- Τομέας Ελληνικής και Ρωμαϊκής Αρχαιότητας, Ινστιτούτο Ιστορικών Ερευνών, Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών, Βασιλέως Κωνσταντίνου 48, 116-35, Αθήνα
National Hellenic Research Foundation, Section of Greek and Roman Antiquity, Institute of Historical Research, National Hellenic Research Foundation, Vasileos Constantinou 48, 116 35, Athens
- Classical Archaeology, Self Representation, Funerary Archaeology, Greek and Latin Epigraphy, Iconography, Greek and Roman Painting, and 27 moreHistory and Archaeology of Ancient Macedonia, Greek and Roman Sculpture, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Burial Practices (Archaeology), Funerary Practices, Mortuary archaeology, Burial Customs, Funeral Practices, Ancient Religion, Epigraphy, Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Religion, Greek History, Greek Sculpture, Roman Archaeology, Sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Architecture, Classics: Ancient History and Archaeology, Roman Architecture, Greek and Roman Art and Architecture, Ancient Greek Iconography, History of Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Ancient Greek Painting, and Lebanonedit
Figured Tombstones from Macedonia, Fifth-First Century BC brings together for the first time a substantial body of material from ancient Macedonia, comprising stone funerary monuments, be they statues, stelai, or reliefs, which feature... more
Figured Tombstones from Macedonia, Fifth-First Century BC brings together for the first time a substantial body of material from ancient Macedonia, comprising stone funerary monuments, be they statues, stelai, or reliefs, which feature figured representations. The volume's geographical focus encompasses what can be referred to as the national territory of the ancient Macedonians, as established largely from the reign of Philip II until the last Antigonids, and extending from the range of Mount Pindos and Lake Lychnitis in the west as far as the Strymon valley and Mount Pangaion in the east. Its broad chronological scope stretches back to prehistoric times, when stone funerary monuments seem to have first appeared in the area, and into the first century AD, when significant changes in the modes which shaped (self-)representation in a funerary context can be traced. However, the volume takes as its main focus the Classical and Hellenistic periods, describing and unravelling the codes which moulded the representation of the dead on tombstones dating from the fifth to the first century BC. Paying close attention to the wealth of information that can be gained through morphological, typological, iconographical, and epigraphic analysis, the volume goes beyond artistic evaluation to consider social history: social and gender roles, social status, cultural identity, regionalism or consciously constructed cosmopolitanism, shifts in religious behaviour, and attitudes towards death and a possible afterlife are all addressed, revealing the ideas that shaped aesthetic predilections and the choice of (self-)representation.
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Myrina Kalaitzi, Paschalis Paschidis, Claudia Antonetti, Anne-Marie Guimier-Sorbets (eds.), Βορειοελλαδικά. Tales from the lands of the ethne. Essays in honour of Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos / Histoires du monde des ethné. Études en l’honneur de Miltiade B. Hatzopoulos. Μελετήματα 78 (Athens 2018).more
Βορειοελλαδικά brings together the papers presented at the International Conference held in 2015 in honour of Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos, former Director of the Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity of the National Hellenic Research... more
Βορειοελλαδικά brings together the papers presented at the International Conference held in 2015 in honour of Miltiades B. Hatzopoulos, former Director of the Centre for Greek and Roman Antiquity of the National Hellenic Research Foundation – currently Section of Greek and Roman Antiquity of the Institute of Historical Research/NHRF. The twenty-nine contributions collected in this volume have been authored by experts in the major disciplines of Classical Studies, focusing on the geographical area to which the honourand himself has primarily devoted his intellect, namely the northern Greek ‘continuum’ of Thessaly, Epirus, Macedonia and Thrace. Either venturing synthetic approaches or answers to more specific questions, authors in this volume are concerned with vital aspects of the organization of the ancient societies of the Greek North and, consequently, of our own understanding of these societies: language and onomastics; politics, institutions, economy; material culture and religion.
Research Interests: Ancient History, Classical Archaeology, Epigraphy (Archaeology), Onomastics, Greek Epigraphy, and 14 moreAncient Greek Religion, Ancient Greek History, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, History of Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Thrace, Ancient Greek Language, History of ancient Thrace, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, History of Epirus, Thessaly, archaeology of Macedonia and Thrace, Ancient History of Thessaly, Ancient Greek and Roman Political Systems, and Oracular tablets of Dodona
Research Interests: Ancient History, Greek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, and 14 moreAncient Greek History, History of Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, History of ancient Thrace, Thracian provinces of the Roman Empire, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Greek Sculpture, Macedonia, Roman Sculpture, Epigraphy, Macedonian archaeology, Ancient Macedonia, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Macedonian language
Research Interests: Epigraphy (Archaeology), Greek Epigraphy, Latin Epigraphy, Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Topography (Archaeology), and 11 moreHistory of Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Historical topography, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Macedonia, Epigraphy, archaeology of Macedonia and Thrace, Macedonian archaeology, Ancient Macedonia, Macedonian language, and Argead Macedonia
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Full text of articles online (as printed): https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/tekmiria/issue/view/1414 Focus and Scope The journal Tekmeria publishes scholarly articles pertaining to the study of the ancient world, with... more
Full text of articles online (as printed): https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/tekmiria/issue/view/1414
Focus and Scope
The journal Tekmeria publishes scholarly articles pertaining to the study of the ancient world, with particular emphasis on Ancient Greek history, epigraphy, numismatics, topography and historical geography, and especially on the publication, republication or exploitation of epigraphic and numismatic materials. All submitted articles that are relevant to the thematic areas covered by the journal are considered by the editorial board, provided they are original and have only been sent to Tekmeria for publication. Book reviews are not included in the journal.
Tekmeria accepts submissions in Greek, English, French, German and Italian.
