Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Traveller / antiquarian

Graves

fl. 1849–1881 · United Kingdom

British traveller, active 1849–1881. Worked at Cyprus. Worked with Demetrios Pierides.

Life and work

  1. 1849
    Marangou describes Graves as a British cartographer on whose tour of Cyprus in 1849 Demetrios Pierides was a companion; Pierides discovered many inscriptions on it and later published them.

    CyprusMarangou 2000, p. 23

  2. by 1878
    Lang (1878) refers to 'Captain Graves, who collected many Lycian inscriptions' and who supposed a Cyprian inscription he found in Cyprus to be Lycian.

    Lang 1878

  3. by 1881
    Cesnola's 1881 text gives the island's length and breadth 'from accurate measurements taken by Captain Graves' (124 miles W-E, 45 miles N-S); Cesnola also compared Kiepert's map of Cyprus with 'that of Graves' while preparing his book.

    Cesnola 1881Marangou 2000, p. 277

Connections

2 people

Colleagues & contacts

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Sources

  1. 1.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  2. 2.A. P. di Cesnola (1881). Lawrence-Cesnola Collection. Cyprus Antiquities excavated by Major Alexander Palma di Cesnola, 1876 to 1879. London, W. Holmes & Son.
  3. 3.R. H. Lang (1878). Cyprus: Its History, Its Present Resources and Future Prospects. London, Macmillan.