Aristotelis Mentzos
In 1988 I obtained my Ph. D degree on The Corinthian Capital in Macedonia during the Late Antiquity.In 1989 I was elected as Lecturer of Byzantine Archaeology in the Department of History and Archaeology of the University of Thessaloniki. In 1993 I was elected as Assistant Professor of Byzantine Archaeology, in 1999 I was elected as Associate Professor of Byzantine Archaeology and in 2006 I was elected full Professor at the same University.I have participated in the excavation team of the Early Christian Octagonal Church complex at Philippi (1975-1983) and I have just completed the excavation of an Early Christian Basilica at Dion, Macedonia. I direct the University of Thessaloniki excavation at Philippi. I participate in the University excavation of Dion. I have written on subjects of Early Christian and Byzantine architecture and sculpture as well as on the subject of the cult of saints and pilgrimage
Address: Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Address: Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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FROM THE ARCHIVE OF ST. PELEKANIDIS
During the digitization of the photo archive of the Octa-gonal church excavation a picture of an inscribed
stone was found among the takes of the year 1958. The actual stone was recently discovered deposited at the
northwest annex of the stairwell of Basilica A. Most
probably the stone came from the area of the basilica Extra muros and was collected by its excavator,
the late Stylianos Pelekanidis for further study. The text of the stone mentions the burial place
of Harmodios and Charidemos which was bought from
Martyrios after paying the (right) price.
The shape of the letters and the ligatures point toward a date from the second half of the ninth to the
first half of the tenth century. The names are purely Greek; the spelling is correct. It seems that among the city population there were educated native Greek speakers. It also seems that at this time there was an organized cemetery at Philippi.
FROM THE ARCHIVE OF ST. PELEKANIDIS
During the digitization of the photo archive of the Octa-gonal church excavation a picture of an inscribed
stone was found among the takes of the year 1958. The actual stone was recently discovered deposited at the
northwest annex of the stairwell of Basilica A. Most
probably the stone came from the area of the basilica Extra muros and was collected by its excavator,
the late Stylianos Pelekanidis for further study. The text of the stone mentions the burial place
of Harmodios and Charidemos which was bought from
Martyrios after paying the (right) price.
The shape of the letters and the ligatures point toward a date from the second half of the ninth to the
first half of the tenth century. The names are purely Greek; the spelling is correct. It seems that among the city population there were educated native Greek speakers. It also seems that at this time there was an organized cemetery at Philippi.