FRENKIAN, Aram. Constanţa 19.3.1898 — Bucharest 10.9.1968. Romanian Classical (Greek) Scholar interested in Indology. Son of Armenian refugees, Haroutioun Frenkian and Zarouhi Essayan. Studies at Iaşi, from 1926 further studies of Greek, linguistics and Sanskrit in Paris under Meillet, Bloch, Finot, et al., also philosophy under Bréhier. Ph.D. 1931 Bucharest. Professor of Greek at Universities of Cernăuţi (now Černivci) until 1945 and then at Bucharest. Never taught Sanskrit. Interested in Greek and Indian philosophy. Married Nicole, at least one son and two daughters.

Publications: Diss. Cosmologia lui Heraclit din Efes. Bucharest 1931

– “Puruṣa–Gayomard–Anthropos. Quelques problèmes concernant la communaité indo-iranienne et la Grèce antique”, REIE 3, 1943, 118-131.

– “Punarmṛtyu et la seconde mort”, REIE 3, 1943, 214-222.

– L’Orient et les origines de l’idéalisme subjectif dans la pensée européenne. 1. La Doctrine théologique de Memphis (L’Inscription du roi Shabaka). 167 p. P. 1946.

– “La théorie du sommeil d’après les Upaniṣads et le Yoga”, St&AO 1, 1957, 149-162

– Scepticismul grec şi filozofia indianŭ. 74 p. Bucharest 1957; German transl.: Bibliotheca classica orientalis 3, B. 1958, 212-249.

– “Sextus Empiricus and Indian Logic”, The Philosophical quarterly (Amalner) 30, 1957, 115-126; “Where there is Smoke, there is Fire”, Acta Logica 4, 1961, 65-68

– Studies on Presocratic philosophy, Romanian translation of Diogenes Laertius, etc., also wrote on ancient Near East and Egypt.

Sources: V. Banateanu; C. Poghirc, “Sanskrit Studies in Romania”; S.N. Ionescu, Who Was Who in 20th Century Romania. N.Y. 1994; *Titus Lates, Romanian articles on A.F. in institutuldefilosofie.ro with bibliography, 153-158; family details by A. Vladesco in levantineheritage.com; *Romanian Wikipedia.