Erika Simon
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Erika Simon is a German scholar of classical archaeology
and professor emeritus of the University of Würzburg
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Classical archaeology
Classical archaeology is the archaeological investigation of the great Mediterranean civilizations of Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome. Nineteenth century archaeologists such as Heinrich Schliemann were drawn to study the societies they had read about in Latin and Greek texts...
and professor emeritus of the University of Würzburg
University of Würzburg
The University of Würzburg is a university in Würzburg, Germany, founded in 1402. The university is a member of the distinguished Coimbra Group.-Name:...
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Selected writings
- 1968 Ara Pacis Augustae
- 1983 Festivals of Attica: an Archaeological Commentary
- 2006 The Religion of the Etruscans (co-editor with Nancy Thomson de GrummondNancy Thomson de GrummondNancy Thomson de Grummond is the M. Lynette Thompson Professor of Classics and Distinguished Research Professor at Florida State University. She specializes in Etruscan, Hellenistic and Roman archaeology. She serves as the director of archaeological excavations at Cetamura del Chianti in Italy...
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Writings in her honor
- Laudatio für Frau Professor Dr. phil. Erika Simon in Feier zur Verleihung des E.H. Vits-Preises 1983, 5-8, Tonio Hölscher.
- Kotinos: Festschrift für Erika Simon 1992. ISBN 3-8053-1425-6 von Zabern.