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> Subject: Please circulate
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> > Με μία εντυπωσιακότατη κίνηση 220 ακαδημαϊκοί από όλο τον κόσμο και μέλη
> > των πλέον φημισμένων πανεπιστημίων του εξωτερικού απέστειλαν προς την
> > κυβέρνηση των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών της Αμερικής (ΗΠΑ) επιστολή
> > ζητώντας να
> > σταματήσει η παραχάραξη της ιστορίας.
> >
> . Ας σημειωθεί πως στην λίστα υπάρχουν ονόματα
> > από καθηγητές των πανεπιστημίων του Πρίνστον, του Χάρβαρντ και την
> > Οξφόρδης. την Γερμανία, την
> > Ελβετία, την Ιταλία, την Αυστρία, τον Καναδά το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο καθώς και
> > τις ΗΠΑ. Ας σημειωθεί δε πως οι υπογραφές δεν είναι μόνο Ελλήνων ή
> > ελληνικής καταγωγής ακαδημαϊκών , αλλά πραγματικά έχει λάβει παγκόσμιες
> > διαστάσεις.
> >
> > Οι υπογραφές αυξάνονται καθημερινά καθώς έχει δημιουργηθεί ειδική
> > ιστοσελίδα (http://Macedonia-evidence.org/) για το θέμα αυτό με όλες τις
> > λεπτομέρειες και τη συνέχιση της συλλογής υπογραφών.
> > Η επιστολή βρίσκεται στην διεύθυνση
> > http://macedonia-evidence.org/obama-letter.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Letter to President Barack Obama
> >
> >
> > ancient-scholars@macedonia-evidence.org
> >
> >
> > May 18, 2009
> >
> >
> > The Honorable Barack Obama
> > President, United States of America
> > White House
> > 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
> > Washington, DC 20500
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear President Obama,
> >
> >
> > We, the undersigned scholars of Graeco-Roman antiquity,
> > respectfully request that you intervene to clean up some of the historical
> > debris left in southeast Europe by the previous U.S. administration.
> >
> >
> > On November 4, 2004, two days after the re-election of
> > President George W. Bush, his administration unilaterally recognized the
> > "Republic of Macedonia." This action not only abrogated geographic and
> > historic fact, but it also has unleashed a dangerous epidemic of
> > historical
> > revisionism, of which the most obvious symptom is the misappropriation by
> > the government in Skopje of the most famous of Macedonians, Alexander the
> > Great.
> >
> >
> > We believe that this silliness has gone too far, and that the
> > U.S.A. has no business in supporting the subversion of history. Let us
> > review facts. (The documentation for these facts [here in boldface] can
> > be > > found attached and at: http://macedonia-evidence.org/documentation.html)
> >
> >
> > The land in question, with its modern capital at Skopje, was
> > called Paionia in antiquity. Mts. Barnous and Orbelos (which form today
> > the northern limits of Greece) provide a natural barrier that separated,
> > and separates, Macedonia from its northern neighbor. The only real
> > connection is along the Axios/Vardar River and even this valley "does not
> > form a line of communication because it is divided by gorges."
> >
> >
> > While it is true that the Paionians were subdued by Philip II,
> > father of Alexander, in 358 B.C. they were not Macedonians and did not
> > live
> > in Macedonia. Likewise, for example, the Egyptians, who were subdued by
> > Alexander, may have been ruled by Macedonians, including the famous
> > Cleopatra, but they were never Macedonians themselves, and Egypt was never
> > called Macedonia.
> >
> >
> > Rather, Macedonia and Macedonian Greeks have been located for
> > at least 2,500 years just where the modern Greek province of Macedonia is.
> > Exactly this same relationship is true for Attica and Athenian Greeks,
> > Argos and Argive Greeks, Corinth and Corinthian Greeks, etc.
> >
> >
> > We do not understand how the modern inhabitants of ancient
> > Paionia, who speak Slavic - a language introduced into the Balkans about a
> > millennium after the death of Alexander - can claim him as their national
> > hero. Alexander the Great was thoroughly and indisputably Greek. His
> > great-great-great grandfather, Alexander I, competed in the Olympic Games
> > where participation was limited to Greeks.
