Ioannis Kakridis

Kakridis was a Homer scholar and one of the most important classicists of twentieth-century Greece. He was also an early and staunch advocate of the adoption of the monotonic system in the Greek language. In 1941, he was denounced by the faculty of the University of Athens for republishing a lecture in the monotonic system, which led to the so-called "Trial of Accents" and his suspension and later dismissal from the university. The list of his written work is quite extensive. The most important works are a translation into the modern Greek language of the works of Homer, together with Nikos Kazantzakis and a five-volume collection of Greek mythology.

Ioannis Kakridis studied at National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and University of Vienna. The recorded working language is Modern Greek and German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Tübingen. Employment is recorded with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and University of Tübingen. Distinctions recorded are Herder Prize.

• Native Name — Ιωάννης Κακριδής • Born — 17 November 1901 • Died — 20 March 1992 • Education — University of Athens • Workplaces — * University of Athens • University of Thessaloniki • University of Tübingen • Stockholm University • Lund University • Uppsala University • Burial Place — First Cemetery of Athens