Peer Review Process
The submitted articles are accepted for publication on the basis of the following criteria: (a) their relevance to the scope of Tekmeria as described above, and especially (b) their scholarly merit as substantiated by a blind peer review process. At this stage manuscripts are sent to two external reviewers, who are requested to submit their evaluation within 45 days, barring extraordinary circumstances.
After the review process is completed, authors are informed of the editorial board’s decision to accept, reject or request changes to the article, and also of the content of the referees’ reports. In case of conflicting reviews, the manuscript is sent to a third reviewer.
Reviewing principles
The authors’ identity is not disclosed to the reviewers nor is the identity of the reviewers disclosed to the authors.
The reviewers are not allowed to disseminate the article or its content prior to its final publication.
The Editorial Board does not intervene during the evaluation process.
The Editorial Board does not override the reviewers’ judgement. In case of a strong disagreement between the two reviewers, the article is sent to a third reviewer, who is informed about the disagreement.
Authors cannot disregard the reviewers’ suggestions without sufficient justification. The Editorial Board monitors the authors’ compliance with the reviewers’ suggestions.
Reviewing process
The Editorial Board seeks reviewers suitable to each article’s specific subject matter. If the reviewers reply affirmatively to the Board’s request, they are expected to send their review to the Editorial Board within 45 days, barring extraordinary circumstances. They are also expected to be available for any clarifications or follow-ups that may be required.
Content of the reviews
Reviews should consists of two parts: a) a preliminary evaluation, where the reviewers are asked to decide whether the submitted article should be accepted for publication or not. In the latter case they should expound on the reasons for the rejection. If the article is deemed acceptable for publications, the reviewers are expected to classify it into one of the following categories:
to be published without major revisions;
to be published with some major revisions;
to be published (for example, on account of the outstanding interest of the subject matter or of the documents published) only after a significant number of corrections and revisions.
b) the main review: In this part, the reviewers state in detail their observations and suggestions for correcting, complementing, and improving both the content (methodology, argumentation, documentation) and the language. Their suggestions may come either in a separate file (clearly denoting the passages to which they refer) or in the form of corrections, annotations and comments in the original file. In the former case it is recommended that suggestions pertaining to the content precede suggestions pertaining to the language, the style, details in the footnotes, etc.
Reviewers need not deal with the authors’ compliance to the journal’s guidelines, which is a responsibility of the Editorial Board.
Publication Frequency
Tekmeria folows the publish-as-you-go model (each article is uploaded to our web-site on completion of the editing process) and is issued biannually.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public contributes to global knowledge exchange. We encourage authors to deposit their articles, as well as data underlying the publications, in institutional and/or other appropriate subject repositories.
This journal does not have article processing charges (APCs) or article submission charges.
Focus and Scope
The journal Tekmeria publishes scholarly articles pertaining to the study of the ancient world, with particular emphasis on Ancient Greek history, epigraphy, numismatics, topography and historical geography, and especially on the publication, republication or exploitation of epigraphic and numismatic materials. All submitted articles that are relevant to the thematic areas covered by the journal are considered by the editorial board, provided they are original and have only been sent to Tekmeria for publication. Book reviews are not included in the journal.
Tekmeria accepts submissions in Greek, English, French, German and Italian.
Peer Review Process
The submitted articles are accepted for publication on the basis of the following criteria: (a) their relevance to the scope of Tekmeria as described above, and especially (b) their scholarly merit as substantiated by a blind peer review process. At this stage manuscripts are sent to two external reviewers, who are requested to submit their evaluation within 45 days, barring extraordinary circumstances.
After the review process is completed, authors are informed of the editorial board’s decision to accept, reject or request changes to the article, and also of the content of the referees’ reports. In case of conflicting reviews, the manuscript is sent to a third reviewer.
Reviewing principles
The authors’ identity is not disclosed to the reviewers nor is the identity of the reviewers disclosed to the authors.
The reviewers are not allowed to disseminate the article or its content prior to its final publication.
The Editorial Board does not intervene during the evaluation process.
The Editorial Board does not override the reviewers’ judgement. In case of a strong disagreement between the two reviewers, the article is sent to a third reviewer, who is informed about the disagreement.
Authors cannot disregard the reviewers’ suggestions without sufficient justification. The Editorial Board monitors the authors’ compliance with the reviewers’ suggestions.
Reviewing process
The Editorial Board seeks reviewers suitable to each article’s specific subject matter. If the reviewers reply affirmatively to the Board’s request, they are expected to send their review to the Editorial Board within 45 days, barring extraordinary circumstances. They are also expected to be available for any clarifications or follow-ups that may be required.
Content of the reviews
Reviews should consists of two parts: a) a preliminary evaluation, where the reviewers are asked to decide whether the submitted article should be accepted for publication or not. In the latter case they should expound on the reasons for the rejection. If the article is deemed acceptable for publications, the reviewers are expected to classify it into one of the following categories:
to be published without major revisions;
to be published with some major revisions;
to be published (for example, on account of the outstanding interest of the subject matter or of the documents published) only after a significant number of corrections and revisions.
b) the main review: In this part, the reviewers state in detail their observations and suggestions for correcting, complementing, and improving both the content (methodology, argumentation, documentation) and the language. Their suggestions may come either in a separate file (clearly denoting the passages to which they refer) or in the form of corrections, annotations and comments in the original file. In the former case it is recommended that suggestions pertaining to the content precede suggestions pertaining to the language, the style, details in the footnotes, etc.
Reviewers need not deal with the authors’ compliance to the journal’s guidelines, which is a responsibility of the Editorial Board.
