Book reviews
Content / 2023-11-06

Opuscula 16 is published by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. View volume at ERIH PLUS. All content available with open access. Book reviews Vassilis Petrakis | J.C. Wright & M. Dabney with contributions by P. Acheson, S.E. Allen, K.M. Forste, P. Halstead, S.M.A. Hoffmann, A. Karabatsoli, K. Kaza-Papageorgiou, B. Lis, R. Mersereau, H. Mommsen, J.B. Rutter, T. Theodoropoulou & J.E. Tomlinson, The Mycenaean settlement on Tsoungiza Hill (Nemea Valley Archaeological Project, 3), Princeton, New Jersey: The American School of Classical Studies at Athens 2020. xlii + 1,191 pp., 503 b/w figs, 150 tables. ISBN 978-0-87661-924-7 (cloth). https://doi.org/10.2972/j.ctv22wtqv8 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-16-12 Jenifer Neils | E. Rystedt, Excursions into Greek and Roman imagery (Classical Foundations), Abingdon: Routledge 2023. 272 pp. 90 b/w illus. ISBN 979-0-414-40906-3 (pb). https://doi.org/10.4324/b22992 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-16-13 Georgia Galani | V. Evangelidis, The archaeology of Roman Macedonia. Urban and rural environments, Oxbow Books: Oxford & Philadelphia 2022, 223 pp., ISBN 978-1-78925-801-1. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv2v6pckz https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-16-14 Anas Al Khabour | S. Minna, ed., Challenges, strategies and high-tech applications for saving the cultural heritage of Syria. Proceedings of the workshop held at the 10th ICAANE in Vienna, April 2016 (Oriental and European Archaeology, 21), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences 2022, 247 pp. ISBN: 978-3-7001-8374-7. https://doi.org/10.1553/978oeaw83747 https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-16-15 Bibliographical information ‘Book reviews’, Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome (OpAthRom) 16,…

Bulls and rams
Article , Content / 2021-10-21

Opuscula 14 is published with open access. Printed edition distributed by Eddy.se AB. Also available at Amazon.com, Adlibris, and Bokus. View volume at ERIH PLUS. Bulls and rams. The sacrifice to Erechtheus By Jenifer Neils (American School of Classical Studies at Athens, Greece) Abstract The earliest literary reference to animal sacrifice in Athens is the passage in Homer’s Iliad (2.550–551) that mentions Athenian youths propitiating their legendary king Erechtheus with bulls and rams. It is surprising that this passage has not been associated with the north frieze of the Parthenon, where twelve young men are leading four bovines and four sheep to sacrifice, in contrast with the ten cows on the south frieze which clearly represent the hecatomb for Athena Polias at the Panathenaia. While it is difficult to ascertain the sex of these eight animals, the horns and size of the sheep suggest that they are male. Given the prominence of the cult of the hero Erechtheus on the north side of the Acropolis, it is reasonable to identify these sacrificial animals as an offering to the pater patriae of the Athenians. Bibliographical information Jenifer Neils, ’Bulls and rams. The sacrifice to Erechtheus’, Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and…