Opuscula is published by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, with the aid of a grant from the Swedish Research Council. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. View journal at ERIH PLUS. All content available with open access at the platform Publicera, hosted by the National Library of Sweden, use links below. Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 18, 2025   Contents Articles The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition: The 2023 and 2024 excavations at the Late Bronze Age cemetery of Hala Sultan Tekke. Preliminary results By Peter M. Fischer & Rainer Feldbacher with contributions by Teresa Bürge, Jaris Darwin, Ane Dybkjær, Ropertos Georgiou, Sorin Hermon, Dominika Kofel, Kirsi O. Lorentz, Yuko Miyauchi, Raphael Moreau, Rahaf Orabi & Valentina Vassallo, pp. 7–84, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-18-02   The Palamas Archaeological Project 2024. A preliminary report of the Greek–Swedish collaboration in the municipality of Palamas, region of Karditsa, Thessaly By Maria Vaïopoulou, Robin Rönnlund, Fotini Tsiouka, Johan Klange, Derek Pitman, Ian Randall, Hilde van der Heul, Danai Kalogerini Samouri, Kleoniki Tserga & Rich Potter, pp. 85–121, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-18-03   The Ancient Pergamos Project. Fieldwork report for 2024 By Patrik Klingborg, Georgia Galani, Stavroula Dadaki & Penelope Malama, pp. 123–143, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-18-04   A possible new ritual scene from the Mycenaean settlement at Kontopigado,…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. All content available with open access, use links below. “The pen fell from my hand when I was in my eighty-sixth year.” Revisiting the work of Martin P. Nilsson Edited by Jenny Wallensten & Gunnel Ekroth https://doi.org/10.30549/actaath-8-24 2017 marked the 50th anniversary of both the death of Martin P. Nilsson, the eminent Swedish scholar of ancient Greek religion, and the publication of the third edition of his monumental Geschichte der griechischen Religion. Nilsson’s scholarly output was huge, with a production of around 20 items annually, and he touched upon most aspects of the study of ancient Greek religion, be it in a book or an article, in a footnote or an in-depth argument. This volume constitutes a re-reading of Nilsson in the light of new ancient evidence, and modern methods and theoretical approaches. Five leading researchers in this field of religion revisit major works of Nilsson’s oeuvre—Geschichte der griechischen Religion, vols 1 and 2 (Jon Mikalson and Eftychia Stavrianopoulou), Greek folk religion (Vinciane Pirenne-Delforge), Minoan-Mycenaean religion (Matthew Haysom) and Greek piety (Michael D. Konaris)—in order to explore whether his works today are mainly touched upon with just the usual…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. All content is available with open access, use links below. From snout to tail. Exploring the Greek sacrificial animal from the literary, epigraphical, iconographical, archaeological, and zooarchaeological evidence Edited by Jan-Mathieu Carbon & Gunnel Ekroth https://doi.org/10.30549/actaath-4-60 Animal sacrifice fundamentally informed how the ancient Greeks defined themselves, their relation to the divine, and the structure of their society. Adopting an explicitly cross-disciplinary perspective, the present volume explores the practical execution and complex meaning of animal sacrifice within ancient Greek religion (c. 1000 BC–AD 200). The objective is twofold. First, to clarify in detail the use and meaning of body parts of the animal within sacrificial ritual. This involves a comprehensive study of ancient Greek terminology in texts and inscriptions, representations on pottery and reliefs, and animal bones found in sanctuaries. Second, to encourage the use and integration of the full spectrum of ancient evidence in the exploration of Greek sacrificial rituals, which is a prerequisite for understanding the complex use and meaning of Greek animal sacrifice. Twelve contributions by experts on the literary, epigraphical, iconographical, archaeological and zooarchaeological evidence for Greek animal sacrifice explore the treatment of legs, including feet and…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. All content is available with open access, use links below. The stuff of the gods. The material aspects of religion in ancient Greece Edited by Matthew Haysom, Maria Mili & Jenny Wallensten https://doi.org/10.30549/actaath-4-59 The “material turn” in the humanities and social sciences has brought about an expanded understanding of the material dimension of all cultural and social phenomena. In the Classics it has