Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions and Eddy.se AB. Asine 3. Supplementary studies in the Swedish excavations 1922–1930 Fasc. 1. Supplementary studies in the Swedish excavations 1922–1930 Edited by Robin Hägg, Gullög C. Nordquist & Berit Wells Abstract This is a collection of eleven papers inaugurating a new series of supplementary studies on the material from the old Swedish excavations at Asine. The first is a summary of the work undertaken between 1922 and 1930 and is intended to help in the study of the published reports and of the unpublished documentation. In further papers additional information is given on the Middle Helladic graves of the Lower Town, the Late Mycenaean terracotta head called “The Lord of Asine” is re-studied, and pottery and small finds from Mycenaean chamber tombs are discussed, including some technical aspects, such as the use of tin foil on pots. A group of Mycenaean vases from the village of Zafer Aga is published for the first time. Another paper deals with the animal bones from the Lower town of Asine. Finally, a concordance of the numbers of the graves and skeletons found at Asine is given as a tool for scholars…

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,…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 20 Contents Articles Diane L. Bolger, ‘Engendering Cypriot archaeology: female roles and statuses before the Bronze Age’ Katie Demakopoulou, Nicolletta Divari-Valakou & Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations and restoration work in Midea 1990–1992’ Björn Forsén, ‘Marmorne Gewichtsteine aus Thera’ David Frankel & Jennifer M. Webb, ‘Hobs and hearths in Bronze Age Cyprus’ Carole Gillis, ‘Binding evidence. Tin foil and organic binder on Aegean Late Bronze Age pottery’ Vassos Karageorghis, ‘Monkeys and bears in Cypriot art’ Jane F. Lloyd, ‘A clay triton shell in a private collection in New York’ Erik Østby, Jean-Marc Luce, Gullög C. Nordquist, Chiara Tarditi & Mary E. Voyatzis, ‘The sanctuary of Athena Elea at Tegea: first preliminary report (1990–1992)’ Jari Pakkanen, ‘Accuracy and proportional rules in Greek Doric temples’ Edgar Peltenburg, ‘Constructing authority: the Vounos enclosure model’ Claus Reinholdt, ‘”ΝΟΣΤΟΣ ΌΔΥΣΣΗΙ” oder Vita Humana? Zu einem Vasenbild des Schweinemalers in Cambridge’ Paavo Roos, ‘In search of ancient stadia and hippodromes in Anatolia’ Ilse Schoep, ‘”Home sweet home”. Some comments on the so-called house models from the prehellenic Aegean’ Eva Toivonen Skage, ‘Supplementary sherds from Ayos Jakovos Tomb 9, Dromos’ Eberhard Zangger, ‘The island of Asine:…

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 cult practice? The significance of stele-crowned, sacrificial deposits’, pp. 41–47. Mary Blomberg, ‘The meaning of Χελιδών in Hesiod’, pp. 49–57. Robin Hägg & Gullög C. Nordquist, ‘Excavations in the Levendis sector at Asine, 1989. A preliminary report with an appendix on the animal bones by Katrin Moberg’, pp. 59–68. Tullia Linders, ‘The Delian temple accounts: some observations’, pp. 69–73. Alexandros Mazarakis Ainian, ‘Nichoria in the south-western Peloponnese: Units VI-1 and IV-5 reconsidered’, pp. 75–84. Erik Østby, ‘Der dorische Tempel von Pherai’, pp. 85–113. Paul Rehak, ‘Minoan vessels with figure-eight shields: antecedents to the Knossos throneroom alabastra’, pp. 