') is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. History ...

and is a member of the

Institut de France The (; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the Académie Française. It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute m ...

Biography

A student at the

École normale supérieure École may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing in région Île-de-France * École, Savoi ...

(1960), Olivier Picard obtained his agrégation of history in 1964 and became a member of the French School at Athens (1966–1971). He immediately began his academic career at the

Paris West University Nanterre La Défense Paris Nanterre University (French: ''Université Paris Nanterre''), formerly Paris-X and commonly referred to as Nanterre, is a public research university based in Nanterre, Paris, France. It is one of the most prestigious French universities, ma ...

(1971) where he was appointed a professor in 1979. From 1981 until 1992, he was director of the French School at Athens. Back in Nanterre, he quickly was elected at Paris IV-Sorbonne where he directed the graduate school of ancient and medieval history. As an archaeologist, he led excavations on the sites of

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and

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. He was president of the and of the "Association des études grecques". On 24 April 2009, he was elected a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the Institut de France. The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions ( epig ...

, in

François Chamoux François Chamoux (4 April 1915 – 21 October 2007) was a French Hellenist and archaeologist, a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres.Where he was elected in 1981 to replace André Parrot. Biography Chamoux attended lyce ...

's seat. Olivier Picard is the eldest son of

Gilbert Charles-Picard Gilbert Picard, called Gilbert Charles-Picard, (15 October 1913 – 21 December 1998) was a 20th-century French historian and archaeologist, a specialist of North Africa during Antiquity. The son of Hellenist Charles Picard (1883–1965), h ...

and

Colette Picard Colette Picard (''née'' Durand) (1913 – 11 October 1999, Versailles) was a French Archaeology, archaeologist and historian. As curator of the archaeological site of Carthage, she led excavations on the hill of Byrsa in 1947. Married to histor ...

, both historians and archaeologists, and grandson of Hellenist Charles Picard.

Publications

*1971: ''Collection Hélène Stathatos. Bd. IV, 1: Bijoux et petits objets'' *1979: ''Chalcis et la confédération eubéenne. Étude de numismatique et d’histoire'' *1980: ''Les Grecs face à la menace perse'' *1980: with G. Reynaud: ''Catalogue de la donation Henry Vernin. Monnaies grecques'' *1992: with J.-F. Bommelaer, E. Pentazos: ''La redécouverte de Delphes'' *2000: ''Guerre et économie dans l’alliance athénienne (490-322 av. J.-C.)'' *2003: ''Royaumes et cités hellénistiques de 323 à 55 av. J.-C.'' *2005: ''L’exception égyptienne ? Production et échanges monétaires en Égypte hellénistique et romaine'', actes du colloque d’Alexandrie, 13–15 April 2002,

Frédérique Duyrat Frederique is a French female given name, which is equivalent to the male name Frederick, meaning "peaceful ruler". Alternative spellings include Frédérique and Frederieke. The name Frederique may refer to: People * Frédérique Apffel-Marglin ( ...

and Olivier Picard publishers, Études alexandrines 10, Cairo, reprinted in 2008, 391 p. *2007: with J.-N. Barrandon: ''Monnaies de Bronze de Marseille, Analyse, classement, politique monétaire'' *2011: with Th. Faucher, M.-Chr. Marcellesi: 2011. Nomisma, ''La circulation monétaire dans le monde grec antique'' *2012: ''Les monnaies des fouilles du Centre d’Études alexandrines, Les monnayages de bronze à Alexandrie de la conquête d’Alexandre à l’Égypte moderne''

External links

Olivier Picard
on the site of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
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List of publications
on Paris-Sorbonne.academia {{DEFAULTSORT:Picard, Olivier Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres École Normale Supérieure alumni French archaeologists Classical archaeologists French numismatists French hellenists Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Commandeurs of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Members of the French School at Athens People from Bernay, Eure 1940 births Living people French expatriates in Greece