Louis Robert (historian)
Louis Robert | |
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Born | 15 February 1904 Greek history, Epigraphy |
Institutions | École pratique des hautes études (1932–1974), Collège de France (1939–1974), Institut français d'archéologie d'Istanbul (1956–1964) |
Notable students | Pierre Vidal-Naquet, Paul Veyne[3] |
Main interests | Historical geography of Anatolia, Post-classical history |
Notable works | Villes d'Asie Mineure |
Louis Robert (15 February 1904 in
Life
Education and formative years
Robert was the son of a tax collector and the grandson of a country doctor from the region of Limousin in historical Occitania.[4] His father died prematurely in 1905 and his mother took her two sons first to Limoges, where Robert attended the Lycée Gay-Lussac (fr) and then to Paris, where he completed his pre-university education at the Lycée Louis-le-Grand.[5][4]
Robert studied at the
Academic career and recognition
In 1932, Robert received a teaching position in Historical Geography of the Hellenic World at the École pratique des hautes études (IVth section) in Paris.[10][11] He taught there until his retirement in 1974.[4] In 1939, he was also made full professor at the Collège de France, where he took up the chair in Greek Antiquity and Epigraphy vacated at the death of his mentor Maurice Holleaux in 1932.[10][12]
He was elected a member of the
Work and legacy
Robert conducted excavations in Turkey at Amyzon in Caria (1949–50) and at Claros in Ionia (1950–61). He was the director of the Institut français d'études anatoliennes (fr) in 1956–64 and assisted as an epigrapher with the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis launched in 1958.[21][20][22]
The hallmark of Robert's approach is the combination of philology with geography in an effort to produce a vivid account of historical environment.
The Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres preserves his archive of notes, photographs, correspondence, estampages, and numismatic material as Fonds Louis Robert.[26]
Personal life
Robert married Jeanne Vanseveren in 1938. Fluent in Greek and Turkish, she was his research and travel companion and the co-author of many of his publications until his death in 1985.[11][27]
Selected bibliography
- Villes d'Asie Mineure. Études de géographie ancienne, 1935 (2nd edition, with an ample postface, 1962)
- Collection Froehner, Inscriptions grecques, 1936.
- Études anatoliennes. Recherches sur les inscriptions grecques de l'Asie Mineure, 1937.
- Études épigraphiques et philologiques, 1938.
- Les gladiateurs dans l'Orient grec, 1940.
- Hellenica, Recueil d'épigraphie de numismatique et d'antiquités grecques (13 volumes), 1940–1965.
- Le sanctuaire du dieu Mylasa, 1945.
- Études de numismatique grecque, 1951.
- La Carie: histoire et géographie historique avec le recueil des inscriptions antiques. Le plateau de Tabai et ses environs (with Jeanne Robert), 1954 (vol. 2 of a projected 4-volume publication that never saw publication)
- Lettres d'un évêque de Synnada, 1962.
- Noms indigènes dans l'Asie Mineure gréco-romaine, 1963.
- La déesse de Hiérapolis Castabala, 1964.
- Stèles funéraires de Byzance gréco-romaine, 1964.
- Nouvelles inscriptions de Sardes, 1964.
- Documents de l'Asie Mineure méridionale, 1966.
- Monnaies antiques en Troade, 1966
- Monnaies grecques, 1967.
- Épigrammes satiriques de Lucillius, 1967.
- Inscriptions de Laodicée du Lycos, 1969.
- Opera minora selecta (7 vols.), 1969–1990 (reprinted articles).
- À travers l'Asie Mineure, Poètes et prosateurs, monnaies grecques, voyageurs et géographie, 1980.
- Fouilles d'Amyzon en Carie. Exploration, histoire, monnaies et inscriptions (with Jeanne Robert), 1983.
- Documents d'Asie Mineure, 1987.
- Claros I. Décrets hellénistiques (with Jeanne Robert), 1989.
- Le martyre de Pionios, prêtre de Smyrne (edition, completed by Glen Bowersock and Christopher P. Jones), 1994.
- Choix d’écrits, 2007 (contains the complete bibliography of Robert at pp. 22–61).
References
- ^ Bowersock 2008, p. 1560–61.
- ^ Pouilloux 1986, p. 360.
- ^ Ma 2009, p. 208.
- ^ a b c Rousset 2019.
- ^ a b Lacroix 1986, p. 241.
- ^ Bowersock 2008, p. 1561.
- ^ Ma 2009, p. 206.
- ^ Bowersock 2008, p. 1561–62.
- ^ Thonemann 2009, p. 235.
- ^ a b c Grimal 1985, p. 345.
- ^ a b Bowersock 2008, p. 1562.
- ^ Lacroix 1986, p. 242.
- ^ Grimal 1985, p. 345–46.
- ^ Lacroix 1986, p. 251.
- ^ Professor Louis Robert FBA, The British Academy, retrieved 2023-04-15
- ^ Louis Robert, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, retrieved 2023-04-15
- ^ "Robert, Louis", Enciclopedia on-line, Treccani, retrieved 2023-04-15
- ^ Louis Robert, American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 9 February 2023, retrieved 2023-04-15
- ^ Τα μέλη της Δεύτερης Τάξης [=Members of the Second Class], Ακαδημία Αθηνών, 11 November 2015, archived from the original on 2023-04-07
- ^ a b Grimal 1985, p. 347.
- ^ Bowersock 2008, p. 1564.
- ^ Lacroix 1986, p. 243.
- ^ Whittow 2013, p. 915.
- ^ Ma 2009, p. 207.
- ^ Ma 2009, p. 205, 207–8.
- ^ Bowersock 2008, p. 1569–70.
- ^ Pouilloux 1986, p. 361.
Sources
- S2CID 245265457
- Bowersock, Glen W. (2008), "Louis Robert: La gloire et la joie d'une vie consacrée à l'Antiquité grecque", Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 152: 1557–1573
- Grimal, Pierre (1985), "Allocution à la mémoire de M. Louis Robert, membre de l'Académie décédé le 31 mai 1985", Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 129 (2): 344–347
- Lacroix, Léon (1986), "Louis Robert (1904-1985)", Bulletin de la Classe des lettres et des sciences morales et politiques, 72: 241–251, ISSN 0001-4133
- Ma, John (2009), "Review of Choix d'Écrits by Louis Robert, ed. Denis Rousset with Philippe Gauthier and Ivana Savalli-Lestrade", Classical Review, 59: 205–208, S2CID 161124648
- Malay, Hasan (1995), "Louis Robert (1904-1985)" (PDF), Arkeoloji Dergisi, 3: 1–4
- Pouilloux, Jean (1986), "Notice sur la vie et les travaux de Louis Robert, membre de l'Académie", Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 130 (2): 356–366
- Rousset, Denis (2019-10-14), Louis Robert, École pratique des hautes études, retrieved 2023-04-15
- Thonemann, Peter (2009), "Asia Minor", in Erskine, Andrew (ed.), A Companion to Ancient History, Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 222–235
- S2CID 161904906