Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique

Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique
Title	Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique
Discipline	Classics; Archaeology; Epigraphy; Numismatics
Language	French
Publisher	École française d'Athènes
History	1877–present
Frequency	quarterly

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Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique is a scholarly periodical published by the École française d'Athènes concentrating on the study of ancient, Byzantine, and modern Greece. Founded in the late 19th century, it has served scholars working on Homer, Herodotus, Thucydides, Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles, Euripides, Aeschylus, Pindar, Hesiod, Demosthenes, Hippocrates, Galen, Proclus, Nikephoros II Phokas, Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus, John VI Kantakouzenos, Venice, Ottoman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Fourth Crusade, Peloponnesian War, Battle of Marathon, Battle of Salamis, Delian League, Athenian Empire, Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Alexander the Great, Ptolemaic Kingdom, Seleucid Empire and related topics in philology, epigraphy, archaeology, and numismatics.

History

The journal was established under the auspices of the École française d'Athènes during the directorship of figures associated with the late 19th-century expansion of classical studies such as Paul Foucart and contemporaries linked to the rediscovery of Knossos, excavation projects at Delphi, Mycenae, Olympia, Pergamon, Ephesus, Rhodes, Miletus, Samos, Thessaloniki, and surveys in the Peloponnese. Early volumes reflect correspondence with institutions like the British Museum, Louvre, Vatican Museums, German Archaeological Institute, Italian School of Archaeology at Athens, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, École Pratique des Hautes Études, and contributors connected to scholars such as Heinrich Schliemann, Arthur Evans, Georgios Soteriadis, Friedrich Hiller von Gaertringen, and Theodor Mommsen. Through the 20th century the periodical documented finds related to the Linear B tablets, debates influenced by Sir Arthur Evans, the recovery of coins tied to Ptolemy I Soter, and epigraphic corpora that informed editions by editors associated with Inscriptiones Graecae.

Contents cover reports on excavations at sites like Akrotiri (Santorini), Tiryns, Corinth, Aegina, Delos, Antioch on the Orontes, and field surveys in regions such as Attica, Boeotia, Messenia, Laconia, Thrace (region), and Crete. Articles treat inscriptions engaging scholars working on alphabetic developments related to Linear A, Linear B, and later Greek scripts; numismatic studies referencing rulers like Cleisthenes of Sicyon, Philip II of Macedon, Demetrius Poliorcetes, and Seleucus I Nicator; and analyses of pottery linking to types described by John Beazley and typologies used by Sir Arthur Evans. The journal publishes editions of Byzantine texts that intersect with figures such as Michael Psellos, Anna Komnene, Niketas Choniates, and documentary papyri comparable to collections at the Papyrus Collection of the British Library. It also includes critical discussions relating to historiography implicating Edward Gibbon, Jacob Burckhardt, August Böckh, and modern interpreters at Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Chicago, and Sorbonne University.

Editorial oversight has historically involved committees composed of members of the École française d'Athènes, adjunct editors drawn from universities such as University of Athens, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, University of Ioannina, University of Crete, and international institutes including the Austrian Archaeological Institute, Netherlands Institute in Athens, Danish Institute at Athens, and American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Peer review standards align with practices common to journals indexed alongside Journal of Hellenic Studies, American Journal of Archaeology, Classical Quarterly, Revue Archéologique, and Byzantion. Publication practices feature site reports, epigraphic editions, critical apparatus, plates engraved after finds housed in the Benaki Museum, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Acropolis Museum, and photographic archives comparable to those of the Fogg Art Museum.

Landmark contributions include early reports that shaped debates on Minoan civilization, reassessments of the Mycenaean collapse, editions of inscriptions that entered corpora like Inscriptiones Graecae, and numismatic catalogues informing issues of the American Numismatic Society and British Museum Department of Coins and Medals. Seminal pieces engaged with philologists and archaeologists such as Émile Burnouf, Paul Perdrizet, Henri Weil, François Lenormant, Jean Pouilloux, André Aymard, Pierre Amandry, Louis Robert, and Ghita Antonia. Articles reporting finds were often cited in monographs by Carl Blegen, Richard Jebb, Martin Litchfield West, Ernst Badian, M. I. Finley, Robin Lane Fox, and compilations used in museum catalogues at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli and the British School at Rome.

The journal is indexed in bibliographies and databases alongside L'Année Philologique, WorldCat, Scopus, JSTOR, and national bibliographies of France, Greece, and other European countries. Its long run makes it a primary source for provenance studies cited by curators at the Hermitage Museum, conservators at the Musée du Louvre, and legal discussions involving the 1970 UNESCO Convention in provenance cases. Digital availability through institutional repositories and microfilm collections at the Bibliothèque nationale de France and university libraries has increased access for researchers affiliated with University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Heidelberg University, Leiden University, and University of Bologna.

Closely affiliated institutions include the École française d'Athènes, the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, the Ministry of Culture (Greece), the Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports, the Archaeological Society of Athens, and international partners such as the British School at Athens, the German Archaeological Institute Athens, and the Italian Archaeological Mission in Greece. Collaborative projects have linked the journal to research programs at CNRS, the École Normale Supérieure, and universities participating in EU-funded networks with ties to museums including the Musée d'Archéologie nationale and the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.

Category:Classics journals Category:Archaeology journals Category:French-language journals