Publication Frequency
Tekmeria folows the publish-as-you-go model (each article is uploaded to our web-site on completion of the editing process) and is issued biannually.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public contributes to global knowledge exchange. We encourage authors to deposit their articles, as well as data underlying the publications, in institutional and/or other appropriate subject repositories.
This journal does not have article processing charges (APCs) or article submission charges.
Research Interests: Philology, Ancient History, Archaeology, Greek Literature, Greek Epigraphy, and 12 moreGreek Archaeology, Ancient numismatics (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Religion, Greek, Ancient Greek History, Ancient Greek Numismatics, Ancient Greek Language, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Rome, Epigraphy, Ancient Greek and Roman Numismatics, and Ancient Greek Literature, Classical Philology
The journal Tekmeria publishes scholarly articles pertaining to the study of the ancient world, with particular emphasis on Ancient Greek history, epigraphy, numismatics, topography and historical geography, and especially on the... more
The journal Tekmeria publishes scholarly articles pertaining to the study of the ancient world, with particular emphasis on Ancient Greek history, epigraphy, numismatics, topography and historical geography, and especially on the publication, republication or exploitation of epigraphic and numismatic materials. All submitted articles that are relevant to the thematic areas covered by the journal are considered by the editorial board, provided they are original and have only been sent to Tekmeria for publication. Book reviews are not included in the journal.
Print publication: ISSN: 1106-661X
Online ISSN: 1791-7573
Online link: https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/tekmiria/issue/view/1166
Articles in vol. 14:
Takuji Abe, Proskynēsis: From a Persian Court Protocol to a Greek Religious Practice, 1-45
Tolga Özhan, Late Antique and Early Byzantine Era Inscriptions at Assos, 47-68
Ηλίας Σβέρκος – Θωμαή Σαββοπούλου, Δύο ἐνεπίγραφα ἐπιτύμβια μνημεῖα ἀπὸ τὴν ἀρχαία Μόρρυλο, 69-91
Georgia Galani, A New Roman Provincial Coin from Pella, 93-105
Selénè Psoma, À propos des drachmai argyriou symmachikou, 107-148
Antigoni Zournatzi, Cyrus the Great as a “King of the City of Anshan”, 149-180
Charalampos I. Chrysafis, A Note on the History of Hellenistic Megara: The Date of the Antigonid Garrison in Aigosthena, 181-202
Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Notes on a Gladiatorial Inscription from Plotinopolis, 203-211
Christina Kokkinia, A Roman Financier’s Version of Euergetism: C. Vibius Salutaris and Ephesos, 215-252
Print publication: ISSN: 1106-661X
Online ISSN: 1791-7573
Online link: https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/tekmiria/issue/view/1166
Articles in vol. 14:
Takuji Abe, Proskynēsis: From a Persian Court Protocol to a Greek Religious Practice, 1-45
Tolga Özhan, Late Antique and Early Byzantine Era Inscriptions at Assos, 47-68
Ηλίας Σβέρκος – Θωμαή Σαββοπούλου, Δύο ἐνεπίγραφα ἐπιτύμβια μνημεῖα ἀπὸ τὴν ἀρχαία Μόρρυλο, 69-91
Georgia Galani, A New Roman Provincial Coin from Pella, 93-105
Selénè Psoma, À propos des drachmai argyriou symmachikou, 107-148
Antigoni Zournatzi, Cyrus the Great as a “King of the City of Anshan”, 149-180
Charalampos I. Chrysafis, A Note on the History of Hellenistic Megara: The Date of the Antigonid Garrison in Aigosthena, 181-202
Dimitrios Papanikolaou, Notes on a Gladiatorial Inscription from Plotinopolis, 203-211
Christina Kokkinia, A Roman Financier’s Version of Euergetism: C. Vibius Salutaris and Ephesos, 215-252
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The journal Tekmeria publishes scholarly articles pertaining to the study of the ancient world, with particular emphasis on Ancient Greek history, epigraphy, numismatics, topography and historical geography, and especially on the... more
The journal Tekmeria publishes scholarly articles pertaining to the study of the ancient world, with particular emphasis on Ancient Greek history, epigraphy, numismatics, topography and historical geography, and especially on the publication, republication or exploitation of epigraphic and numismatic materials. All submitted articles that are relevant to the thematic areas covered by the journal are considered by the editorial board, provided they are original and have only been sent to Tekmeria for publication. Book reviews are not included in the journal.
Print publication: ISSN: 1106-661X
Online ISSN: 1791-7573
Online link: https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/tekmiria/issue/view/1166
Print publication: ISSN: 1106-661X
Online ISSN: 1791-7573
Online link: https://ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr/index.php/tekmiria/issue/view/1166
Research Interests: Ancient History, Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Roman History, Greek Epigraphy, and 8 moreGreek Archaeology, Ancient Greek History, Ancient Roman Numismatics, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Ancient Topography, Ancient Greek History, Greek epigraphy, and Ancient Greek and Roman Numismatics
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Research Interests: Iconography, Multispectral Imaging, Painting, Funerary Archaeology, History of Sculpture, and 11 moreSculpture, History of Ancient Macedonia, Funerary Practices, Greek Sculpture, Greek and Roman Tombs, Iconography and Iconology, archaeology of Macedonia and Thrace, Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Greek Painting, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Sculptural polychromy
This article discusses the new findings on the iconography of the two figural friezes painted in the interior of the “Tomb of the Philosophers”, an early Hellenistic, monumental, built cist grave, situated in the east cemetery of Pella,... more
This article discusses the new findings on the iconography of the two figural friezes painted in the interior of the “Tomb of the Philosophers”, an early Hellenistic, monumental, built cist grave, situated in the east cemetery of Pella, Macedonia. A new technical investigation of the tomb’s wall paintings has allowed the revision of older readings of the two friezes. In the lower, main figural frieze new observations pertain to figure characterization, through features, dress and attributes, as well as to the scene’s setting. The figures of the frieze offer the earliest preserved gathering of intellectuals whose professional insignia cannot be missed, while the celestial globe shown on the west wall appears to be one of the earliest extant representations of the device and the earliest preserved in a funerary environment. The new identification proposed for the monuments shown in the upper, secondary frieze, which represents a horse race, aligns the frieze’s composition with established iconographic schemes of agonistic events, adds multiple levels of symbolism, and ties the Pella wall-paintings more tightly than previously believed with the “Torre Annunziata philosopher mosaic”, Pompeii, and its twin from Sarsina, Umbria. The bonds of astronomy/cosmology with political theory and with aspects of Macedonian royal ideology, in particular, are set in relief. Finally, it is argued that the physical vicinity of the “Tomb of the Philosophers” with the palace of Pella and the royal court informed the mode of burial of a man of thought with favourable relations to his times’ monarchy, as well as his mode of portrayal as “the astronomer” on the west wall, a figure that presents us with a Macedonian iconographic hybrid of a philosopher, resonating the Platonic concept of the “philosopher king”.
