Henri Metzger (; 19 August 1912 – 2 October 2007) was a French archaeologist and Hellenist, a member of the

Institut de France The ; ) is a French learned society, grouping five , including the . It was established in 1795 at the direction of the National Convention. Located on the Quai de Conti in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the institute manages approximately ...

. He specialized in

pottery of ancient Greece Pottery, due to its relative durability, comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it (over 100,000 painted vases are recorded in the Corpus vasorum antiquorum), it has exerted a dispro ...

, particularly from Athens, and archaeology in Anatolia, specifically in

Lycia Lycia (; Lycian: 𐊗𐊕𐊐𐊎𐊆𐊖 ''Trm̃mis''; , ; ) was a historical region in Anatolia from 15–14th centuries BC (as Lukka) to 546 BC. It bordered the Mediterranean Sea in what is today the provinces of Antalya and Muğ ...

.Edmond Lévy, "Allocution de M. Edmond Lévy, président de l'Association", ''Revue des Études Grecques'', vol. 121, fascicule 2, July–December 2008. (p. 20–21)

Biography

Henri Metzger comes from a family of Alsatian and Protestant origin. After studying at the

École Normale Supérieure École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by Secondary education in France, secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine flowing i ...

and passing an

agrégation de lettres classiques In France, the () is the most competitive and prestigious examination for civil service in the French public education system. Successful candidates become ''professeurs agrégés'' () and are usually appointed as teachers in secondary schools or ...

, he became a member of the

French School at Athens The French School at Athens (, EfA; ''Gallikí Scholí Athinón'') is one of the seventeen foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece. History Founded in 1846, the EfA is the oldest foreign institute in Athens. Its early f ...

(1938–1939 interrupted by a military assignment in Syria (1940–1945) then at the French Institute of Archaeology in Istanbul (1945-1947). A Doctor in 1950, he completed most of his career at the

University of Lyon The University of Lyon ( , or UdL) is a university system ( ''ComUE'') based in Lyon, France. It comprises 12 members and 9 associated institutions. The 3 main constituent universities in this center are: Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, which f ...

(Chair of History of ancient art) (from 1947) and as an associate professor of classical archeology at the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It rema ...

(1961–1968). He was director of the French archaeological mission at

Xanthos Xanthos or Xanthus, also referred to by scholars as ''Arna'', its Lycian name, (, Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 ''Arñna'', , Latin: ''Xanthus'') was an ancient city near the present-day village of Kınık, in Antalya Province, Turkey. The ru ...

and

Letoon Letoon or Letoum (, ) in the Fethiye district of Muğla Province, Turkey, was a sanctuary of Leto located south of the ancient city of Xanthos, to which it was closely associated, and along the Xanthos River. It was one of the most important re ...

, in Lycia (Turkey), from 1962 to 1978. He headed the French Institute of Archaeology in Istanbul from 1975 to 1980 and was elected a member of the

Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres The () is a French learned society devoted to history, founded in February 1663 as one of the five academies of the . The academy's scope was the study of ancient inscriptions (epigraphy) and historical literature (see Belles-lettres). History ...

in 1989 at the seat of Paul Imbs.

Some works

*1951: ''Les représentations dans la céramique attique du Ie'', doctorate thesis *1952: ''Catalogue des monuments votifs du musée d'Adalia'', complementary thesis *1964: ''La céramique grecque'', PUF, coll. «

Que sais-je ? "Que sais-je?" (QSJ) (; Literally: "What do I know?", ) is an editorial collection published by the Presses universitaires de France (PUF). The aim of the series is to provide the lay reader with an accessible introduction to a field of study wr ...

», n°588, 112 p. *1965: ''Recherche sur l'imagerie athénienne'' *1972: ''Céramiques archaïques et classiques de l'acropole lycienne''

References

External links

METZGER Henri
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notice on CAIRN {{DEFAULTSORT:Metzger, Henri French hellenists École Normale Supérieure alumni Academic staff of the University of Geneva Members of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 1912 births People from La Tronche 2007 deaths 20th-century French archaeologists