Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions.

Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 21, 1996

Contents

Edmund F. Bloedow, ‘‘Olympian’ thoughts: Plutarch on Pericles’ Congress Decree’

Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Paul Åström & Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations in Midea 1994’

Lola Eriksson, ‘The Greek perception of nature—an ideological strategy? Preliminary outline for a working hypothesis’

Jeannette Forsén, ‘Prehistoric Asea revisited’

Jeannette Forsén, Björn Forsén & Mika Lavento, ‘The Asea valley survey: a preliminary report of the 1994 season’

Göran Henriksson & Mary Blomberg, ‘Evidence for Minoan astronomical observations from the peak sanctuaries on Petsophas and Traostalos’

Elizabeth Kosmetatou, ‘Midea in the post-Bronze-Age period. A preliminary report’

Peter Liljenstolpe & Patric von Schmalensee, ‘The Roman stoa of Poleites at Labraynda. A report in its architecture with an appendix by Johan Flemberg’

Arto Penttinen, ‘Excavations on the Acropolis of Asine in 1990’

Charlotte Scheffer, ‘Return or no return. The so-called ephedrismos group and the Hephaisteion’

Berit Wells, Gunnel Ekroth & Kai Holmgren, ‘The Berbati Valley Project: the 1994 season’

Book reviews

E. Schorfield, ‘A.-L. Schallin, Islands under influence. The Cyclades in the late Bronze Age and the nature of the Mycenaean presence’

Carole Gillis, ‘T.P. Hutchinson, Version 2 (History and archaeology) of essentials of statistical methods’

Gullög Nordquist, ‘A. Strömberg, Male or female? A methodological study of grave gifts as sex-indicators in Iron Age burials from Athens’

Cecilia Beer, ‘R.A. Stucky, Die Skulpturen aus dem Eschmun-Heiligtum bei Sidon. Griechische, römische, kyprische und phönizische Statuen und Reliefs vom 6. Jahrhundert vor Chr. bis zum 3. Jahrhundert nach Chr.’

Cecilia Beer, ‘R. Senff, Das Apollonheiligum von Idalion. Architektur und Statuenausstattung eines zyprischen Heiligtums’

Johan Flemberg, ‘H.A. Shapiro, Personifications in Greek art. The representation of abstract concepts 600–400 B.C.’

Maria Pipili, ‘A.A. Lemos, Archaic pottery of Chios. The decorated styles’

Maria Pipili, ‘E.J. Holmberg, The Red-line Painter and the workshop of the Acheloos Painter and On the Rycroft Painter and other Athenian black-figure vase-painters with a feeling for nature’

Paavo Roos, ‘J. Steele, Hellenistic architecture in Asia Minor’

‘Books received’

Robin Hägg, ‘The Swedish Institute at Athens. Report for the academic years 1992–93 and 1993–94’

Bibliographical information

Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 21, Stockholm 1997. ISSN 0078-5520. Softcover, 231 pages.