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Iconography, Multispectral Imaging, Funerary Archaeology, History of Astronomy, and 12 moreGraeco-Roman Mosaics and Wall Paintings, History of Ancient Macedonia, Astronomy, Funerary Practices, Macedonia, Iconography and Iconology, Wall Paintings, archaeology of Macedonia and Thrace, Mural painting, History of astrology and astronomy, Ancient Macedonia, and Ancient Greek Painting
The ‘Tomb of the Philosophers’, owing its name to the iconographic theme depicted on the interior of its walls, offers a rare example of high-quality early Hellenistic painting, which enhances our knowledge on the use of painting... more
The ‘Tomb of the Philosophers’, owing its name to the iconographic theme depicted on the interior of its walls, offers a rare example of high-quality early Hellenistic painting, which enhances our knowledge on the use of painting materials and techniques in Greece during the late 4th–early 3rd century BC. The tomb was excavated in 2001 by the 17th Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, in the area of the east cemetery of the ancient city of Pella and is among the largest built cist graves to have been found in the region to date. This article presents the results of a scientific investigation of the painting materials and techniques used in the tomb’s decoration by means of high-resolution visible- and raking-light imaging, broadband imaging (IRR, UIL, UVR, VIL), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy and SEM-EDAX microanalysis on a representative number of samples. The examination of the paintings testifies to the application of elaborate painting techniques and to the use of a varied and rich chromatic ‘palette’ (iron oxides, Egyptian blue, malachite, conichalcite, cinnabar, lead white, carbon-based black, a purple organic colorant, yellow-orange arsenic and vanadium-based pigments). Furthermore, iconographic elements of the paintings were better visualized, allowing for a more accurate description and interpretation of the decorative program of the tomb.
Research Interests: Archaeology, Classical Archaeology, Iconography, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Heritage Conservation, and 9 moreFunerary Archaeology, Greek Archaeology, World Cultural Heritage, Ancient Greek Iconography, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Mural painting, Macedonian archaeology, Ancient Macedonia, and Ancient Greek Painting
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Iconography, Greek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Sculpture, and 11 moreGreek Archaeology, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, History of Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Thessaly, Ancient Greek Cultural & Social History, Hellenistic Sculpture, Greco-Roman World, Classical Antiquity, Ancient Macedonia, and Ancient Greek Painting
Research Interests: Epigraphy (Archaeology), Greek Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Religion, History of Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, and 15 moreThracian History, Ancient Thrace, History of ancient Thrace, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Institutions, History and archaeology of Epirus, Thessaly, Macedonia, Epirus, archaeology of Macedonia and Thrace, Macedonian archaeology, Ancient Macedonia, Ancient History of Thessaly, Macedonian language, and Argead Macedonia
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Four new inscribed funerary stelai of the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods are published in this article, found re-employed in the fortification walls of the site ‘Kastro – Palaia’ in Volos. Two of them preserve relief scenes and... more
Four new inscribed funerary stelai of the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods are published in this article, found re-employed in the fortification walls of the site ‘Kastro – Palaia’ in Volos. Two of them preserve relief scenes and one of them would have originally carried painted decoration, which is no longer visible to the naked eye. The inscriptions are of simple formulas and the relief scenes present no grand artistic merits, nonetheless, the monuments have been accorded detailed discussion, as they bear upon a number of questions, which have either not yet been discussed in a systematic way or call for further investigation: the question of the original provenance of the tombstones in connection with the question of the identification of the settlement at ‘Kastro – Palaia’ and its relations to the neighbouring Macedonian royal foundation of Demetrias and its prosopography; the Attic and atticizing tradition and trend of the funerary monuments of the area; the relief scenes of the reclining banqueters, their character and relation to the painted scenes with the same subject from Demetrias; the question of the heroization of the ‘common dead’; and, last, the re-appropriation of the theme in the Roman Imperial period.
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Seventeen (17) inscribed monuments are presented in this article. Most of them (nos. 1-13) are findings from the area of the Citadel and of the Lower City of ancient Edessa, Macedonia, two of them come from the neighbouring site of modern... more
Seventeen (17) inscribed monuments are presented in this article. Most of them (nos. 1-13) are findings from the area of the Citadel and of the Lower City of ancient Edessa, Macedonia, two of them come from the neighbouring site of modern Arnissa and, lastly, another two come from the region of ancient Almopia, Macedonia. Dating to the Roman Imperial and Early Christian periods, most of them belong to the class of funerary monuments. Humble in their majority as they may be, they are hereby grouped together as they yield new material as to the onomastikon, funerary poetry, as well as to the sculptural production and funerary iconographic repertory of ancient Edessa and adjacent areas.
