Ioannis Kakridis

Ioannis Kakridis (Greek Ιωάννης Κακριδής, John also Theophanes Kakridis; born November 17, 1901 in Athens, † March 20, 1992 ) was a Greek classical philologist.

Life

Kakridis was the son of classical scholar Theophanes Kakridis (1869-1929), who was Professor of Latin Philology in Athens. Kakridis studied literature at the universities of Athens, Vienna, Berlin and Leipzig. 1922/23, he worked as a school teacher in Spetses. In the period 1924-1931 he was editor of the Historical Dictionary of the Greek Language of the Academy of Athens.

He received his doctorate from the University of Athens in 1930 and first assistant in 1933 professor at the University of Thessaloniki. From 1939 to 1945 he was a professor at the University of Athens, but returned in 1945 back to Thessaloniki, where he taught until 1968 and 1957, and 1962 was the rector of the university. In 1947 he spent a sabbatical year in Sweden.

He was a staunch advocate of the acquisition of the monotonic orthography in the Greek language. In 1941, he was reported by the faculty at the University of Athens for the publication of a lecture in the monotonic system, resulting in the so-called " accents process" and his suspension and later layoff from the university.

Work

Kakridis Homer was a scholar and one of the most important classical music connoisseurs of the twentieth century in Greece. Kakridis has published numerous writings. His most important works are a translation of Homer's works along with Nikos Kazantzakis in the modern Greek language as well as a five -volume collection of Greek mythology.

Publications (selection)

• Homeric Researches. Lund 1949; Reprint New York, 1987, ISBN 0-8240-7757-1.
• The Thukydideische Epitaphios. A stylistic comment. Beck, Munich 1961, ISBN 3-406-03266-4.
• The ancient Greeks in modern Greek folklore. Heimeran, Munich 1967
• Modern Greek Scholia to Homer. In: High School 78, 1971, pp. 505-524.
• Homer revisited. Lund 1971.