> >
> >
> > Even before Alexander I, the Macedonians traced their ancestry
> > to Argos, and many of their kings used the head of Herakles - the
> > quintessential Greek hero - on their coins.
> >
> >
> > Euripides - who died and was buried in Macedonia- wrote his
> > play Archelaos in honor of the great-uncle of Alexander, and in Greek.
> > While in Macedonia, Euripides also wrote the Bacchai, again in Greek.
> > Presumably the Macedonian audience could understand what he wrote and what
> > they heard.
> >
> >
> > Alexander's father, Philip, won several equestrian victories at
> > Olympia and Delphi, the two most Hellenic of all the sanctuaries in
> > ancient
> > Greece where non-Greeks were not allowed to compete. Even more
> > significantly, Philip was appointed to conduct the Pythian Games at Delphi
> > in 346 B.C. In other words, Alexander the Great's father and his
> > ancestors
> > were thoroughly Greek. Greek was the language used by Demosthenes and his
> > delegation from Athens when they paid visits to Philip, also in 346 B.C.
> >
> >
> > Another northern Greek, Aristotle, went off to study for nearly
> > 20 years in the Academy of Plato. Aristotle subsequently returned to
> > Macedonia and became the tutor of Alexander III. They used Greek in their
> > classroom which can still be seen near Naoussa in Macedonia.
> >
> >
> > Alexander carried with him throughout his conquests Aristotle's
> > edition of Homer's Iliad. Alexander also spread Greek language and
> > culture
> > throughout his empire, founding cities and establishing centers of
> > learning
> > . Hence inscriptions concerning such typical Greek institutions as the
> > gymnasium are found as far away as Afghanistan. They are all written in
> > Greek.
> >
> >
> > The questions follow: Why was Greek the lingua franca all over
> > Alexander's empire if he was a "Macedonian"? Why was the New Testament,
> > for example, written in Greek?
> >
> >
> > The answers are clear: Alexander the Great was Greek, not
> > Slavic, and Slavs and their language were nowhere near Alexander or his
> > homeland until 1000 years later. This brings us back to the geographic
> > area known in antiquity as Paionia. Why would the people who live there
> > now call themselves Macedonians and their land Macedonia? Why would they
> > abduct a completely Greek figure and make him their national hero?
> >
> >
> > The ancient Paionians may or may not have been Greek, but they
> > certainly became Greekish, and they were never Slavs. They were also not
> > Macedonians. Ancient Paionia was a part of the Macedonian Empire. So
> > were
> > Ionia and Syria and Palestine and Egypt and Mesopotamia and Babylonia and
> > Bactria and many more. They may thus have become "Macedonian"
> > temporarily,
> > but none was ever "Macedonia". The theft of Philip and Alexander by a
> > land
> > that was never Macedonia cannot be justified.
> >
> >
> > The traditions of ancient Paionia could be adopted by the
> > current residents of that geographical area with considerable
> > justification. But the extension of the geographic term "Macedonia" to
> > cover southern Yugoslavia cannot. Even in the late 19th century, this
> > misuse implied unhealthy territorial aspirations.
> >
> >
> > The same motivation is to be seen in school maps that show the
> > pseudo-greater Macedonia, stretching from Skopje to Mt. Olympus and
> > labeled
> > in Slavic. The same map and its claims are in calendars, bumper
> > stickers,
> > bank notes, etc., that have been circulating in the new state ever since
> > it
> > declared its independence from Yugoslavia in 1991. Why would a poor
> > land-locked new state attempt such historical nonsense? Why would it
> > brazenly mock and provoke its neighbor?
> >
> >
> > However one might like to characterize such behavior, it is
> > clearly not a force for historical accuracy, nor for stability in the
> > Balkans. It is sad that the United States of America has abetted and
> > encouraged such behavior.
