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 9 Contents Hugo Montgomery, ‘Thronbesteigung und Klagen. Eine orientalische Sitte von nicht-orientalischen Quellen wiedergegeben’, pp. 1-19. D.M. Bailey, ‘Some grave groups from Chauchitza in Macedonia’, pp. 21-40. Jan Bouzek, ‘The beginnings of the Protogeometric pottery and the “Dorian Ware”‘, pp. 41-57. Paavo Roos, ‘Topographical and other notes on South-eastern Caria’, pp. 59-93. Bengt Julius Peterson, ‘Ägyptische Stelen und Stelenfragmente aus Stockholmer Sammlungen’, pp. 95-123. Gisela Walberg, ‘Two Attic lamps from Markopoulo’, pp. 125-126. Eliezer D. Oren, ‘Cypriot imports in the Palestinian Late Bronze I context’, pp. 127-150. Paul Åström, ‘Pot marks of the Late Bronze Age from Cyprus’, pp. 151-160. Bibliographical information Opuscula Atheniensia 9 (Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4°, 15), Jonsered 1969. ISSN 0586-0539.