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'The Theme of the Banqueter on Hellenistic Macedonian Tombstones', in C.M. Draycott and M. Stamatopoulou (eds.), Dining and Death. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the ‘Funerary Banquet’ in Ancient Art, Burial and Belief, Colloquia Antiqua 16. Leuven: Peeters (2016) 481-521 (see now below for pdf).more
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Iconography, Funerary Archaeology, Greek Religion, Ancient Greek Religion, and 15 moreAncient Greek Iconography, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Funerary Practices, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Greek Sculpture, Funerary Banquet, Greek symposion, symposion Greek banquet, Totenmahlreliefs, Ancient Macedonia, Greek funerary rituals, Greek Funerary Sculpture, Self Representation, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Ancient Greek iconography and religion
Pdf (released 2019): 'The Theme of the Banqueter on Hellenistic Macedonian Tombstones', in C.M. Draycott and M. Stamatopoulou (eds.), Dining and Death. Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the ‘Funerary Banquet’ in Ancient Art, Burial and Belief, Colloquia Antiqua 16. Leuven: Peeters (2016) 481-521.more
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Iconography, Greek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, Ancient Greek Religion, and 13 moreAncient Greek Iconography, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, History of Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Greek Epigraphy, Funerary Practices, Greek Sculpture, Roman Sculpture, Funerary Banquet, archaeology of Macedonia and Thrace, Greek symposion, Ancient Greek Hero Cult, Ancient Macedonia, and Greek and Roman Sculpture
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IHR/NHRF and BSA, 'Autumn Lectures in Classics' 2020: Virtual Lecture by Christy Constantakopoulou, 'Gods, Slaves, Goats and Pirates in the Aegean Islands. Insular Life and Inter-island Connectivity in the Classical and Hellenistic Periods.' 9 November. See the link provided to watch it on YouTube.more
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Research Interests: Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Egyptian Archaeology, Funerary Archaeology, Portraiture, Egypt, and 13 moreGraeco-Roman Egypt, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Roman Painting, Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Fayum Mummy portraits, Ancient Egypt, Funerary Practices, Greek and Roman Portraiture, Mummies, Ancient Greek Painting, Greek and Roman Egypt, Funerary painting, and Funerary portrait
The Institute of Historical Research/NHRF kindly invites you to the presentation of five recent publications of the Northern Greece Programme of the Section of Greek and Roman Antiquity that will take place at the National Hellenic... more
The Institute of Historical Research/NHRF kindly invites you to the presentation of five recent publications of the Northern Greece Programme of the Section of Greek and Roman Antiquity that will take place at the National Hellenic Research Foundation (“Leonidas Zervas” Auditorium) on Monday, 3 December 2018, at 17.50.
The books will be presented by Mrs Vana Machaira, Acting Director of the Research Centre for Antiquity, Mr Pierre Briant, Prof. Emeritus at the Collège de France, Mr Olivier Picard, Prof. Emeritus at the University of Sorbonne (Paris IV), Academician, Mr Robin Lane Fox, Prof. Emeritus at the University of Oxford, Mrs Selene Psoma, Prof. at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
The books will be presented by Mrs Vana Machaira, Acting Director of the Research Centre for Antiquity, Mr Pierre Briant, Prof. Emeritus at the Collège de France, Mr Olivier Picard, Prof. Emeritus at the University of Sorbonne (Paris IV), Academician, Mr Robin Lane Fox, Prof. Emeritus at the University of Oxford, Mrs Selene Psoma, Prof. at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
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In the past few years various groups with opposing aims in a number of countries have claimed that they are the champions of democracy, 'rule by the peo-ple', and there is huge confusion and disagreement about who are 'the people' and... more
In the past few years various groups with opposing aims in a number of countries have claimed that they are the champions of democracy, 'rule by the peo-ple', and there is huge confusion and disagreement about who are 'the people' and what really constitutes their 'rule'. In this talk Angie Hobbs argues that Plato, despite the fact that his experience was of direct democracy and not the liberal representational democracy that emerged in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, can be of great assistance in helping us think through these issues: although he is no fan of (direct) democracy, his analysis of its charms and weaknesses is nevertheless illuminating and his account of how democracy can be subverted into a far worse tyranny by a cynical and opportunistic demagogue is devastating. Plato also helps us understand what is really involved in 'rule' based on reason and evidence, and what kind of political, social and educational conditions are necessary to achieve it.
[ Π ε ρ ί λ η ψ η ] Η Δημοκρατία, η Δημαγωγία και ο Πλάτων Τα τελευταία χρόνια ποικίλα μορφώματα με αντικρουόμενους στόχους σε διά-φορες χώρες ισχυρίζονται ότι είναι υποστηρικτές της δημοκρατίας, της «εξου-σίας που πηγάζει από τον λαό», ενώ επικρατεί έντονη σύγχυση και διαφωνία ως προς το πώς προσδιορίζεται ο «δήμος», ο «λαός» και τί συνιστά άσκηση εξουσίας εκ μέρους του. Στην ομιλία της η Angie Hobbs υποστηρίζει ότι το έργο του Πλάτωνα, παρά το γεγονός ότι ο ίδιος βίωσε την άμεση δημοκρατία και όχι τη φιλελεύθερη αντιπροσωπευτική δημοκρατία που αναδύθηκε κατά τον 17ο και 18ο αιώνα, μπορεί να μάς βοηθήσει να σκεφτούμε και να κατα-νοήσουμε τα θέματα αυτά: παρότι ο Πλάτων δεν είναι οπαδός της (άμεσης) δημοκρατίας, η ανάλυσή του σχετικά με τις αρετές και τις αδυναμίες της είναι άκρως διαφωτιστική · η αφήγησή του για τον τρόπο κατά τον οποίο η δημο-κρατία μπορεί να ανατραπεί μετασχηματιζόμενη σε πολύ χειρότερη τυραννία από έναν κυνικό καιροσκόπο και δημαγωγό είναι συγκλονιστική. Ο Πλάτων μας βοηθεί επίσης να κατανοήσουμε τί πραγματικά περιλαμβάνει η «εξουσία» βάσει λογικής και τεκμηρίων και ποιές πολιτικές, κοινωνικές και εκπαιδευτικές συνθήκες απαιτούνται για την άσκησή της.
