Theodore Spyropoulos

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Theodore Spyropoulos is a regional official of Greece's Central Archaeological Council.

[edit] Excavations at Pellana

He spent more than twenty years excavating near the small village of Pellana, which is approximately fifteen miles north of modern Sparta. He discovered building foundations that have been dated to around 1200 BC, a date close to the time of the Trojan War. In 2002, he claimed to have found the palace referred to as that of King Menelaos in Homer's Iliad. This claim was based on Spyropoulos' discovery of a large building approximately 40 feet by 95 feet.

Spyropoulos, in his statements to the Greek newspaper Eleftheros Typos, was certain that Pellana was the Homeric site of the palace of Menelaus, the king of Sparta. His excavations also unearthed signs of workshops and storerooms, the foundations of a mile-long fortification, and a wide road.

David Blackman, the director of the British School of Archaeology in Athens, and Paul Cartledge, Professor of Greek History at Cambridge University, are currently waiting for more evidence and confirmation of the site's identity.