> >
> >
> > We call upon you, Mr. President, to help - in whatever ways you
> > deem appropriate - the government in Skopje to understand that it cannot
> > build a national identity at the expense of historic truth. Our common
> > international society cannot survive when history is ignored, much less
> > when history is fabricated.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> >
> > NAME TITLE INSTITUTION
> > Harry C. Avery, Professor of Classics, University of Pittsburgh (USA)
> > Dr. Dirk Backendorf. Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur Mainz
> > (Germany)
> > Elizabeth C. Banks, Associate Professor of Classics (ret.), University of
> > Kansas (USA)
> > Luigi Beschi, professore emerito di Archeologia Classica, Universita di
> > Firenze (Italy)
> > Josine H. Blok, professor of Ancient History and Classical Civilization,
> > Utrecht University (The Netherlands)
> > Alan Boegehold, Emeritus Professor of Classics, Brown University (USA)
> > Efrosyni Boutsikas, Lecturer of Classical Archaeology, University of Kent
> > (UK)
> > Keith Bradley, Eli J. and Helen Shaheen Professor of Classics, Concurrent
> > Professor of History, University of Notre Dame (USA)
> > Stanley M. Burstein, Professor Emeritus, California State University, Los
> > Angeles (USA)
> > Francis Cairns, Professor of Classical Languages, The Florida State
> > University (USA)
> > John McK. Camp II, Agora Excavations and Professor of Archaeology, ASCSA,
> > Athens (Greece)
> > Paul Cartledge, A.G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture, University of
> > Cambridge (UK)
> > Paavo Castren, Professor of Classical Philology Emeritus, University of
> > Helsinki (Finland)
> > William Cavanagh, Professor of Aegean Prehistory, University of Nottingham
> > (UK)
> > Angelos Chaniotis, Professor, Senior Research Fellow, All Souls College,
> > Oxford (UK)
> > Paul Christesen, Professor of Ancient Greek History, Dartmouth College
> > (USA)
> > Ada Cohen, Associate Professor of Art History, Dartmouth College (USA)
> > Randall M. Colaizzi, Lecturer in Classical Studies, University of
> > Massachusetts-Boston (USA)
> > Kathle en M. Coleman, Professor of Latin, Harvard University (USA)
> > Michael B. Cosmopoulos, Ph.D., Professor and Endowed Chair in Greek
> > Archaeology, University of Missouri-St. Louis (USA)
> > Kevin F. Daly, Assistant Professor of Classics, Bucknell University (USA)
> > Wolfgang Decker, Professor emeritus of sport history, Deutsche
> > Sporthochschule, Koln (Germany)
> > Luc Deitz, Ausserplanmassiger Professor of Mediaeval and Renaissance
> > Latin,
> > University of Trier (Germany), and Curator of manuscripts and rare books,
> > National Library of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
> > Michael Dewar, Professor of Classics, University of Toronto (Canada)
> > John D. Dillery, Associate Professor of Classics, University of Virginia
> > (USA)
> > Sheila Dillon, Associate Professor, Depts. of Art, Art History & Visual
> > Studies and Classical Studies, Duke University (USA)
> > Douglas Domingo-Foraste, Professor of Classics, California State
> > University, Long Beach (USA)
> > Pierre Ducrey, professeur honoraire, Universite de Lausanne (Switzerland)
> > Roger Dunkle, Professor of Classics Emeritus, Brooklyn College, City
> > University of New York (USA)
> > Michael M. Eisman, Associate Professor Ancient History and Classical
> > Archaeology, Department of History, Temple University (USA)
> > Mostafa El-Abbadi, Professor Emeritus, University of Alexandria (Egypt)
> > R. Malcolm Errington, Professor fur Alte Geschichte (Emeritus)
> > Philipps-Universitat, Marburg (Germany)
> > Panagiotis Faklaris, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology,
> > Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece)Denis Feeney, Giger Professor
> > of Latin, Princeton University (USA)
> > Elizabeth A. Fisher, Professor of Classics and Art History, Randolph-Macon
> > College (USA)
> > Nick Fisher, Professor of Ancient History, Cardiff University (UK)
> > R. Leon Fitts, Asbury J Clarke Professor of Classical Studies, Emeritus,
> > FSA, Scot., Dickinson Colllege (USA)
> > John M. Fossey FRSC, FSA, Emeritus Professor of Art History (and
> > Archaeology), McGill Univertsity, Montreal, and Curator of Archaeology,
> > Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Canada)
> > Robin Lane Fox, University Reader in Ancient History, New College, Oxford
> > (UK)
> > Rainer Friedrich, Professor of Classics Emeritus, Dalhousie University,
> > Halifax, N.S. (Canada)
> > Heide Froning, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Marburg
> > (Germany)
> > Peter Funke, Professor of Ancient History, University of Muenster
> > (Germany)
> > Traianos Gagos, Professor of Greek and Papyrology, University of Michigan
> > (USA)
> > Robert Garland, Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics,
> > Colgate University, Hamilton NY (USA)
> > Douglas E. Gerber, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies, University of
> > Western Ontario (Canada)
> > Hans R. Goette, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Giessen
> > (Germany); German Archaeological Institute, Berlin (Germany)
> > Sander M. Goldberg, Professor of Classics, UCLA (USA)
> > Erich S. Gruen, Gladys Rehard Wood Professor of History and Classics,
> > Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
> > Christian Habicht, Professor of Ancient History, Emeritus, Institute for
> > Advanced Study, Princeton (USA)
> > Donald C. Haggis, Nicholas A. Cassas Term Professor of Greek Studies,
> > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
> > Judith P. Hallett, Professor of Classics, University of Maryland, College
> > Park, MD (USA)
> > Prof. Paul B. Harvey, Jr. Head, Department of Classics and Ancient
> > Mediterranean Studies, The Pennsylvania State University (USA)
> > Eleni Hasaki, Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of
> > Arizona (USA)
> > Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos, Director, Research Centre for Greek and Roman
> > Antiquity, National Research Foundation, Athens (Greece)
> > Wolf-Dieter Heilmeyer, Prof. Dr., Freie Universitat Berlin und
> > Antikensammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin (Germany)
> > Steven W. Hirsch, Associate Professor of Classics and History, Tufts
> > University (USA)
> > Karl-J. Holkeskamp, Professor of Ancient History, University of Cologne
> > (Germany)
> > Frank L. Holt, Professor of Ancient History, University of Houston (USA)
> > Dan Hooley, Professor of Classics, University of Missouri (USA)
> > Meredith C. Hoppin, Gagliardi Professor of Classical Languages, Williams
> > College, Williamstown, MA (USA)
> > Caroline M. Houser, Professor of Art History Emerita, Smith College (USA)
> > and Affiliated Professor, University of Washington (USA)
> > Georgia Kafka, Visiting Professor of Modern Greek Language, Literature and
> > History, University of New Brunswick (Canada)
> > Anthony Kaldellis, Professor of Greek and Latin, The Ohio State University
> > (USA)
> > Andromache Karanika, Assistant Professor of Classics, University of
> > California, Irvine (USA)
> > Robert A. Kaster, Professor of Classics and Kennedy Foundation Professor
> > of
> > Latin, Princeton University (USA)
> > Vassiliki Kekela, Adjunct Professor of Greek Studies, Classics Department,
> > Hunter College, City University of New York (USA)
> > Dietmar Kienast, Professor Emeritus of Ancient History, University of
> > Duesseldorf (Germany)
> > Karl Kilinski II, University Distinguished Teaching Pro fessor, Southern
> > Methodist University (USA)
> > Dr. Florian Knauss, associate director, Staatliche Antikensammlungen und
> > Glyptothek Muenchen (Germany)
> > Denis Knoepfler, Professor of Greek Epigraphy and History, College de
> > France (Paris)
> > Ortwin Knorr, Associate Professor of Classics, Willamette University (USA)
> > Robert B. Koehl, Professor of Archaeology, Department of Classical and
> > Oriental Studies Hunter College, City University of New York (USA)
> > Georgia Kokkorou-Alevras, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University
> > of
> > Athens (Greece)
> > Ann Olga Koloski-Ostrow, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of
> > Classical Studies, Brandeis University (USA)
> > Eric J. Kondratieff, Assistant Professor of Classics and Ancient History,
> > Department of Greek & Roman Classics, Temple UniversityHaritini Kotsidu,
> > Apl. Prof. Dr. fur Klassische Archaologie, Goethe-Universitat,
> > Frankfurt/M.
