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

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 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 13 Contents Dimitri Anson, ‘The Rude Style Late Cypriot IIC-III pottery: an analytical typology’, pp. 1–18. Hjördis von Arbin, ‘An Early Cypriote milk bowl’, pp. 19–21. Paul Åström, ‘Cyprus and Troy’, pp. 23–28. Paul Åström & Ino Nicolaou, ‘Lead sling bullets from Hala Sultan Tekke’, pp. 29–33. Erland Billig, ‘Die Bühne mit austauschbaren Kulissen. Eine verkannte Bühne des Frühhellenismus?’, pp. 35–83. Barbara Bohen, ‘A Geometric horse pyxis from Asine’, pp. 85–89. Ann Brown & Hector Catling, ‘Additions to the Cypriot collection in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1963-77’, pp. 91–137. Peter M. Fischer, ‘Eine Untersuchung der Kieferfragmente und Zähne aus zwei Gräbern von Trypes bei Dromolaxia, Cypern’, pp. 139–148. Peter M. Fischer, ‘The use of a metal detector in archaeology’, pp. 149–153. John M. Fossey, ‘Mycenaean fortifications of the North East Kopais’, pp. 155–162. Carole Gillis, ‘A Mycenaean forgery’, pp. 163–170. R.S. Merrillees, ‘Representation of the human form in prehistoric Cyprus’, pp. 171–184. Elvy Nyqvist, ‘Human teeth from Kition’, pp. 185–188. Erik Østby, ‘The Athenaion of Karthaia’, pp. 189–223. Thanasis J. Papadopoulos & Richard E. Jones, ‘Rhodiaka in Achaea’, pp. 225–235. Gösta Säflund, ‘Sacrificial banquets in the “Palace…