Kyriakos S. Pittakis was a Greek archaeologist. He was the first Greek to serve as Ephor General of Antiquities, the head of the Greek Archaeological Service, in which capacity he carried out the conservation and restoration of several monuments on the Acropolis of Athens. He has been described as a "dominant figure in Greek archaeology for 27 years", and as "one of the most important epigraphers of the nineteenth century".
A painting of the 1821–1822 siege of the Acropolis, in which Pittakis participated, by Panagiotis Zographos
Portrait of Odysseas Androutsos, drawn in 1887
The grave stele of Phainippe (c. 400 – c. 390 BCE), found by Pittakis on Aegina in early 1829
The reception of the new king Otto in Athens on 23 May [O.S. 11 May] 1833, painted by Peter von Hess in 1839
In Greece, ephor is a title given to the head of an archaeological ephorate, or archaeological unit. Ephors are responsible to the Ministry of Culture and Sports.
Andreas Moustoxydis, who held the title of 'ephor' as director of the National Archaeological Museum on Aigina.
The German archaeologist Ludwig Ross, the first Ephor General of Antiquities of Greece.
Image: Ludwig Ross Imagines philologorum
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