> > (Germany)
> > Lambrini Koutoussaki, Dr., Lecturer of Classical Archaeology, University
> > of
> > Zurich (Switzerland)
> > David Kovacs, Hugh H. Obear Professor of Classics, University of Virginia
> > (USA)
> > Peter Krentz, W. R. Grey Professor of Classics and History, Davidson
> > College (USA)
> > Friedrich Krinzinger, Professor of Classical Archaeology Emeritus,
> > University of Vienna (Austria)
> > Michael Kumpf, Professor of Classics, Valparaiso University (USA)
> > Donald G. Kyle, Professor of History, University of Texas at Arlington
> > (USA)
> > Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Helmut Kyrieleis, former president of the German
> > Archaeological Institute, Berlin (Germany)
> > Gerald V. Lalonde, Benedict Professor of Classics, Grinnell College (USA)
> > Steven Lattimore, Professor Em eritus of Classics, University of
> > California,
> > Los Angeles (USA)
> > Francis M. Lazarus, President, University of Dallas (USA)
> > Mary R. Lefkowitz, Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities, Emerita,
> > Wellesley College (USA)
> > Iphigeneia Leventi, Assistant Professor of Classical Archaeology,
> > University of Thessaly (Greece)
> > Daniel B. Levine, Professor of Classical Studies, University of Arkansas
> > (USA)
> > Christina Leypold, Dr. phil., Archaeological Institute, University of
> > Zurich (Switzerland)
> > Vayos Liapis, Associate Professor of Greek, Centre d'Etudes Classiques &
> > Departement de Philosophie, Universite de Montreal (Canada)
> > Hugh Lloyd-Jones, Professor of Greek Emeritus, University of Oxford (UK)
> > Yannis Lolos, Assistant Professor, History, Archaeology, and Anthropology,
> > University of Thessaly (Greece)
> > Stanley Lombardo, Professor of Classics, University of Kansas, USA
> > Anthony Long, Professor of Classics and Irving G. Stone Professor of
> > Literature, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
> > Julia Lougovaya, Assistant Professor, Department of Classics, Columbia
> > University (USA)
> > A.D. Macro, Hobart Professor of Classical Languages emeritus, Trinity
> > College (USA)
> > John Magee, Professor, Department of Classics, Director, Centre for
> > Medieval Studies, University of Toronto (Canada)
> > Dr. Christofilis Maggidis, Associate Professor of Archaeology, Dickinson
> > College (USA)
> > Jeannette Marchand, Assistant Professor of Classics, Wright State
> > University, Dayton, Ohio (USA)
> > Richard P. Martin, Antony and Isabelle Raubitschek Professor in Classics,
> > Stanford UniversityMaria Mavroudi, Professor of Byzantine History,
> > University of Californi a, Berkeley (USA)
> > Alexander Mazarakis Ainian, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University
> > of Thessaly (Greece)
> > James R. McCredie, Sherman Fairchild Professor emeritus; Director,
> > Excavations in Samothrace Institute of Fine Arts, New York University
> > (USA)
> > James C. McKeown, Professor of Classics, University of Wisconsin-Madison
> > (USA)
> > Robert A. Mechikoff, Professor and Life Member of the International
> > Society
> > of Olympic Historians, San Diego State University (USA)
> > Andreas Mehl, Professor of Ancient History, Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg
> > (Germany)
> > Harald Mielsch, Professor of Classical Archeology, University of Bonn
> > (Germany)
> > Stephen G. Miller, Professor of Classical Archaeology Emeritus, University
> > of California, Berkeley (USA)
> > Phillip Mitsis, A.S. Onassis Professor of Classics and Philosophy, New
> > York
> > University (USA)
> > Peter Franz Mittag, Professor fur Alte Geschichte, Universitat zu Koln
> > (Germany)
> > David Gordon Mitten, James Loeb Professor of Classical Art and
> > Archaeology,
> > Harvard University (USA)
> > Margaret S. Mook, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, Iowa State
> > University (USA)
> > Anatole Mori, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, University of
> > Missouri- Columbia (USA)
> > Jennifer Sheridan Moss, Associate Professor, Wayne State University (USA)
> > Ioannis Mylonopoulos, Assistant Professor of Greek Art History and
> > Archaeology, Columbia University, New York (USA).