[ Π ε ρ ί λ η ψ η ] Η Δημοκρατία, η Δημαγωγία και ο Πλάτων Τα τελευταία χρόνια ποικίλα μορφώματα με αντικρουόμενους στόχους σε διά-φορες χώρες ισχυρίζονται ότι είναι υποστηρικτές της δημοκρατίας, της «εξου-σίας που πηγάζει από τον λαό», ενώ επικρατεί έντονη σύγχυση και διαφωνία ως προς το πώς προσδιορίζεται ο «δήμος», ο «λαός» και τί συνιστά άσκηση εξουσίας εκ μέρους του. Στην ομιλία της η Angie Hobbs υποστηρίζει ότι το έργο του Πλάτωνα, παρά το γεγονός ότι ο ίδιος βίωσε την άμεση δημοκρατία και όχι τη φιλελεύθερη αντιπροσωπευτική δημοκρατία που αναδύθηκε κατά τον 17ο και 18ο αιώνα, μπορεί να μάς βοηθήσει να σκεφτούμε και να κατα-νοήσουμε τα θέματα αυτά: παρότι ο Πλάτων δεν είναι οπαδός της (άμεσης) δημοκρατίας, η ανάλυσή του σχετικά με τις αρετές και τις αδυναμίες της είναι άκρως διαφωτιστική · η αφήγησή του για τον τρόπο κατά τον οποίο η δημο-κρατία μπορεί να ανατραπεί μετασχηματιζόμενη σε πολύ χειρότερη τυραννία από έναν κυνικό καιροσκόπο και δημαγωγό είναι συγκλονιστική. Ο Πλάτων μας βοηθεί επίσης να κατανοήσουμε τί πραγματικά περιλαμβάνει η «εξουσία» βάσει λογικής και τεκμηρίων και ποιές πολιτικές, κοινωνικές και εκπαιδευτικές συνθήκες απαιτούνται για την άσκησή της.
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Invited by the Institute of Historical Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation, the British School at Athens and the Institute of Classical Studies, London, Prof. Edith Hall will be giving a special lecture, offering a "New Reading... more
Invited by the Institute of Historical Research/National Hellenic Research Foundation, the British School at Athens and the Institute of Classical Studies, London, Prof. Edith Hall will be giving a special lecture, offering a "New Reading of Aristophanes' 'Birds' " in Athens, NHRF.
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Έλενα Κουντούρη, Διευθύντρια Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων, ΥΠΠΟΑ: Παρουσίαση του συλλογικού έργου Mycenaean Wall Painting in Context. New Discoveries, Old Finds Reconsidered, υπό την επιστημονική επιμέλεια των Χαρίκλειας... more
Έλενα Κουντούρη, Διευθύντρια Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων, ΥΠΠΟΑ:
Παρουσίαση του συλλογικού έργου Mycenaean Wall Painting in Context. New Discoveries, Old Finds Reconsidered, υπό την επιστημονική επιμέλεια των Χαρίκλειας Μπρεκουλάκη, Jack L. Davis και Sharon R. Stocker (Μελετήματα 72, Αθήνα, 2015).
Πέτρος Θέμελης, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Διευθυντής των Ανασκαφών της Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας στην αρχαία Μεσσήνη:
Παρουσίαση της μονογραφίας της Μύρινας Καλαϊτζή, Figured Tombstones from Macedonia, fifth – first century BC, συνέκδοση του Ινστιτούτου Ιστορικών Ερευνών/EIE και του Oxford University Press (Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology, Οξφόρδη, 2016).
Άγγελος Χανιώτης, Καθηγητής Αρχαίας Ιστορίας και Κλασικών Σπουδών, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton:
Παρουσίαση του επιγραφικού συντάγματος Ἐπιγραφὲς Κάτω Μακεδονίας (μεταξὺ τοῦ Βερμίου ὄρους καὶ τοῦ Ἀξιοῦ ποταμοῦ), Τεῦχος Β´, των Λουκρητίας Γουναροπούλου, Πασχάλη Πασχίδη και Μιλτιάδη Β. Χατζόπουλου, με την συνεργασία των Δήμητρας Ανδριανού, Μύρινας Καλαϊτζή και Elena Martin Gonzalez (ΥΠΠΟΑ – ΕΙΕ, Αθήνα, 2016).
Παρουσίαση του συλλογικού έργου Mycenaean Wall Painting in Context. New Discoveries, Old Finds Reconsidered, υπό την επιστημονική επιμέλεια των Χαρίκλειας Μπρεκουλάκη, Jack L. Davis και Sharon R. Stocker (Μελετήματα 72, Αθήνα, 2015).
Πέτρος Θέμελης, Ομότιμος Καθηγητής Κλασικής Αρχαιολογίας, Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης, Διευθυντής των Ανασκαφών της Αρχαιολογικής Εταιρείας στην αρχαία Μεσσήνη:
Παρουσίαση της μονογραφίας της Μύρινας Καλαϊτζή, Figured Tombstones from Macedonia, fifth – first century BC, συνέκδοση του Ινστιτούτου Ιστορικών Ερευνών/EIE και του Oxford University Press (Oxford Monographs on Classical Archaeology, Οξφόρδη, 2016).
