Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 21, 1996 Contents Edmund F. Bloedow, ‘‘Olympian’ thoughts: Plutarch on Pericles’ Congress Decree’ Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Paul Åström & Gisela Walberg, ‘Excavations in Midea 1994’ Lola Eriksson, ‘The Greek perception of nature—an ideological strategy? Preliminary outline for a working hypothesis’ Jeannette Forsén, ‘Prehistoric Asea revisited’ Jeannette Forsén, Björn Forsén & Mika Lavento, ‘The Asea valley survey: a preliminary report of the 1994 season’ Göran Henriksson & Mary Blomberg, ‘Evidence for Minoan astronomical observations from the peak sanctuaries on Petsophas and Traostalos’ Elizabeth Kosmetatou, ‘Midea in the post-Bronze-Age period. A preliminary report’ Peter Liljenstolpe & Patric von Schmalensee, ‘The Roman stoa of Poleites at Labraynda. A report in its architecture with an appendix by Johan Flemberg’ Arto Penttinen, ‘Excavations on the Acropolis of Asine in 1990’ Charlotte Scheffer, ‘Return or no return. The so-called ephedrismos group and the Hephaisteion’ Berit Wells, Gunnel Ekroth & Kai Holmgren, ‘The Berbati Valley Project: the 1994 season’ Book reviews E. Schorfield, ‘A.-L. Schallin, Islands under influence. The Cyclades in the late Bronze Age and the nature of the Mycenaean presence’ Carole Gillis, ‘T.P. Hutchinson,…