> > Richard Neudecker, PD of Classical Archaeology, Deutsches Archaologisches
> > Institut Rom (Italy)
> > James M.L. Newhard, Associate Professor of Classics, College of Charleston
> > (USA)
> > Carole E. Newland s, Professor of Classics, University of Wisconsin,
> > Madison
> > (USA)
> > John Maxwell O'Brien, Professor of History, Queens College, City
> > University
> > of New York (USA)
> > James J. O'Hara, Paddison Professor of Latin, The University of North
> > Carolina, Chapel Hill (USA)
> > Martin Ostwald, Professor of Classics (ret.), Swarthmore College and
> > Professor of Classical Studies (ret.), University of Pennsylvania (USA)
> > Olga Palagia, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Athens
> > (Greece)
> > Vassiliki Panoussi, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, The College
> > of William and Mary (USA)
> > Maria C. Pantelia, Professor of Classics, University of California, Irvine
> > (USA)
> > Pantos A.Pantos, Adjunct Faculty, Department of History, Archaeology and
> > Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly (Greece)
> > Anthony J. Papalas, Professor of Ancient History, East Carolina University
> > (USA)
> > Nassos Papalexandrou, Associate Professor, The University of Texas at
> > Austin (USA)
> > Polyvia Parara, Visiting Assistant Professor of Greek Language and
> > Civilization, Department of Classics, Georgetown University (USA)
> > Richard W. Parker, Associate Professor of Classics, Brock University
> > (Canada)
> > Robert Parker, Wykeham Professor of Ancient History, New College, Oxford
> > (UK)
> > Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi, Associate Professor of Classics, Stanford
> > University (USA)
> > Jacques Perreault, Professor of Greek archaeology, Universite de Montreal,
> > Quebec (Canada)
> > Yanis Pikoulas, Associate Professor of Ancient Greek History, University
> > of
> > Thessaly (Greece)
> > John Pollini, Professor of Classical Art & Archaeology, University of
> &g t; Southern California (USA)
> > David Potter, Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Greek and Latin. The
> > University of Michigan (USA)
> > Robert L. Pounder, Professor Emeritus of Classics, Vassar College (USA)
> > Nikolaos Poulopoulos, Assistant Professor in History and Chair in Modern
> > Greek Studies, McGill University (Canada)
> > William H. Race, George L. Paddison Professor of Classics, University of
> > North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
> > John T. Ramsey, Professor of Classics, University of Illinois at Chicago
> > (USA)
> > Karl Reber, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Lausanne
> > (Switzerland)
> > Rush Rehm, Professor of Classics and Drama, Stanford University (USA)
> > Werner Riess, Associate Professor of Classics, The University of North
> > Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
> > Robert H. Rivkin, Ancient Studies Department, University of Maryland
> > Baltimore County (USA)
> > Barbara Saylor Rodgers, Professor of Classics, The University of Vermont
> > (USA)
> > Robert H. Rodgers. Lyman-Roberts Professor of Classical Languages and
> > Literature, University of Vermont (USA)
> > Nathan Rosenstein, Professor of Ancient History, The Ohio State University
> > (USA)
> > John C. Rouman, Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of New
> > Hampshire, (USA)
> > Dr. James Roy, Reader in Greek History (retired), University of Nottingham
> > (UK)
> > Steven H. Rutledge, Associate Professor of Classics, Department of
