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Peloponnesian sanctuaries and cults. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 11–13 June 1994

Edited by Robin Hägg

Abstract

A collection of twenty-six papers read (or presented as posters) at an international symposium in Athens that dealt with various aspects of the ancient sanctuaries and cults in the Peloponnese, based on literary, iconographical and archaeological evidence. Among the special topics discussed are a newly excavated, Mycenaean sanctuary at Methana, the formation of sacred landscapes, Corinthian cult in the Late Geometric period, sacred places in early urban contexts (Argos), caves and cults at Isthmia, cults of Demeter and Kore, the sanctuary of Hera Akraia at Perachora, the Herakleidai in the Argive plain, the Archaic and Hellenistic temples at Mycenae, cult places in Argos, cults of Athena in Argos, mountain-top cults in Corinthia and the Argolid, new investigations of small cult buildings in the Asklepieion of Epidauros, results of recent work in the sanctuary of Athena Alea at Steges, Herakles and healing cults, sanctuaries of Artemis in the Peloponnese, the reality of the human sacrifices on Mr. Lykaion, the new excavation in the sanctuary of Zeus Soter at Megalopolis, Artemis in the sanctuary on Mt. Kotilion, the cult of Hera at Olympia and pottery finds from the “Achilleion” near Sparta. The volume also contains three papers on the history of the Swedish archaeological research in Greece since 1894. 

Contents

‘Preface’, p. 7

Swedish Archaeology in Greece

Robin Hägg, ‘Swedish Archaeology in Greece, 1894–1994’, pp. 9–13

Gullög C. Nordquist, ‘A better time cannot be found (poster)’, pp. 15–20

Maria Hielte-Stavropoulou & Michael Wedde, ‘Sam Wide’s excavation at Aphidna—stratigraphy and finds (poster)’, pp. 21–24

The Argolido-Corinthia

Eleni Konsolaki, ‘A Mycenaean sanctuary on Methana’, pp. 25–36

Anastasia Gadolou, ‘The formation of the sacred landscapes of the Eastern Argolid, 900–700 B.C. A religious, social and political survey’, pp. 37–43

Catherine Morgan, ‘The Corinthian aristocracy and Corinthian cult during the eight century BC’, pp. 45–51

Marja C.V. Vink, ‘Sanctuaries and cults in an early urban context: Argos c. 900–500 BC’, pp. 53–62

Elizabeth R. Gebhard, ‘Caves and cults at the Isthmian sactuary of Poseidon’, pp. 63–74

Virgina R. Anderson-Stojanovic, ‘The cult of Demeter and Kore at the Isthmus of Corinth’, pp. 75–83

Blanche Menadier, ‘The sanctuary of Hera Akraia and its religious connections with Corinth’, pp. 85–91

‘General discussion’, pp. 91–92

Jonathan M. Hall, ‘Heroes, Hera and Herakleidai in the Argive plain’, pp. 93–98

Nancy L. Klein, ‘Evidence for the Archaic and Hellenistic temples at Mycenae’, pp. 99–105

Anna Banaka-Dimaki, ‘Cult places in Argos’, pp. 107–116

Marie Françoise Billot, ‘Sanctuaires et cultes d’Athéna à Argos (résumé)’, pp. 117–118

François de Polignac,, ‘Cultes de sommet en Argolide et Corinthie: élémentsd’interprétation (poster)’, pp. 119–122

Evi Lembidaki, ‘Three sacred buildings in the Asclepieion at Epidauros: new evidence from recent archaeological research (poster)’, pp. 123–136

‘General discussion’, pp. 136–137

The sanctuary of Athena Alea at Tegea

Erik Østby, ‘Recent excavations in the sanctuary of Athena Alea at Tegea: results and problem’, pp. 139–147

Gullög C. Nordquist, ‘Evidence for pre-Classical cult activity beneath the temple of Athena Alea at Tegea’, pp. 149–158

Mary E. Voyatzis, ‘An analysis of votive types recently found at Tegea’, pp. 159–168

‘General discussion’, pp. 168–169

Cults of Herakles and Artemis

Christina A. Salowey, ‘Herakles and healing cult in Peloponnesos’, pp. 171–177

Eric L. Brulotte, ‘Artemis: her Peloponnesian abodes and cults’, pp. 179–182

The western and southern Peloponnese

Madeleine Jost, ‘À propos des sacrifices humains dans le sanctuaire de Zeus du mont Lycée’, pp. 183–186

Ulrich Walter Gans & Ulla Kreilinger, ‘The sanctuary of Zeus Soter at Megalopolis’, pp. 187–190

‘General discussion’, pp. 190–191

Ulrich Sinn, ‘Artemis in the sanctuary on Mount Kotilion (Phigalia)’, pp. 193–198

Aliki Moustaka, ‘On the cult of Hera at Olympia’, pp. 199–205

Conrad B. Stibbe, ‘The ‘Achilleion’ near Sparta: some unknown finds’, pp. 207–219

Olga Palagia, ‘Tyche at Sparta (abstract)’, pp. 221

‘General discussion’, pp. 221–222

‘Programme and participants of the symposium’, pp. 223–224

‘Abbreviations’, pp. 225–226

‘Indexes’, pp. 227–231

Bibliographical information

Robin Hägg, ed., Peloponnesian sanctuaries and cults. Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 11–13 June 1994 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 48), Jonsered 2002. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789179160388.

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