Distributed by Astrom Editions. See record at WorldCat. Cults of Apollo at Sparta. The Hyakinthia, the Gymnopaidiai and the Karneia By Michael Pettersson In this study, the three cults of Apollo are regarded as a rite of passage. In the first three chapters, the evidence concerning each cult is reviewed and discussed. The two-part structure of the Hyakinthia is investigated as an expression of the cult as a rite of passage. The identity...

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 19 Contents Carl Nylander, ‘Sture Brunnsåker, 1925–1978’ (p. 9) Paul Åström, Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou & Peter M. Fischer, ‘Excavations in Midea, 1989–1990’ (pp. 11–22) Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations on the Lower Terraces at Midea’ (pp. 23–39) Birgitta Bergquist, ‘A particular, Western Greek cu...

Docto peregrino. Roman studies in honour of Torgil Magnusson Edited by Thomas Hall, Börje Magnusson & Carl Nylander. Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Bibliographical information Thomas Hall, Börje Magnusson & Carl Nylander, eds. 1992. Docto peregrino. Roman studies in honour of Torgil Magnusson (Suecoromana. Studia artis historiae instituti romani regni Sueciae 1)...

Distributed by Astrom Editions. See record at WorldCat. Myth and cult. The iconography of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The Martin P. Nilsson Lectures on Greek Religion, delivered 19–21 November 1990 at the Swedish Institute at Athens By Kevin Clinton Iconography serves as the starting part for the treatment of central aspects of the myth and cult of the Eleusinian Mysteries. The presence of the Mirthless Rock in artistic presentations, i...

Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Fortification towers and masonry techniques in the hegemony of Syracuse, 405–211 B.C. By Lars Karlsson Syracuse assumed the leadership of the Greek cities after the Carthaginian wars of 409–405 B.C. and the first chapter discusses the four main periods which can be discerned in the archaeological material: (1) the rule of Dionysios I, 40...

Legatus. Beiträge zur römischen Verwaltungsgeschichte By Bengt E. Thomasson. Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Bibliographical information Bengt E. Thomasson, Das altrömische eponyme Amt (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Rom, 8°, 18), Stockholm 1991....

Distributed by Astrom Editions. View record at WorldCat. Munuscula Romana. Papers read at a conference in Lund (October 1–2, 1988) in celebration of the re-opening of the Swedish Institute in Rome Edited by Anne-Marie Leander Touati, Eva Rystedt & Örjan Wikander. Preface In October 1988, the Swedish Institute in Rome was reopened after a period of renovation. From the point of view of Classical scholarship in Sweden, this reopeni...

Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Arte militare e architettura nuragica. Nuragic architecture in its military, territorial and socio-economic context. Proceedings of the First International Colloquium on Nuragic Architecture at the Swedish Institute in Rome, 7–9 December, 1989 Edited by Barbro Santillo Frizell Twelve papers given at the first international colloquium on th...

Distributed by Astrom Editions. See record at WorldCat. Venus Armata. Studien zur bewaffneten Aphrodite in der griechisch-römischen Kunst By Johan Flemberg In the first part of this study, the evidence for the Oriental origin of Aphrodite is reviewed and it is suggested that the armed Aphrodite was introduced in Greece during the Mycenaean era and possibly, similar to her Oriental counterparts, had some connection with kingship. Next, ...

Published by the Swedish Institute of Classical Studies in Rome. Distributed by Astrom Editions. The spoils of Jerusalem on the Arch of Titus. A re-investigation By Leon Yarden Abstract Leon Yarden published his doctoral thesis in a revised form under the title The tree of life (London 1971). Its subject was the menorah (seven-branched lampstand) depicted on the Arch of Titus in Rome as a part of the spoils from the destruction of the T...