Hellenistic Delos
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Delos, history, finds
Delos, a UNESCO site
statue of Hercules, black-figured lecythos from Delos
The name of the island appears on the signs of Linear B as “Su-ro”, that is Syros. Its name in the Odyssey as "Συρίη" corresponds to Syria and its king Ktesios and not to the island of Syros in the Cyclades. The confusion may be due to... more
Nul ne doute plus aujourd'hui du rôle majeur qu'ont joué les couleurs et l'or dans la structuration des sociétés grecques antiques, au long des siècles. Tout suggère une passion grecque pour la couleur étendue à tout type de production... more
Kείμενα όπως τα περιηγητικά, όπου κατ’ εξοχήν συναντούνται στοιχεία και συμπεριφορές από διαφορετικούς πολιτισμούς, μαρτυρούν στοιχεία εθνικής ταυτότητας όχι μόνο ως προς τον τόπο της περιήγησης, αλλά και ως προς τον τόπο του περιηγητή.... more
Unlike the four Panhellenic festivals with their focus on what it meant to be Greek, regional and city celebrations and their competitions concentrated on more local concerns. At the Panathenaia at Athens, the Eretrian Artemisia at... more
The present study investigates questions of religious syncretism and household cult through an interdisciplinary study of terracotta figurines of Egyptian deities found at Delos, an important Hellenistic Greek port of trade. A comparison... more
Le sanctuaire d’Apollon à Délos recèle un grand nombre de monuments votifs et honorifiques, in situ ou non et plus ou moins bien conservés. Au cours de l’époque hellénistique, ils n’ont cessé de se multiplier jusqu’aux sacs de l’île de 88... more
A book about Greeks and Italians at Ephesus. Read the abstract on PDF. From 18th August 2016 on.
This paper analyzes the factors that affected the urban development of the port city of Delos after 167 BCE, when the Romans put the island under Athenian dominion and turned it into a commercial base connecting the eastern and western... more
Of the numerous terracotta figurines from Hellenistic Delos, a small minority depict Egyptian deities or other figures from Egyptian religious cult. This article presents selected conclusions derived from a broader research project... more
Έρως, Ψυχή, φαλλός ευρήματα από τη Δήλο
This paper focus on the digital development of the project 'SigNet – a network of Hellenistic sealings & archives', and on the potential of digital tools for big data mining not only for academic research, but also for public engagemet in... more
This is the pdf of the contents, abbreviations, and first chapter of my monograph (Introduction: Delos, its networks, regionalism, and the Aegean world), out with OUP in September 2017. This is an uncorrected proof, and it still has some... more
NOW IN PAPERBACK! In this book I explore the ancient history and modern historiography of relations between Egypt and Greece from the fifth century BCE to the early Roman empire. Beginning with Herodotus, I analyze key encounters between... more
Au sein des plus grands sanctuaires d’Apollon, une place est dévolue à Artémis : elle y reçoit un culte et possède souvent son propre temple. Le mythe de la naissance des jumeaux divins explique en partie cet appariement, mais ne suffit... more
Ce texte dresse le bilan des recherches menées depuis 2004 dans l’Aphrodision de Stèsileôs. L’étude des vestiges architecturaux du sanctuaire, celle des inventaires déliens et les résultats des fouilles menées depuis 2005 conduisent à... more
Our aim in this MA dissertation has been to examine the phenomenon of the repeated crowning in honorary decrees and honorary inscriptions. A praise and a crown are the most usual honours which the Greek cities gave to their benefactors... more
Survey of the spread of Egyptian Cults in the Mediterranean during greco-roman times.
μια ταβερνούλα στη Δήλο
Paper about the choice of the costume as a sign of ethnicity in the Roman Portrait in the last two centuries of the Roman Republic. About Greek and Roman costume in Roman Portrait, nude heroic, cuirassed and togate statues, pallium... more
Tesi di dottorato sul Koinon dei Nesioti. Viene analizzata la storia politica, la struttura istituzionale, il network economico e possibili indizi di una identità nesiotica.
Nul ne doute plus aujourd'hui du rôle majeur qu'ont joué les couleurs et l'or dans la structuration des sociétés grecques antiques, au long des siècles. Tout suggère une passion grecque pour la couleur étendue à tout type de production... more
Double integration of Ephesian Greeks, who accepted Roman Empire, and Italic and Roman immigrants, who became ephesian citizens and were inscribed in phylai and chiliastyes
A small tavern in ancient Delos
This paper discusses the theoretical problem of the mediation between macro and micro scales of analysis in Global History, centered on the analysis of the temple of Mithridates dedicated by a certain Helianax in 102/1 BC in the... more
in: A. Schachner – E. Sökmen (Hrsg.), Understanding Transformations Exploring the Black Sea Region and Northern Central Anatolia in Antiquity (c. 4th/3rd Century BCE – 4th/5th Century CE), Byzas 26 (Istanbul 2021) 299–333
Course Description: This course offers an introduction to the history of ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the end of the Hellenistic Age (roughly the 16 th to the 1 st centuries BCE), drawing on both source materials and modern... more