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. 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 14, 2021   Contents Articles Gourimadi Archaeological Project. The results from the first excavation season (2018) of a prehistoric site in the Karystia, southern Euboea By Žarko Tankosić, Fanis Mavridis, Paschalis Zafeiriadis & Aikaterini Psoma, pp. 7–26, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-14-02   The Kalaureia Excavation Project. A preliminary report of the work carried out in Area L between 2015 and 2018 By Anton Bonnier, Therese Emanuelsson-Paulson, Dimitra Mylona & Arto Penttinen, pp. 27–54, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-14-03   Some preliminary notes on the limited 2020 campaign of the Palamas Archaeological Project (PAP) By Maria Vaïopoulou, Robin Rönnlund, Fotini Tsiouka, Derek Pitman, Sotiria Dandou, Rich Potter & Johan Klange, pp. 55–63, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-14-04   An ancient cityscape and its people: A study of ancient Hermione. Introductory remarks on historical sources and visible remains, archaeological research and prospects By Alcestis Papadimitriou, pp. 65–76, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-14-05   The topography of Hermione—A preliminary outline By Henrik Gerding,…

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 13, 2020   Contents Articles The 2016–2018 Greek-Swedish archaeological project at Thessalian Vlochos, Greece By Maria Vaïopoulou, Helene Whittaker, Robin Rönnlund, Fotini Tsiouka, Johan Klange, Derek Pitman, Rich Potter, Lawrence Shaw, Josephine Hagan, Ellen Siljedahl, Matilda Forssén, Sujatha Chandrasekaran, Sotiria Dandou, Veronica Forsblom Ljungdahl, Asta Pavilionytė, Hayden Scott-Pratt, Elisabet Schager & Harry Manley, pp. 7–72, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-13-02   The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2019: Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke (The Söderberg Expedition). Preliminary results By Peter M. Fischer & Teresa Bürge, with contributions by L. Recht, B. Placiente Robedizo, C. Eriksson, L. Andersson, M. Svensson, L. Avial Chicharro, S. Hermon, M. Polig & D. Kofel pp. 73–111, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-13-03   A Mycenaean pictorial vase from Midea By Katie Demakopoulou, pp. 113–121, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-13-04   A Protocorinthian aryballos with a myth scene from Tegea By Erik Østby, pp. 123–138, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-13-05   Religion and family politics in Hellenistic Kalaureia….

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,…

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 6, 2013   Contents Articles The agency of Greek and Roman statues. From Homer to Constantine By Jan N. Bremmer, pp. 7–21, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-06-02   Fragments with horses and wolf’s teeth. Black impasto and its association with periods and buildings in the monumental area at Acquarossa By Margareta Strandberg Olofsson, pp. 23–43, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-06-03   The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2012. Excavations at Hala Sultan Tekke. Preliminary results By Peter M. Fischer, Teresa Bürge, I. Trinks, B. Stolle, K. Heiß, J.A.I. van der Does & D.M. Blattner, pp. 45–79, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-06-04   Archaic pottery and terracottas from the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia By Alexandra Alexandridou, pp. 81–150, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-06-05   Textual evidence for Aegean Late Bronze Age ritual processions By Jörg Weilhartner, pp. 151–173, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-06-06   A moving story about exotica. Objects’ long-distance production chains and associated identities at Tiryns, Greece By Ann Brysbaert & Melissa Vetters, pp….

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. Current approaches to religion in ancient Greece. Papers presented at a symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 17–19 April 2008 Edited by Matthew Haysom & Jenny Wallensten Abstract In recent years Greek religion has emerged as one of the main topics for the study of ancient Greek society as a whole. This flourishing interest is certainly due to the recognition of the centrality of religion to Greek culture: religious beliefs and practices were connected to almost every aspect of the Greek world. This volume brings together fourteen contributions from a group of upcoming international scholars, presented at a conference held in the Swedish Institute at Athens and the British School at Athens in 2008. The papers take a wide range of approaches: archaeological, epigraphic, iconographical, philological and historical. They demonstrate the diversity of the subject, covering such issues as nineteenth-century historiography, cult epithets, the pantheon, regionalism, polis religion, the performance of ritual, the use of music in ritual, the accessibility of sacred space, and the visual aspects of dedications. The contributions bring new theoretical perspectives, seek to better understand ritual, and highlight the variety of Greek religion. Contents…

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…