resulted in the breaking down of boundaries within the discipline and a growing interest in materiality within literature. In the study of religion cross-culturally new perspectives are emphasising religion as a material phenomenon and belief as a practice founded in the material world. This volume brings together experts in all aspects of Greek religion to consider its material dimensions. Chapters cover both themes traditionally approached by archaeologists, such as dedications and sacred space, and themes traditionally approached by philologists, such as the role of objects in divine power. They include a wide variety of themes ranging from the imminent material experience of religion for ancient Greek worshippers to the role of material culture in change and continuity over the long term. Chapter abstracts and author affiliations…

Opuscula is published by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, with the aid of a grant from the Swedish Research Council. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. View journal at ERIH PLUS. All content available with open access at the platform Publicera, hosted by the National Library of Sweden, use links below. Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 7, 2014   Contents Articles Ancestors at the gate. Form, function and symbolism of the imagines moiorum. A comparative analysis of Etruscan and Roman funerary art By Chiara M. Mazzeri, pp. 7–22, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-07-02   Labraunda 2012–2013. A preliminary report on the work at the sanctuary By Lars Karlsson, Jesper Blid Kullberg, Baptiste Vergnaud, Agneta Freccero & Fredrik Tobin, pp. 23–59, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-07-03   The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2013. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke. Preliminary results By Peter M. Fischer, Teresa Bürge, R. Árnadóttir, M. Mehofer, F. Köstelbauer, A. Satraki, L. Mazzotta A.Trecarichi, D. Blattner, B. Stolle & A. Miltiadous Johansson, pp. 61–106, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-07-04   The solidus hoard of Casa delle Vestali in context By Svante Fischer, pp. 107–127, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-07-05   The Swedish Jordan Expedition 2013 at Tall Abu al-Kharaz. Preliminary results from Areas 9, 10 and 11 By Peter M. Fischer & Teresa Bürge,…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. All content is available with open access, use links below. Bones, behaviour and belief. The zooarchaeological evidence as a source for ritual practice in ancient Greece and beyond Edited by Gunnel Ekroth & Jenny Wallensten https://doi.org/10.30549/actaath-4-55 Abstract The importance of the zooarchaeological evidence as a source for ritual practices in ancient Greece is gradually becoming widely recognized. Animal bones form the only category of evidence for Greek cult which is constantly significantly increasing, and they can complement and elucidate the information provided by texts, inscriptions and images. This volume brings together sixteen contributions exploring ritual practices and animal bones from different chronological and geographical perspectives, foremost ancient Greece in the historical period, but also in the Bronze Age and as early as the Neolithic period, as well as Anatolia, France and Scandinavia, providing new empirical evidence from a number of major sanctuaries and cult-places. On a methodological level, the complexity of identifying ritual activity from the zooarchaeological evidence is a recurrent theme, as is the prominence of local variation visible in the bone material, suggesting that the written sources and iconography may offer simplified or idealized versions of the…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. Perspectives on ancient Greece. Papers in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Swedish Institute at Athens Edited by Ann-Louise Schallin Abstract This volume presents current research related to Greek prehistory and Classical Archaeology and thus serves as a crosssection of the research strategies, which the Swedish Institute at Athens promotes. The topics relate to research, which span from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic times. The reason for putting this publication together is twofold: one aim is to publish the papers, which were put forward by a select number of Swedish scholars who were invited to give lectures at the Swedish Institute at Athens during the celebrations commemorating the Institute’s 60th anniversary on 10 May 2008. The second aim is to honour professor emeritus Robin Hägg, who was the director at the Swedish Institute at Athens from 1976 to 1994. This book thus consists of articles based on the lectures, which were held at the Swedish Institute celebrations on May 10 2008 and also of a number of articles by scholars who wished to celebrate Robin Hägg and who thus joined the venture. Contents ‘Acknowledgements’, p. 7 Ann-Louise Schallin,…

