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Ungar.-dt. Althistoriker und Epigraphiker. Geb. am 7. 6. 1935 in Budapest, gest. am 6. 11. 2011 in Athen. Schulbesuch in Budapest, 1953–1958 Studium an der Univ. Budapest, 1959 Prom.; 1960–1965 Assistent am Institut für Alte Gesch. ebda. 1965 Emigration; danach bis 1968 Mitarbeiter am Landesmuseum Bonn; 1966 Habil. und bis 1968 Hochschuldozent an der Univ. Bonn. Ab 1970 o.Prof. für Alte Gesch. an der Univ. Bochum, ab 1975 an der Univ. Heidelberg; Emeritierung 2002. Wissenschaftlicher Werdegang A., Sohn von Jenő A., Direktor der Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Klinik an der Univ. P…

Hungarian-German ancient historian and epigrapher. Born 7. 6. 1935 in Budapest, died 6. 11. 2011 in Athens. Attended school at Budapest, studied at Univ. of Budapest 1953–1958, doctorate 1959; 1960–1965 assistant there at the Institute of Ancient History. Emigrated 1965; worked at Landesmuseum Bonn to 1968; habil. 1966 and lecturer until 1968 at Univ. of Bonn. Prof. of ancient history from 1970 at Univ. of Bochum, from 1975 at Univ. of Heidelberg; emeritus 2002. Scholarly background A., son of Jenő A., director of the otorhinolaryngology clinic at the Univ. of Pécs, stu…

[German Version] I. Terminology – II. Geography – III. Archaeology – IV. History and Society – V. History of Religions I. Terminology The area settled by the Philistines, referred to collectively in Akkadian by such names as palaštu after their conquest by Assyria, probably provided the basis for the Greek ( Sýria hḗ) Palaistínē, first found in Herodotus (1.105; 2.104, 106; 3.5, 91; 4.39; 7.89), even though the hypothetical intermediate Aramaic expression of the Persian period, the likely basis of the Greek form, is still unattested. To the exten…