115–124. Eva Rystedt, ‘Notes on the rattle scenes on Attic Geometric pottery’, pp. 125–133. Berit Wells, ‘The walls of Asine’, pp. 135–142. Charlotte Wikander, ‘Pomp and circumstance. The procession of Ptolemaios II’, pp. 143–150. Örjan Wikander, ‘Archaic roof-tiles: the first (?) generation’, pp. 151–161. Miscellanea Åke Åkerström (†),…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 18 Contents Articles Paul Åström, Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Peter M. Fischer & Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations in Midea 1987’, 9–22. Birgitta Bergquist, ‘Primary or secondary temple function: the case of Halieis’, 23–37. Danali-Giole, ‘Ikonographische Beobachtungen zu drei Mythologischen Themen: Pentheus, Phineus, Prometheus’, 39–44. Søren Dietz & Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, ‘A Middle Helladic III/Late Helladic I grave group from Myloi in the Argolid (Oikopedon Manti)’, 45–62. Carole S. Gillis, ‘Statistical analyses and conical cups. A preliminary report from Akrotiri, Thera’, 63–93. Robin Hägg, ‘The Cretan hut-models’, 95–107. Bernard Knapp, ‘Copper production and Mediterranean trade: the view from Cyprus’, 109–116. A.A.D. Peatfield, ‘Minoan peak sanctuaries: history and society’, 117–131. Francis Piejko, ‘To the inscriptions of Labraunda’, 133–156. Gery de Pierpont, ‘Aegean jewellery: a new approach to a typology. Application on gold and silver Minoan jewellery (2700–1450)’, 157–165. Eva Rystedt, ‘On distinguishing hands in Mycenaean pictorial vase-painting’, 167–176. Eva Rystedt, ‘Die Wagenfriese der attischen geometrischen Keramik und die Frage ihrer Ablesung. Vorläufige Bemerkungen anlässlich einer Vase im Louvre’, 177–183. Charlotte Scheffer, ‘“Domus Regiae”—a Greek tradition?’, 185–191. Peter Warren, ‘Of baetyls’, 193–206. Berit Wells, Curtis Runnels & Eberhard Zangger, ‘The Berbati-Limnes archaeological…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 17 Contents Articles Paul Åström, Katie Demakopoulou & Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations in Midea 1985’, pp. 7–11. Valerie Cook, ‘Cyprus and the outside world during the transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age’, pp. 13–32. Kåre Fagerström, ‘Fnds, function and plan: a contribution to the interpretation of Iron Age Nichoria in Messenia’, pp. 33–50. Arne Furumark (†), ‘Linear A and Minoan religion’, pp. 51–90. Heinz-Eberhard Giesecke, ‘Kretische Schurze’, pp. 91–98. Robin Hägg, ‘The last ceremony in the Throne Room at Knossos’, pp. 99–105. Pontus Hellström, ‘The planned function of the Mnesiklean Propylaia’, pp. 107–121. Bente Kiilerich, ‘Bluebeard—a snake-tailed Geryon?’, pp. 123–136. Nanno Marinatos, ‘The “African” of Thera reconsidered’, pp. 137–141. Susana Sjödin, ‘Bronze Age pottery sherds from Cyprus. Further supplementary material from Kalopsidha trench 9’, pp. 143–165. Christiane Sourvinou-Inwood, ‘”Myth” and history: on Herodotus III.48 and 50–53’, pp. 167–182. Colette Verlinden, ‘Réflexions sur la function et la production des figurines anthropomorphes Minoennes en bronze’, pp. 183–189. Anna Wærn-Sperber, ‘Mössbauer spectroscopy and quantitative chemical analyses of Early Cypriote black-topped pottery. A preliminary investigation’, pp. 191–197. Gisela Walberg, ‘Was Evans right? Further notes on Middle Minoan chronology’, pp….