Άγγελος Χανιώτης, Καθηγητής Αρχαίας Ιστορίας και Κλασικών Σπουδών, School of Historical Studies, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton:
Παρουσίαση του επιγραφικού συντάγματος Ἐπιγραφὲς Κάτω Μακεδονίας (μεταξὺ τοῦ Βερμίου ὄρους καὶ τοῦ Ἀξιοῦ ποταμοῦ), Τεῦχος Β´, των Λουκρητίας Γουναροπούλου, Πασχάλη Πασχίδη και Μιλτιάδη Β. Χατζόπουλου, με την συνεργασία των Δήμητρας Ανδριανού, Μύρινας Καλαϊτζή και Elena Martin Gonzalez (ΥΠΠΟΑ – ΕΙΕ, Αθήνα, 2016).
Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Prehistoric Archaeology, Iconography, Greek Epigraphy, Funerary Archaeology, and 23 moreBronze Age Archaeology, Aegean Bronze Age (Bronze Age Archaeology), Latin Epigraphy, Death and Burial (Archaeology), Aegean Prehistory (Archaeology), Ancient Greek Religion, Mycenaean era archaeology, Late Bronze Age archaeology, Burial Practices (Archaeology), Prehistoric Art, Ancient Greek and Roman Art, Mortuary archaeology, History of Ancient Macedonia, Ancient Greek Language, Bronze Age, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Prehistoric Archeology, Macedonia, Late Bronze Age, Mortuary Practices, Burial Customs, Greek and Roman Sculpture, and Macedonian language
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Research Interests: Classical Archaeology, Onomastics, Greek Epigraphy, Numismatics, Latin Epigraphy, and 9 moreAncient Greek Religion, Ancient Greek History, Ancient Greek Numismatics, Ancient Greek institutions, Greek and Roman Epigraphy, Epigraphy, Ancient Greek Dialectology, Ancient Greek Dialects, and Ancient Greek Onomastics
Η ως άνω συμβολή αποτελεί μυθιστορία και, πιο συγκεκριμένα, αυτό που κανείς θα μπορούσε να ονομάσει «αρχαιολογικό διήγημα». Με πρώτη ύλη την ιστορία και αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα της πόλης της αρχαίας Μεσσήνης, πλάθεται ένα διήγημα, κύριος... more
Η ως άνω συμβολή αποτελεί μυθιστορία και, πιο συγκεκριμένα, αυτό που κανείς θα μπορούσε να ονομάσει «αρχαιολογικό διήγημα». Με πρώτη ύλη την ιστορία και αρχαιολογικά ευρήματα της πόλης της αρχαίας Μεσσήνης, πλάθεται ένα διήγημα, κύριος αποδέκτης του οποίου θα είναι ο σύγχρονος ταξιδιώτης και επισκέπτης του
αρχαιολογικού χώρου της αρχαίας Μεσσήνης – Έλληνας αλλά και ξένος, καθώς ο τόμος κυκλοφορεί και σε αγγλική μετάφραση. Διατυπωμένος στόχος της
έκδοσης είναι τα κείμενα «με αφορμή ένα πρόσωπο, ένα περιστατικό, ένα γεγονός ή ένα ιστορικό τεκμήριο, να αναπλάσουν μια στιγμή ή μία εποχή από την ιστορική
πραγματικότητα και την καθημερινότητα των επιλεγμένων τόπων».
Σε απόκριση στην ως άνω πρόσκληση – και πρόκληση – το αρχαιολογικό διήγημα «Ένα
άγαλμα για τη Μνασαρέτα» αφορμάται από ένα από τα σημαντικότερα επιγραφικά
ευρήματα της αρχαίας Μεσσήνης, τον λεγόμενο κίονα του Δαμοφώντος, για να
προσφέρει στον αναγνώστη έναν, ελπίζουμε, ευχάριστο περίπατο σε περισσότερα του
ενός, αλληλοσυμπληρούμενα γνωστικά μονοπάτια: χαρακτηρολογικώ τω τρόπω, στην
προσωπικότητα του ίδιου του Δαμοφώντα, του σημαντικότερου γλύπτη που ανέθρεψε η Μεσσήνη και ενός από τους πλέον καταξιωμένους γλύπτες της εποχής του, στην ίδια την τέχνη της γλυπτικής και, εν προκειμένω δευτερευόντως και συμπληρωματικά, στην τέχνη της ζωγραφικής, στον ευρύτερο ρόλο τον οποίο ισχυρές προσωπικότητες, καταγόμενες από τα ανώτερα κοινωνικά στρώματα, μπορούσαν να έχουν στην εσωτερική και εξωτερική πολιτική μιας πόλης κατά την αρχαιότητα, σε βασικούς πολιτικούς και θρησκευτικούς θεσμούς, μηχανισμούς και σώματα, σε σημαντικούς σταθμούς της πολυτάραχης ιστορίας της πόλης, σε βασικά μνημειακά σύνολα που συνθέτουν και το σημερινό της τοπίο ως αρχαιολογικού χώρου και στις δραστηριότητες που συγκέντρωναν αυτά, σε όψεις των λατρευτικών τελετών αλλά και των ταφικών εθίμων, καθώς και, σπερματικά, σε στοιχεία που συνέθεταν τον καθημερινό βίο, όπως αυτά που αφορούν την ενδυμασία, ή σε στοιχεία που συνείχαν την οικογένεια, ως βασικής μονάδας κοινωνικής συγκρότησης, όπως το ονομαστικό έθος και παράδοση στο εσωτερικό της και τα έθιμα ταφής.
