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Early Greek cult practice. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 26-29 June, 1986

Edited by Robin Hägg, Nanno Marinatos & Gullög C. Nordquist

Abstract

Twenty-eight papers on the phenomena of early Greek cult practice, concentrating on the Late Geometric, Archaic and Classical periods, read at an international conference in Athens; the papers are followed by transcripts of the discussions of the symposium. The papers are arranged in eight groups, discussing (1) animal sacrifice, Minoan to Greek, (2) Greek sacrificial ritual, (3) early cults at Knossos and Sparta, (4) temples, altars, cult images and ritual meals, (5) water in the cult, (6) votive offerings, (7) cult practice and cultural anthropology, and (8) special cults and cult practices (including cults of heroes, veneration of ancestors, ritual haircuts and building sacrifices). 

Contents

‘Preface’, p. 7

Animal sacrifice, Minoan to Greek

Nanno Marinatos, ‘The imagery of sacrifice: Minoan and Greek’, pp. 9–20

Birgitta Bergquist, ‘The archaeology of sacrifice: Minoan-Mycenaean versus Greek’, pp. 21–34

B.C. Dietrich, ‘The instrument of sacrifice’, pp. 35–40

Demetrius U. Schilardi, ‘The temple of Athena at Koukounaries. Observations on the cult of Athena on Paros’, pp. 41–48

‘General discussion’, pp. 49–50

Greek sacrificial ritual

Folkert van Straten, ‘The god’s portion in Greek sacrificial representations: Is the tail doing nicely?’, pp. 51–68

Kevin Clinton, ‘Sacrifice at the Eleusinian Mysteries’, pp. 69–80

Early cults at Knossos and Sparta

Walter Burkert, ‘Katagógia-Anagógia and the goddess of Knossos’, pp. 81–88

Jane B. Carter, ‘Masks and poetry in early Sparta’, pp. 89–98

Robert Parker, ‘Demeter, Dionysus and the Spartan pantheon’, pp. 99–103

‘General discussion’, p. 104

Temples, altars, cult images and ritual meals

A.J Mazarakis Ainian, ‘Early Greek temples: Their origin and function’, pp. 105–119

Jacques des Courtils & Anne Pariente, ‘Excavations in the Heracles sanctuary at Thasos (poster)’, pp. 121–123

Hildegund Gropengiesser, ‘Two altars of Artemis at Olympia (poster)’, pp. 125–126

Irene Bald Romano, ‘Early Greek cult images and cult practices’, pp. 127–134

Uta Kron, ‘Kultmahle im Heraion von Samos archaischer Zeit. Versuch einer Rekonstruktion (Cult meals in the Heraion of Samos in the Archaic period. A tentative reconstruction)’, pp. 135–148

Ulrich Sinn, ‘Der Kult der Aphaia auf Aegina (The cult of Aphaia on Aegina)’, pp. 149–159

‘General discussion’, p. 160

Water in the cult

Susan Guettel Cole, ‘The uses of water in Greek sanctuaries’, pp. 161–165

Richard A. Tomlinson, ‘Water supplies and ritual at the Heraion Perachora’, pp. 167–171

‘General discussion’, p. 172

Votive offerings

J.A. Sakellarakis, ‘Some Geometric and Archaic votives from the Idaian Cave’, pp. 173–193

Brita Alroth, ‘The positioning of Greek votive figurines’, pp. 195–203

Britt Marie Fridh-Haneson, ‘Hera’s wedding on Samos: A change of paradigms’, pp. 205–213

Helmut Kyrieleis, ‘Offerings of ‘the common man’ in the Heraion at Samos’, pp. 215–221

‘General discussion’, p. 222

Cult practice and Cultural Anthropology

W. Arens, ‘An anthropological approach to ritual: Evidence, context and interpretation’, pp. 223–228

Special cults and cult practices

Peter G. Calligas, ‘Hero-cult in Early Iron Age Greece’, pp. 229–234

K. Lambrinoudakis, ‘Veneration of ancestors in Geometric Naxos’, pp. 235–246

Evelyn B. Harrison, ‘Greek sculptured coiffures and ritual haircuts’, pp. 247–254

Dina Peppas Delmousou, ‘The Theoria of Brauron’, pp. 255–258

Berit Wells, ‘Early Greek building sacrifices’, pp. 259–266

Tullia Linders, ‘Continuity in change. The evidence of the temple accounts of Delos’, pp. 267–270

‘General discussion’, 271

‘Final discussion’, pp. 273–277

‘Programme and participants of the symposium’, pp. 279–280

‘Abbreviations’, pp. 281–285

‘Indexes’, pp. 287–303

Bibliographical information

Robin Hägg, Nanno Marinatos & Gullög C. Nordquist, eds, Early Greek cult practice. Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 26-29 June, 1986 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 38), Jonsered 1988. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789185086979.

Alternative series title:
Acta Instituti Atheniensis Regni Sueciae series in 4˚, XXXVIII