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 16 Contents Paul Åström, ‘Hala Sultan Tekke—an international harbour town of the Late Cypriot Bronze Age’, pp. 7–17. Paul Åström & Katie Demakopoulou, ‘New excavations in the Citadel of Midea, 1983–1984’, pp. 19–25. Paul Åström, R. Maddin, J.D. Muhly & T. Stech, ‘Iron artifacts from Swedish excavations in Cyprus’, pp. 27–41. Kevin Clinton, ‘The author of the Homeric Hymn to Demeter’, pp. 43–49. Harold D. Evjen, ‘Competitive athletics in ancient Greece: the search for origins and influences’, pp. 51–56. Nanno Marinatos & Robin Hägg, ‘On the ceremonial function of the Minoan polythyron’, pp. 57–73. Erik Østby, ‘The archaic temple of Athena Alea at Tegea’, pp. 75–102. Eva Rystedt, ‘The foot-race and other athletic contests in the Mycenaean world. The evidence of the pictorial vases’, pp. 103–116. Charlotte Scheffer, ‘Some further comments on the gorgoneion skyphoi’, pp. 117–122. Miscellanea Yvonne Backe-Forsberg & Christina Risberg, ‘Metal working at Asine. ‘New’ finds from the 1926 season’, pp. 123–125. Robert B. Koehl, ‘Another look at the Mycenaean Base Ring vase from the Athenian Agora’, pp. 125–126. David Symons, ‘An unpublished  tomb group from Paphos’, pp. 127–130. Robin Hägg, ‘The Swedish Institute…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 15 Contents Hjördis von Arbin, ‘The alabastron-shaped vases found in the “Throne Room” at Knossos’, pp. 7–16. Paul Åström, ‘Aegyptiaca at Hala Sultan Tekke’, pp. 17–24. Barbro Santillo Frizell, ‘The tholos tomb at Berbati’, pp. 25–44. Barbro Santillo Frizell & Raffaele Santillo, ‘The construction and structural behaviour of the Mycenaean tholos tomb’, pp. 45–52. Erik Holmberg & Alain Pasquier, ‘Four Corinthian vases in the Röhss Museum and some others’, pp. 53–66. Robin Hägg & Yvonne Lindau, ‘The Minoan “Snake Frame” reconsidered’, pp. 67–77. Kerstin Höghammar, ‘The dating of the Roman bath at Asine in Argolis’, pp. 79–106. Tullia Linders, ‘The kandys in Greece and Persia’, pp. 107–114. Nanno Marinatos, ‘The date-palm in Minoan iconography and religion’, pp. 115–122. Hugo Montgomery, ‘Silver, coins and the wealth of a city state’, pp. 123–133. P.A. Mountjoy, ‘The bronze greaves from Athens. A case for a LHIIIC date’, pp. 135–146. Bogdan Rutkowski, ‘Das Siedlungswesen von Amnissos in Neolithikum und Bronzezeit’, pp. 147–153. Charlotte Scheffer, ‘Aegean, bronze-age, spit supports with scalloped tops’, pp. 155–162. Johan Henrik Schreiner, ‘Historical methods, Hellanikos, and the era of Kimon’, pp. 163–171. Gisela Walberg, ‘The Tod Treasure…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. The Greek Renaissance of the eight century B.C. Tradition and innovation. Proceedings of the Second International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens Edited by Robin Hägg Abstract ”The Greek Renaissance” designates the formative period of the Greek society of historical times during the latter half of the eight century B.C. The 24 papers originally read at a symposium deal with various aspects of this period; they are followed by transcripts of the discussions of the symposium. The contributors are specialists in ancient history, archaeology, philology, epigraphy, art history and history of religion. Among the topics dealt with are historical reasons for the rediscovery of the Mycenaean past in the age of Homer, the regional pottery styles, burial customs and attitudes to death, Oriental traits in epic poetry, the origin and early spread of the alphabet, Late Geometric art, especially vase painting, early Greek religion, especially cult images and altars, the growth of the pan-Hellenic santuaries, diviners and magicians, the working of bronze and ironin sanctuaries, obeloi as pre-monetary currency, the size and growth of populations, Homeric medicine, cult of the ancestors,  the symposion as social organization, the customs…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia 14 Contents Paul Åström & R.E. Jones, ‘A Mycenaean tomb and its Near Eastern connections’, pp. 7–9. Jerker Blomqvist, ‘Translation Greek in the trilingual inscription of Xanthus’, pp. 11–20. Pavlos Flourentzos, ‘Selected antiquities of Red Polished ware from Cypriote private collections’, pp. 21–26. Robin Hägg, ‘On the nature of the Minoan influence in Early Mycenaean Messenia’, pp. 27–37. Erik J. Holmberg & Irma Wehgartner, ‘Some vases in the Classical collection of the Röhss Museum in Göteborg’, pp. 39–47. Pat Johnson, ‘The Middle Cypriote pottery found in Palestine’, pp. 49–72. Antonio G. Sagona, ‘Levantine storage jars of the 13th to 4th century B.C.’, pp. 73–110. Veit Stürmer, ‘Zur Ikonographie des Kampfes auf dem Siegelring CMS I, Nr. 16’, pp. 111–118. Berit Wells, ‘Stamped amphora handles from Asine’, pp. 119–128. Robin Hägg, ‘The Swedish Institute in Athens. Report for the academic years 1978-79 and 1979-80’, pp. 129–132. Bibliographical information Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 14 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 29), Jonsered 1982. ISSN 0586-0539. ISBN 9789185086443.