On the occasion of the exhibition: "Alexander the Great. Treasures from an Epic Era of Hellenism" Activities held at the Onassis Cultural Center and The Olympic Tower Atrium

Program:

 9:00 am

Welcoming Remarks: Ambassador Loucas Tsilas, Executive Director, Onassis Foundation (USA)

 

Morning Session:

 

9:00-9:30 am Dr. Stella Miller-Collett (Professor of Classical Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College): Golden Macedonia

 

9:30-10:00 am Dr. Andrew Stewart (Chancellor's Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology, University of California at Berkeley): Portraiture and Posterity: The Originality of Alexander

 

10:00-10:30 am Dr. Angeliki Kottaridi (Archaeologist, 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Hellenic Ministry of Culture - Royal Tombs of Aigai (Vergina), Greece): The Enigma of the Ivory Heads from the Tomb of Philip II

 

11:00-11:30 am Dr. Dimitris Pandermalis (Professor of Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki; Director of the Dion Excavations; President, Organization for the Construction of the New Acropolis Museum, Greece): The Tombs of the Nobles in Macedonia

 

11:30-12:00 am Dr. Maria Tsimbidou-Avloniti (Archaeologist, 16th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Greece): The Paintings from the Tomb of a Macedonian Companion

 

12:00-12:30 am Dr. Chrysoula Paliadeli (Professor of Archaeology, Department of History and Archaeology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece): Alexander: The Hunt and the Battle in two Masterpieces