Peloponnesian Sanctuaries and Cults
Proceedings of the Ninth International Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens, 11-13 June 1994
Description:... twnety-six papers, forming the Proceedings of the Ninth Symposium at the Swedish Institute at Athens in 1994, address various aspects of the literary, iconographic and archaeological evidence for sanctuaries and cults in the Peloponnese. Three papers review the history of Swedish research in Greece since 1894 whilst the others report pm new fieldwork or present fresh interpretations of data from past excavations. The volume inscludes discussions on sacred landscapes, cult palaces and sanctuaries, deity cults, votive offerings and human sacrifice, ranging in date from the Late Bronze Age to the early Roman period, although most papers focus on the Archaic and Classical periods.
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