> > Classics, University of Maryland, College Park (USA)
> > Christina A. Salowey, Associate Professor of Classics, Hollins University
> > (USA)
> > Guy D. R. Sanders, Resident Director of Corinth Excavations, The American
> > School of Classical Studies at Athens (Greece)
> > Theodore Scaltsas , Professor of Ancient Greek Philosophy, University of
> > Edinburgh (UK)
> > Thomas F. Scanlon, Professor of Classics, University of California,
> > Riverside (USA)
> > Bernhard Schmaltz, Prof. Dr. Archaologisches Institut der CAU, Kiel
> > (Germany)
> > Rolf M. Schneider, Professor of Classical Archaeology, Ludwig-Maximilians-
> > Universitat Munchen (Germany)
> > Peter Scholz, Professor of Ancient History and Culture, University of
> > Stuttgart (Germany)
> > Christof Schuler, director, Commission for Ancient History and Epigraphy
> > of
> > the German Archaeological Institute, Munich (Germany)
> > Paul D. Scotton, Assoociate Professor Classical Archaeology and Classics,
> > California State University Long Beach (USA)
> > Danuta Shanzer, Professor of Classics and Medieval Studies, The University
> > of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Fellow of the Medieval Academy of
> > America (USA)
> > James P. Sickinger, Associate Professor of Classics, Florida State
> > University (USA)
> > Marilyn B. Skinner ?Professor of Classics, ?University of Arizona (USA)
> > Niall W. Slater, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Latin and Greek, Emory
> > University (USA)
> > Peter M. Smith, Associate Professor of Classics, University of North
> > Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA)
> > Dr. Philip J. Smith, Research Associate in Classical Studies, McGill
> > University (Canada)
> > Susan Kirkpatrick Smith Assistant Professor of Anthropology Kennesaw State
> > University (USA)
> > Antony Snodgrass, Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology, University
> > of Cambridge (UK)
> > Theodosia Stefanidou-Tiveriou, Professor of Classical Archaeology,
> > Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece).
> > Andrew Stewart, Nicholas C. Petris Professor of Gr eek Studies, University
> > of California, Berkeley (USA)
> > Oliver Stoll, Univ.-Prof. Dr., Alte Geschichte/ Ancient
> > History,Universitat
> > Passau (Germany)
> > Richard Stoneman, Honorary Fellow, University of Exeter (England)
> > Ronald Stroud, Klio Distinguished Professor of Classical Languages and
> > Literature Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
> > Sarah Culpepper Stroup, Associate Professor of Classics, University of
> > Washington (USA)
> > Nancy Sultan, Professor and Director, Greek & Roman Studies, Illinois
> > Wesleyan University (USA)
> > David W. Tandy, Professor of Classics, University of Tennessee (USA)
> > James Tatum, Aaron Lawrence Professor of Classics, Dartmouth College
> > Martha C. Taylor, Associate Professor of Classics, Loyola College in
> > Maryland
> > Petros Themelis, Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology, Athens
> > (Greece)
> > Eberhard Thomas, Priv.-Doz. Dr.,Archaologisches Institut der Universitat
> > zu
> > Koln (Germany)
> > Michalis Tiverios, Professor of Classical Archaeology, Aristotle
> > University
> > of Thessaloniki (Greece)
> > Michael K. Toumazou, Professor of Classics, Davidson College (USA)
> > Stephen V. Tracy, Professor of Greek and Latin Emeritus, Ohio State
> > University (USA)
> > Prof. Dr. Erich Trapp, Austrian Academy of Sciences/Vienna resp.