αρχαιολογικού χώρου της αρχαίας Μεσσήνης – Έλληνας αλλά και ξένος, καθώς ο τόμος κυκλοφορεί και σε αγγλική μετάφραση. Διατυπωμένος στόχος της
έκδοσης είναι τα κείμενα «με αφορμή ένα πρόσωπο, ένα περιστατικό, ένα γεγονός ή ένα ιστορικό τεκμήριο, να αναπλάσουν μια στιγμή ή μία εποχή από την ιστορική
πραγματικότητα και την καθημερινότητα των επιλεγμένων τόπων».
Σε απόκριση στην ως άνω πρόσκληση – και πρόκληση – το αρχαιολογικό διήγημα «Ένα
άγαλμα για τη Μνασαρέτα» αφορμάται από ένα από τα σημαντικότερα επιγραφικά
ευρήματα της αρχαίας Μεσσήνης, τον λεγόμενο κίονα του Δαμοφώντος, για να
προσφέρει στον αναγνώστη έναν, ελπίζουμε, ευχάριστο περίπατο σε περισσότερα του
ενός, αλληλοσυμπληρούμενα γνωστικά μονοπάτια: χαρακτηρολογικώ τω τρόπω, στην
προσωπικότητα του ίδιου του Δαμοφώντα, του σημαντικότερου γλύπτη που ανέθρεψε η Μεσσήνη και ενός από τους πλέον καταξιωμένους γλύπτες της εποχής του, στην ίδια την τέχνη της γλυπτικής και, εν προκειμένω δευτερευόντως και συμπληρωματικά, στην τέχνη της ζωγραφικής, στον ευρύτερο ρόλο τον οποίο ισχυρές προσωπικότητες, καταγόμενες από τα ανώτερα κοινωνικά στρώματα, μπορούσαν να έχουν στην εσωτερική και εξωτερική πολιτική μιας πόλης κατά την αρχαιότητα, σε βασικούς πολιτικούς και θρησκευτικούς θεσμούς, μηχανισμούς και σώματα, σε σημαντικούς σταθμούς της πολυτάραχης ιστορίας της πόλης, σε βασικά μνημειακά σύνολα που συνθέτουν και το σημερινό της τοπίο ως αρχαιολογικού χώρου και στις δραστηριότητες που συγκέντρωναν αυτά, σε όψεις των λατρευτικών τελετών αλλά και των ταφικών εθίμων, καθώς και, σπερματικά, σε στοιχεία που συνέθεταν τον καθημερινό βίο, όπως αυτά που αφορούν την ενδυμασία, ή σε στοιχεία που συνείχαν την οικογένεια, ως βασικής μονάδας κοινωνικής συγκρότησης, όπως το ονομαστικό έθος και παράδοση στο εσωτερικό της και τα έθιμα ταφής.
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Four new inscribed funerary stelai of the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods are published in this article, found re-employed in the forti cation walls of the site ‘Kastro – Palaia’ in Volos. Two of them preserve relief scenes and one... more
Four new inscribed funerary stelai of the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods are published in this article, found re-employed in the forti cation walls of the site ‘Kastro – Palaia’ in Volos. Two of them preserve relief scenes and one of them would have originally carried painted decoration, which is no longer visible to the naked eye. The inscriptions are of simple formulas and the relief scenes present no grand artistic merits, nonetheless, the mon - uments have been accorded detailed discussion, as they bear upon a number of questions, which have either not yet been discussed in a systematic way or call for further investigation: the question of the original provenance of the tombstones in connection with the question of the identi cation of the set - tlement at ‘Kastro – Palaia’ and its relations to the neighbouring Macedonian royal foundation of Demetrias and its prosopography; the Attic and atticizing tradition and trend of the funerary monuments of the area; the relief sc...
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Four new inscribed funerary stelai of the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods are published in this article, found re-employed in the forti cation walls of the site ‘Kastro – Palaia’ in Volos. Two of them preserve relief scenes and one... more
Four new inscribed funerary stelai of the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods are published in this article, found re-employed in the forti cation walls of the site ‘Kastro – Palaia’ in Volos. Two of them preserve relief scenes and one of them would have originally carried painted decoration, which is no longer visible to the naked eye. The inscriptions are of simple formulas and the relief scenes present no grand artistic merits, nonetheless, the mon- uments have been accorded detailed discussion, as they bear upon a number of questions, which have either not yet been discussed in a systematic way or call for further investigation: the question of the original provenance of the tombstones in connection with the question of the identi cation of the set- tlement at ‘Kastro – Palaia’ and its relations to the neighbouring Macedonian royal foundation of Demetrias and its prosopography; the Attic and atticizing tradition and trend of the funerary monuments of the area; the relief scenes of the reclining banqueters, their character and relation to the painted scenes with the same subject from Demetrias; the question of the heroization of the ‘common dead’; and, last, the re-appropriation of the theme in the Roman Im- perial period.
This project has been partially funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 658573.
This project has been partially funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 658573.
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Τετάρτες 17.00/ Wednesdays 17.00. The link for attending will be given a week before each lecture/ Οι διαλέξεις θα πραγματοποιούνται διαδικτυακά. Για την παρακολούθησή τους είναι απαραίτητη η εγγραφή σε σύνδεσμο που θα ανακοινώνεται μια... more
Τετάρτες 17.00/ Wednesdays 17.00. The link for attending will be given a week before each lecture/ Οι διαλέξεις θα πραγματοποιούνται διαδικτυακά. Για την παρακολούθησή τους είναι απαραίτητη η εγγραφή σε σύνδεσμο που θα ανακοινώνεται μια εβδομάδα νωρίτερα από την κάθε ομιλία.