Ancient CyprusAncient Cyprus

Scholar · Critic / journalist · Traveller / antiquarian

Louis Dyer

fl. 1888–1891 · United States

Scholar of Harvard College, active 1888–1891.

Life and work

  1. 2 May 1888
    Came to the British excavation camp at Kouklia (Old Paphos) with E. A. Gardner and Malcolm Macmillan, investigating the authenticity of certain of General Cesnola's statements about various sites.

    KoukliaGardner et al. 1888

  2. 1888
    Published 'The Temple of Aphrodite - I' in The Nation 47, pp. 191-2, criticising Cesnola's account of Old Paphos.

    Tatton-Brown 2001, n. 25

  3. 1888
    In Cyprus during 1888; with Guillemard he read the Larnaca Poseidon inscription with an N, not a Lambda, as Hogarth later confirmed.

    LarnacaHogarth 1889, p. 112

  4. 1891
    Published a study of the Greek goddess (Aphrodite), chapter 7 on Paphos and its sanctuary; he questioned Cesnola's claim to have bought the land (villagers remembered the dragoman Besbes but no purchase) and his description of granite on the spot, where none exists.

    Marangou 2000, p. 249

Connections

3 people
Ernest Arthur GardnerLuigi Palma di CesnolaMalcolm MacmillanLouis Dyer
FieldworkDisputesColleagues

Fieldwork & employment

Disputes & the law

Colleagues & contacts

Sources

  1. 1.E. A. Gardner, D. G. Hogarth, M. R. James, R. Elsey Smith (1888). “Excavations in Cyprus, 1887-88”. Journal of Hellenic Studies 9, 147-271.
  2. 2.D. G. Hogarth (1889). Devia Cypria. London.
  3. 3.A. G. Marangou (ed.) (2000). The Consul Luigi Palma di Cesnola 1832-1904: Life and Deeds.
  4. 4.Veronica Tatton-Brown (ed.) (2001). Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction. Oxford, Oxbow.
  5. 5.L. Dyer (1888). “The Temple of Aphrodite - I”. The Nation 47, 191-192.
  6. 6.Louis Dyer (1891). Studies of the Gods in Greece. London.