> > University
> > of Bonn (Germany)
> > Stephen M. Trzaskoma, Associate Professor of Classics, University of New
> > Hampshire (USA)
> > Vasiliki Tsamakda, Professor of Christian Archaeology and Byzantine
> > History
> > of Art, University of Mainz (Germany)
> > Christopher Tuplin, Professor of Ancient History, University of Liverpool
> > (UK)
> > Gretchen Umholtz, Lecturer, Classics and Art History, University of
> > Massachusetts, Boston (USA)Panos Valavanis, Professor of Classical
> > Archaeology, University of Athens (Greece)
> > Athanassios Vergados, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, Franklin &
> > Marshall College, Lancaster, PAChristina Vester, Assistant Professor of
> > Classics, University of Waterloo (Canada)
> > Emmanuel Voutiras, Professor of Classical Archaeology, Aristotle
> > University
> > of Thessaloniki (Greece)
> > Speros Vryonis, Jr., Alexander S. Onassis Professor (Emeritus) of Hellenic
> > Civilization and Culture, New York University (USA)
> > Michael B. Walbank, Professor Emeritus of Greek, Latin & Ancient History,
> > The University of Calgary (Canada)
> > Bonna D. Wescoat, Associate Professor, Art History and Ancient
> > Mediterranean Studies, Emory University (USA)
> > E. Hector Williams, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of
> > British Columbia (Canada)
> > Roger J. A. Wilson, Professor of the Archaeology of the Roman Empire, and
> > Director, Centre for the Study of Ancient Sicily, University of British
> > Columbia, Vancouver (Canada)
> > Engelbert Winter, Professor for Ancient History, University of Munster
> > (Germany)
> > Timothy F. Winters, Ph.D. Alumni Assn. Distinguished Professor of
> > Classics,
> > Austin Peay State University (USA)
> > Ian Worthington, Frederick A. Middlebush Professor of History, University
> > of Missouri-Columbia (USA)
> > Michael Zahrnt, Professor fur Alte Geschichte, Universitat zu Koln
> > (Germany)
> > Paul Zanker, Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies, University of Munich
> > (Germany)
> >
> > 201 signatures as of May 18th 2009.
> > For the growing list of scholars, please go to the Ad denda.
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > cc: J. Biden, Vice President, USA
> >
> > H. Clinton, Secretary of State USA
> >
> > P. Gordon, Asst. Secretary-designate, European and Eurasian Affairs
> >
> > H.L Berman, Chair, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
> >
> > I. Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Affairs
> >
> > J. Kerry, Chair, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
> >
> > R.G. Lugar, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
> >
> > R. Menendez, United States Senator from New Jersey.
> >
> > ---------------------------
> >
> > Addenda
> > 12 Scholars added on May 19th 2009:
> > Mariana Anagnostopoulos, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, California
> > State University, Fresno (USA)
> > John P. Anton, Distinguished Professor of Greek Philosophy and Culture
> > University of South Florida (USA)
> >
> > Effie F. Athanassopoulos, Associate Professor ?Anthropology and Classics,
> > University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)
> > Leonidas Bargeliotes, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of
> > Athens, President of the Olympic Center for Philosophy and Culture
> > (Greece)
> > Joseph W. Day, Professor of Classics, Wabash College (USA)
> > Christos C. Evangeliou, Professor of Ancient Hellenic Philosophy, Towson
> > University, Maryland, Honorary President of International Association for
> > Greek Philosophy (USA)
> > Eleni Kalokairinou, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Secretary of the
> > Olympic Center of Philosophy and Culture (Cyprus)
> > Lilian Karali, Professor of Prehistoric and Environmental Archaeology,
> > University of Athens (Greece)
> > Anna Marmodoro, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Oxford (UK)
> > Marion Meyer, Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of
> > Vienna(Austria)
> > Jessica L. Nitschke, Assistant Professor of Classics, Georgetown
> > University
> > (USA)
> > David C.Young, Professor of Classics Emeritus, University of Florida
> > (USA)3
> > Scholars added on May 20th 2009:Maria Ypsilanti, Assistant Professor of
> > Ancient Greek Literature, University of Cyprus
> > Christos Panayides, Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of
> > Nicosia, (Cyprus)
> > Anagnostis P. Agelarakis, Professor of Anthropology, Adelphi University
> > (USA)