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 4, 2011   Contents Articles A courtyard gate at Thourioi By Henrik Gerding, pp.  7–18, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-04-02   Labraunda 2010. A preliminary report on the Swedish excavations By Lars Karlsson, Jesper Blid & Olivier Henry, pp. 19–67, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-04-03   The New Swedish Cyprus Expedition 2010. Excavations at Dromolaxia Vizatzia/Hala Sultan Tekke. Preliminary results By Peter M. Fischer, P. Klingborg, F. Kärfve, F. Kärfve, C. Hagberg, O. Svensson, S. Macheridis & L. Franz, pp. 69–98, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-04-04   Representing consulship. On the conception and meanings of the consular diptychs By Cecilia Olovsdotter, pp. 99–123, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-04-05   Is it possible to believe in a syncretistic god? A discussion on conceptual and contextual aspects of Hellenistic syncretism By Petra Pakkanen, pp. 125–141, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-04-06   Italian dreams, Roman longings. Vilhelm Lundström and the first Swedish philological-archaeological course in Rome, 1909 By Anna Holst Blennow & Frederick Whitling, pp. 143–158, https://doi.org/10.30549/opathrom-04-07…

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…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. Encounters with Mycenaean figures and figurines. Papers presented at a seminar at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 27–29 April 2001 Edited by Ann-Louise Schallin & Petra Pakkanen Abstract This volume presents fourteen articles which discuss Mycenaean figurines from various points of view. They focus on different aspects of the figurines, elaborating on their function, contextual characteristics, production, use-life, classification, topography, and history of scholarship. The articles are based on papers given at a workshop at the Swedish Institute at Athens in April 2001 entitled ‘Cultic Space and Mycenaean Figurines’. The idea of having a workshop arose from the fact that several of the participants were involved at the time with the documentation of various figurine types from the so-called Potter’s Workshop at Mastos in the Berbati Valley in the Argolid. The number and variety of the Mycenaean figurines from Mastos is impressive, particularly as the excavation had covered only a small area. The excavator, Å. Åkerström, proposed that the site had a cultic function in addition to its role as a production centre. In order to better understand the characteristics and identity of Mastos, scholars were invited to discuss…

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Astrom Editions. Opuscula Atheniensia. Annual of the Swedish Institute at Athens 25–26, 2000–2001 Contents Therese Åkerstedt, ‘Hellenistic-Roman chamber toms at Milas: Swedish excavations 1938’, pp. 9–23 Yvonne Backe-Forsberg, Christina Risberg & Yannis Bassiakos, ‘Metal-working at Asine. Report on the remains of iron production from the Barbouna area and the area east of the Acropolis’, pp. 25–34 Katie Demakopoulou, Nicoletta Divari-Valakou, Paul Åström & Gisela Walberg, ‘Work in Midea 1997–1999: excavation, conservation, restoration’, pp. 35–52 Niklas Hillbom, ‘Minoan and Eastern Mediterranean games and game boards: a history of research’, pp. 53–65 Kerstin Höghammar, ‘A note on the border conflict between Argos and Sparta in the second century B.C.’, pp. 67–70 Petra Pakkanen, ‘The relationship between continuity and change in Dark Age Greek religion: a methodological study’, pp. 71–88 ‘Introduction: Mycenaean pictorial pottery’, p. 89 Vassos Karageorghis, ‘The Mycenaean pottery of the pictorial style: achievements and perspectives’, pp. 91–93 Hans Mommsen & Joseph Maran, ‘Production places of some Mycenaean pictorial vessels: the contribution of chemical pottery analysis’, pp. 95–106 Lucia Vagnetti, ‘Preliminary remarks on Mycenaean pictorial pottery from the central Mediterranean’, pp. 107–115 Miscellanea Evangelos Kyriakidis, ‘Pithos or baetyl? On the interpretation of…