Athens and Attica (Neolithic to Archaic)
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This paper addresses the construction of a " national " identity of the Athenian inhabitants during the tyrannical governance of Peisistratos and his sons (561/0-511/0 BCE 1) mainly through a series of religious practices, such as the... more
Il contributo intende ripercorre l’Εἰρήνη aristofanea in una retrospettiva data dall’apporto del centrale L’opera di Rabelais e la cultura popolare. Riso, carnevale e festa nella tradizione medievale e rinascimentale, di Michail Bachtin... more
The paper argues that Cleisthenes’ military reforms were not improvised. The general view of war in Archaic Athens as a series of skirmishes between small contingents recruited on an almost private basis must be qualified, as there are... more
Am Ende des 8. Jhs. v. Chr. richtete ein elitärer Zirkel Athens bei der Bestattung seiner Angehörigen in der Kerameikos-Nekropole ein neues Ritual ein: die "Opferrinnen-Zeremonie". Sie stellt allerdings entgegen dieser Bezeichnung keinen... more
"Η ιστορική εξέλιξη του πολιτεύματος της αρχαίας πόλεως των Αθηνών μέχρι την κλασσική εποχή. Συμβολή στην ιστορία των πολιτειακών θεσμών και της μνημειακής τοπογραφίας των πόλεων της αρχαίας Ελλάδας".
The paper examines whether Attica was a unified Mycenaean state in the LBA or a politically fragmented region.
A survey of evidence from a formative stage of the Athenian state sanctuary. In studies of Archaic Athens, emphasis is often placed on the “archaeology of tyranny” versus the “archaeology of democracy.” As recent research has shown,... more
Summary and Conclusions (German, English, Greek)
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The author proposes that the Athenian Prytaneion, one of the city's most important civic buildings, was located in the peristyle complex beneath the court and church Agia Aikaterini, on the ancient square that once stood before the... more
This paper looks at the chronological and geographical context of “killed” weapons, their relationships to the types of burial in which they appear, and the other grave goods which accompany these burials. It suggests that the swords... more
The present study examines the topographical development of early Athens from around 1075 BC until 480/479 BC, as this is ascertained from the archaeological remains, particularly of the cemeteries but also of the few houses or other... more
An interpretative approach of elements and principles structuring the ancient topography of the Lavreotike peninsula. An example of applying nested scales of spatial analysis, involving fresh data aquired within salvage survey and... more
Mycenae culture became due to its own merits, the most important one in continental Greece for more than four centuries all along the II Millennium B.C. Its commercial importance due to the fact they took advantage of the minoans exchange... more
The abundance and variety of divine epithets are well known characteristics of Greek religion. For the Ancients, these epithets were a privileged way to communicate with the divine; consequently, they remain for modern scholars a relevant... more
Α presentation of ceramic material excavated by Valerios Stais at the prehistoric settlement of Thorikos (including some post-Bronze Age fragments) and an review of prehistoric occupation on the site. With an Appendix on clay fabrics by... more
In order to study the provenance of the clays used for the black-glaze (BG) decoration of Athenian pottery, we analysed in situ with the use of a Bruker handheld-PXRF system ~100 Geometric, Archaic and Classical decorated sherds from the... more
This Final Degree Project we seek to establish a clear path on the evolution of coins in Athens during the Archaic Period, this being the origin of the coinage in the territory of Continental Greece. These first steps in the numismatic... more
This paper reconstructs two old, previously undiscovered versions of myths that represent the ‹barbaric› Amazons in a positive light as immigrants, female ancestors and founding heroines. The paper focuses on the tale of Theseus and... more
βλέπε: πρόλογος στο συνημμένο. tags: πολεοδομική ιστορία της Αθήνας, κριτική, ματεριαλιστική ανάλυση, assemblage, ρίζωμα, Deleuze, de Landa, Zizek, σχιζοανάλυση, συμμετοχικός σχεδιασμός, πολυκατοικία, Ντελέζ, συναρμολόγημα, Ζίζεκ,... more
Είναι τεράστια τα λάθη ετυμολογίας που σχετίζονται με τις ονομασίες αυτές του Πειραιά και δυστυχώς έχουν μεταφερθεί και στην Wikipedia. Ο συγγραφέας αναλύει και επαναξιολογεί όλα τα δεδομένα προκειμένου να προτείνει μια νέα άποψη για την... more
The Festivals of the Celtic and Greek Lunar Calendars are charted for comparison and contrast. The Festivals follow the lunar calendars of both cultures using the Coligny Calendar of the Druids of Gaul and the Greek Attic Calendar of... more
This paper explores how a conception of the rule of law (embodied in a variety of legal and political institutions) came to affirm itself in the world of the ancient Greek city states. It argues that such a conception, formulated in... more
Im Jahr 2016 wurde bei Notgrabungen in der ausgedehnten Nekropole im Phaleron ein mehrteiliges Massengrab von insgesamt 79 Männern freigelegt, die eines gewaltsamen Todes starben. Aufgrund seiner Datierung ins dritte Viertel des 7. Jhs.... more
This article presents a detailed analysis of a pottery assemblage of the Early Helladic period discovered in the course of the wider archaeological project of the Rhamnous excavations conducted under the direction of Βasileios Ch.... more
Ancient Athens developed democracy to a higher level than any other state before modern times. It was the leading cultural innovator of its age. Athens is rightly revered for its political and cultural achievements. Less well known is... more
Α presentation of ceramic material excavated by V. Stais in the 1890s at the Bronze Age settlement of Thorikos - with a brief review of prehistoric occupation on the site.
Der hier erstmals publizierte griechische Marmorlöwe steht seit seiner Erwerbung im Jahre 2001 in der Münchner Glyptothek im Saal der Archaik. Der von den frühgriechischen Jünglingsfiguren beherrschte Raum wird durch den langgestreckten... more
Athens was an ancient city like no other. Named for a goddess, epicenter of the first democracy, birthplace of tragic and comic theater, locus of the major philosophical schools, artistically in the vanguard for centuries, it looms larger... more