André Aymard
André Aymard was a French historian, specialising in Ancient Greece, particularly the Hellenistic period.Biography
Education
André Aymard first passed the agrégation in history and geography in 1923. The next year he joined the Foundation Thiers. Under the influence of Maurice Holleaux, he decided, after some hesitation, to focus his research on Ancient Greece.
In 1937, after he had taught at Strasbourg, Paris and Toulouse, he submitted his doctoral thesis on Les Assemblées de la Confédération achaienne.He was a professor at the Sorbonne from 1942 to 1964, rising to become head of the faculty of arts. In 1955, he became a professor at the École pratique des hautes études.
A friend of Fernand Braudel, director of the 6th section de l'EPHE, he supervised Pierre Lévêque's doctoral thesis. He also taught Pierre Vidal-Naquet.Publications
- Les Assemblées de la Confédération achaienne, principal thesis, 1938, université de Paris, Bordeaux, Féret, 1938
- Les Premiers rapports de Rome et de la Confédération achaïenne , supplementary thesis, Bordeaux, Féret, 1938
- Le Royaume de Macédoine de la mort d'Alexandre à sa disparition, 1950
- Le Monde grec au temps de Philippe II de Macédoine et d'Alexandre le Grand, 1962
- Histoire générale des civilisations Tome 1. L'Orient et la Grèce antique with Jeannine Auboyer, 1963
