Elisavet (or Elisabet or Elsi^[1]) Spathari (Greek: Ελισάβετ Σπαθάρη) is a Greek archaeologist and author. She is Honorary Director Emeritus of Ministry of Culture in Greece^[2][3][4] and has written several books about Ancient Greece.^[5][6]

In 2002, Spathari helped the Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, sponsored by Bryn Mawr College, an archeological survey and excavation of Tsoungiza on Peloponnese.^[7]

Works

• Olympic Spirit, 1992
• Αρμενίζοντας στο χρόνο – Sailing Through Time: The Ship in Greek Art (translated to English), 1995
• Ο Ζαχαρίας και ο κόσμος, 1999
• Ναύπλιο, Παλαμήδι, 2000
• Αρχαία ελληνικά θέατρα, 2000
• Το ολυμπιακό πνεύμα, 2001
• Μυκήνες, 2001
• Ευ αγωνίζεσθαι, 2004
• Αχιλλέας Κομίνος, ο μεγάλος περίπατος, 2005
• Κόρινθος, Μυκήνες, Τύρινθα, Επίδαυρος – Corinth, Mycenae, Tiryns, Epidauros (translated to English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, German and Russian), 2008
• Ελληνική μυθολογία – Greek Mythology (translated to English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Russian), 2010 and reprint 2012
• Ναύπλιο Πρωτεύουσα Πόλη – Nafplio Capital City (translated to English), 2020

Collective works

• Αρχαία Ολυμπία – Olympie antique (translated to French), 2004
• Αθήνα – Σπάρτη, 2007
• Δημοκρατία και η μάχη του Μαραθώνα – Democracy and the Battle of Marathon (translated to English), 2010
• Αρχαιολογία: Πελοπόννησος, 2012