Opuscula is published by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, with the aid of a grant from the Swedish Research Council. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. View journal at ERIH PLUS. All content available with open access at the platform Publicera, hosted by the National Library of Sweden, use links below. Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 5, 2012   Contents Articles Dancing with decorum. The eclectic usage of kalathiskos dancers and pyrrhic dancers in Roman visual culture By Julia Habetzeder, pp. 7–47, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-05-02   Labraunda 2011. A preliminary report on the Swedish excavations Lars Karlsson, Jesper Blid, Olivier Henry & Ragnar Hedlund, pp. 49–87, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-05-03   The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2011. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke. Preliminary results By Peter M. Fischer, Teresa Bürge, L. Franz & Rainer Feldbacher, pp. 89–112, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-05-04   Euergetism and city-walls in the Italian city of Telesia By Richard Ramanius, pp. 113–122, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-05-05   The water-mills on the Lamas River in Cilicia By Paavo Roos, pp. 123–131, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-05-06   The impact of restoration. The example of the dancing satyr in the Uffizi By Julia Habetzeder, pp. 133–163, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-05-07   The Swedish Jordan Expedition 2009 and 2010 at Tall Abu al-Kharaz. Preliminary results from the…

Opuscula is published by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome, with the aid of a grant from the Swedish Research Council. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. View journal at ERIH PLUS. All content available with open access at the platform Publicera, hosted by the National Library of Sweden, use links below. Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 2, 2009   Contents Articles Excavations in Midea 2007 By Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Monica Nilsson & Ann-Louise Schallin, pp. 7–30, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-02   Radiocarbon analysis and the history of the East Cemetery, Asine By Sofia Voutsaki, Søren Dietz & Albert J. Nijboer, pp. 31–56, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-03   Labraunda 2008. A preliminary report on the Swedish excavations By Lars Karlsson, Jesper Blid & Olivier Henry, pp. 57–87, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-04   Report on the excavations in the years 2007 and 2008 southeast of the Temple of Poseidon at Kalaureia By Arto Penttinen, Berit Wells, Dimitra Mylona, Petra Pakkanen, Jari Pakkanen, Arja Karivieri, Anne Hooton, Emanuel Savini & Tatiana Theodoropoulou, pp. 89–141, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-05   A smiting-god-figurine found in the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia By Berit Wells & Andreas Karydas, pp. 143–154, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-02-06   A new inscribed statue base from the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia By Jenny Wallensten…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 28, 2003 Contents Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou & Ann-Louise Schallin | Excavations in Midea 2002 (pp. 7-28) Berit Wells, Arto Penttinen & Marie Françoise Billot | Investigations in the sanctuary of Poseidon on Kalaureia 1997-2001 (pp. 29-87) Charles M. Adelman | The find group pottery from the Swedish excavations at Sina, Cyprus: significant sherds selected by Arne Furumark for his working notebook (pp. 89-171) Robert Parker | The problem of the Greek cult epithet (pp. 173-183) Birgitta L. Sjöberg | Settlement activity at Late Helladic Asine in the Argolid (pp. 185-201) Book reviews Lyvia Morgan | N. Marinatos, The Goddess and the Warrior. The naked goddess and Mistress of Animals in early Greek religion (pp. 203-204) Gunnel Ekroth | M. Deoudi, Heroenkulte in homerischer Zeit (pp. 204-207) Björn Forsén | Y.A. Pikoulas, Αρκαδια. Συλλογὴ μελετών (pp. 207-208) Björn Forsén | Y.A. Pikoulas, Λεξικό των οικισμών της Πελοποννήσου: παλαιά και νέα τοπωνύμια & F.A. Cooper (ed.), Houses of the Morea. Vernacular architecture of the northwest Peloponnesos (1205-1955) (pp. 209-210) Izabella Donkow | V. Tatton-Brown (ed.), Cyprus in the 19th century AD:…