The library of Aristoxenos Skiadas and Aggeliki Stasinopoulou

Aristoxenos Skiadas (1932-1994) was a philologist and academic. He was born in Lefkada. He studied at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens and did postgraduate studies in Germany, at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Kiel, where in 1962 he was awarded a doctorate with the thesis topic “Homer im griechischen Epigramm” (Homer in the Greek epigram). From 1963 he taught ancient Greek philology at the University of Athens, where he was Dean of the School of Philosophy and then Vice Chancellor of the University. He lectured at the universities of Vienna, Munich, Heidelberg and Bonn. He was a prolific writer. His most famous work is “Archaic Lyricism” in two volumes. In addition to his scholarly studies, he translated, wrote book reviews as well as articles in encyclopedias, magazines and newspapers. Although his scholarly career, due to his illness, was prematurely interrupted, he left an important corpus of philological work. He was a founding and regular member of the “Hellenic Humanistic Society” as well as a member of its board of directors. He was also a member of the “Society of Greek Philologists”, the “Athens Scientific Society”, the philological society “Archaeognosia” and the “Society of Lefkadian Studies”, in the latter of which he was also president. In 1980 he was awarded the Cross of Merit 1st Class (Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) by the president of the Federal Republic of Germany.

 

Aggeliki Stasinopoulou (1934-2020) was a philologist and author, wife of Aristoxenos Skiadas. She studied at the School of Philosophy of the University of Athens and did fpostgraduate tudies in Germany, at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Kiel, where in 1962 she was awarded a doctorate with the thesis topic “The myth of Circe. Poetic treatment and allegorical interpretation”. She worked as a teacher of philological subjects in Secondary Education. She published philological studies in magazines, yearbooks and conference proceedings and she also did translations. She served as a School Counselor, Counselor of the Pedagogical Institute, and President of the Greek Union of Philologists. She was a founding member of the “Hellenic Humanistic Society” and a regular member of the “Society of Lefkadian Studies”.