Erika Simon

Erika Simon (* June 27, 1927 in Rheingönheim ) is a German classical archaeologist.

Life

1952 Erika Simon earned his doctorate under Reinhard Herbig in Heidelberg with a study of sacrificer gods. 1952/53, she received a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute and was then assistant to Roland Hampe at the University of Mainz, where she was habilitated in 1957. In 1958 she qualified as a professor at Heidelberg and taught there as an impairment professor. In 1964, she was Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Würzburg and Director of the Antiquities Department of the Martin-von -Wagner- Museum; since 1994 she has been Professor Emeritus.

Her research focuses Erika Simon with the iconography of the Greeks and Romans, especially of the gods, Greek vases and picture programs of Roman art ( for example, the statue Augustus of Prima Porta and the Ara Pacis ). Their research on the Etruscan studies are considered relevant.

She is a regular member of the German Archaeological Institute, Member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences (since 1978) and an honorary member of numerous institutions ( including the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies in London) and Honorary Doctor of the University Thessalonik and the University of Athens (2006).

For her contributions to the science Erika Simon has been honored with numerous awards, including the Golden Athos Cross of St. Mark's Order of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, the Ernst Hellmut Vits Prize of the University of Münster, the German Federal Cross of Merit, the Medal Pro Meritis the Bavarian Ministry of Culture and the Bavarian Order of Merit.

Writings

  • Sacrificer gods, Berlin, Man 1953
  • The Prince Pictures of Boscoreale. A contribution to the Hellenistic wall painting. Baden -Baden, Grimm 1954. ( German contributions to archeology 7)
  • The Portland Vase. Mainz, publishing the Roman-Germanic Central Museum in 1957.
  • The Birth of Aphrodite, Berlin, de Gruyter 1959.
  • The Augustus of Prima Porta. Bremen, mandrel 1959. ( Opus nobile 13)
  • Roland Hampe: Greek life in the mirror of art, Mainz, Zabern 1959.
  • Roland Hampe: Greek legends in the early Etruscan period, Mainz, Zabern 1964.
  • With Reinhard Herbig: gods and demons of the Etruscans. 2 [ changeable. Ed ]. Mainz, 1965.
  • Ara Pacis Augustae. Tübingen, Wasmuth 1967. ( Monumenta artis Antiquae 1)
  • The gods of the Greeks, München, Hirmer 1969. 4, new Edit. Ed Munich 1998. ISBN 3-7774-7680-3
  • The ancient theater, Heidelberg, guys 1972. 2, verb. and ext. Edition. Freiburg, Ploetz 1981. ISBN 3-87640-264-6
  • (Eds): Guide to the Antiquities Department of the Martin-von -Wagner- Museum of the University of Würzburg, Mainz, Verlag Philipp von Zabern 1975.
  • The Greek vases. München, Hirmer 1976. 2, durchges. Ed Munich 1981. ISBN 3-7774-3310-1
  • The Kurashiki Ninagawa Museum. Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities. Mainz, Zabern 1982. ISBN 3-8053-0625-3
  • Festivals of Attica. An archaeological commentary. Madison, Wis. , University of Wisconsin Press 1983. (Wisconsin studies in classics) ISBN 0-299-09180-5
  • The Constantinian ceiling painting in Trier. . Mainz, Zabern 1986 ( Trier contributions to archeology 3; cultural history of the ancient world 34) ISBN 3-8053-0903-1
  • Augustus. Art and Life in Rome around the time of Christ. München, Hirmer, 1986. ISBN 3-7774-4220-8
  • Eirene and Pax. Peace goddesses in ancient times. Stuttgart, Steiner 1988. ( Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Vol 24, No. 3) ISBN 3-515-05181-3
  • Menander in Centuripe. . Stuttgart, Steiner 1989 ( Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences at the Johann -Wolfgang- Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Vol 25, No. 2) ISBN 3-515-05429-4
  • The gods of the Romans. München, Hirmer 1990. ISBN 3-7774-5310-2. 2nd edition, München, Hirmer 1998. ISBN 3-7774-7770-2
  • Aias of Salamis as mythical personality. Stuttgart, Steiner 2003. ( Proceedings of the Academy of Sciences at the Johann -Wolfgang- Goethe- University Frankfurt am Main Vol 41, No. 1) ISBN 3-515-08347-2
  • Horses in myth and art of the ancient world. Ruhpolding, Verlag Franz Philipp Rutzen 2006. ISBN 3-938646-05-5
  • Ara Pacis Augustae. The altar of the goddess of peace Pax Augusta in Rome. Dettelbach, Röll 2010. ISBN 978-3-89754-378-2
  • Writings on Etruscan and Italic art and religion. Stuttgart, Steiner 1996. ( Writings of the Scientific Society at the Johann -Wolfgang- Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Humanities row 11 ) ISBN 3-515-06941-0
  • Selected writings. Volume 1: Greek Art. Mainz, Saverne, 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2021-3
  • Volume 2: Roman Art. Mainz, Saverne, 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2404-9
  • Volume 3 Ruhpolding, Mainz, Rutzen 2009, ISBN 978-3-938646-39-7
  • Volume 4 Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-447-06758-4
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