Pierre Roussel (23 February 1881 – 1 October 1945) was a 20th-century French epigrapher and historian, director of the French School at Athens from 1925 to 1935.

Biography

A student with Paul Perdrizet at the faculty for letters of Nancy, he joined 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 ...

and obtained the agrégation de lettres. As member of the French School of Athens, he participated in the research program established by

Théophile Homolle Jean Théophile Homolle (19 December 1848, Paris – 13 June 1925, Paris) was a French archaeologist and classical philologist. Biography From 1869 he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, receiving his agrégation for history in 1 ...

Delos The island of Delos (; el, Δήλος ; Attic: , Doric: ), near Mykonos, near the centre of the Cyclades archipelago, is one of the most important mythological, historical, and archaeological sites in Greece. The excavations in the island are ...

and worked on the epigraphy of the site. He then searched the great Egyptian and Syrian ensembles west of

Cynthus Mount Cynthus (, ''Kýnthos'') is located on the isle of Delos, part of the Greek Cyclades. Mythology In Greek mythology, Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis on this island, having been shunned by Zeus' wife Hera who was extremely jealous of hi ...

. Chosen by

Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Enno Friedrich Wichard Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (22 December 1848 – 25 September 1931) was a German classical philologist. Wilamowitz, as he is known in scholarly circles, was a renowned authority on Ancient Greece and its literature ...

to edit the catalog of dedications and decrees of Delos (1914) for issue IV of the ''Inscriptiones Graecae'', he defended his thesis in 1916. Professor at the

lycée Janson-de-Sailly Lycée Janson de Sailly is a ''lycée'' located in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. The ''lycéens'' of Janson are called ''les jansoniens'' and they usually refer to their high school as Janson, or JdS. It is the biggest academic ins ...

during World War II, he became master of conferences on Greek literature and language at

Bordeaux University The University of Bordeaux (French: ''Université de Bordeaux'') is a public university based in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. It has several campuses in the cities and towns of Bordeaux, Dax, Gradignan, Périgueux, Pessac, and Ta ...

in 1918, then in Strasbourg and took the direction of the French School at Athens in 1925. In addition to Delos, he directed excavations at Malia,

Thasos Thasos or Thassos ( el, Θάσος, ''Thásos'') is a Greek island in the North Aegean Sea. It is the northernmost major Greek island, and 12th largest by area. The island has an area of and a population of about 13,000. It forms a separate re ...

and

Philippi Philippi (; grc-gre, Φίλιπποι, ''Philippoi'') was a major Greek city northwest of the nearby island, Thasos. Its original name was Crenides ( grc-gre, Κρηνῖδες, ''Krenides'' "Fountains") after its establishment by Thasian colon ...

. In 1935, he was appointed at the Chair of

Greek history The history of Greece encompasses the history of the territory of the modern nation-state of Greece as well as that of the Greek people and the areas they inhabited and ruled historically. The scope of Greek habitation and rule has varied throu ...

of the Sorbonne. In 1930 he was elected a corresponding member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres then full member in 1937.

Works

*1916: ''Délos, colonie athénienne'', (thesis) *1925: ''Délos'' *1922: ''La Grèce et l'Orient, des guerres médiques à la conquête romaine'' *1935–1937: ''Inscriptions de Délos'', with F. Durrbach and M. Launay, 3 vols. *1939: ''Sparte''

Bibliography

* R. Dussaud, ''Pierre Roussel'', in ''

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

'', 1944-1945, (p. 290–291) * R. Lantier, ''Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Pierre Roussel'', in ''Recueil de l'Institut de France'', 1949 *

Ève Gran-Aymerich Ève is a French given name, the counterpart to the English name Eve and the Latinate Eva. Notable people with this name include: People * Ève Angeli, French musician * Ève Bazaiba, a member of the Movement of the Liberation of the Congo * Ève B� ...

, ''Les Chercheurs de passé'', Éditions du CNRS, 2007, (p. 1132)

External links

''Notice sur la vie et les travaux de M. Pierre Roussel, membre de l'Académie''
on Persée
''Éloge funèbre de M. Pierre Roussel, membre de l'Académie''
on Persée
''Décrets érétriens de proxénie et de citoyenneté'', volume 11

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Roussel, Pierre French archaeologists French epigraphers École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the University of Paris Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg French hellenists 20th-century French historians Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 1881 births People from Nancy, France 1945 deaths 20th-century archaeologists