A brief history of Delos

Véronique Chankowski is a leading expert on Delos. She is a former member of the French School at Athens and currently its director. As Professor of Greek History at Université Lumière Lyon 2, she has supervised numerous works on the economies and societies of Ancient Greek city-states. Exploring epigraphic, numismatic and archaeological sources, her own work lifts the veil on the organization and practices of trade and the marketplace in classical and Hellenistic times. Her publications include two compendious books on Delos - Athènes et Délos à l'époque classique and Parasites of the God. Accountants, Financiers and Traders on Hellenistic Delos -along with a number of studies of the economic history of the Greek world.