Papers from the Norwegian Institute at Athens: Recent submissions
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The Topography of Ancient Tegea: New Discoveries and Old Problems
(Papers of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chapter, 2005)The city of Tegea was one of the most important cities on the Peloponnese in antiquity, but it has until now remained strangely unknown in archaeological research. The Norwegian Arcadia Survey (1998 - 2001) focused its ... -
Rethinking Sisyphos
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Focusing on the invisible. Greek myth and symbol contemplation
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The symbol of the warrior in Greek tragedy?
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Marpessa detta Choira e Ares Gynaikothoinas
(Papers of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chapter, 2005)Pausanias' account which links the epiklesis Gynaikothoinas, assigned to Ares in Tegea, with a Tegean victory over the Spartans, obtained thanks to the essential contribution of the women lead by Marpessa, called Choira, ... -
Odysseus versus the Cyclops
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Genealogy as a form of mythic discourse. The case of the Phaeacians
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The Woman Holding a Liver from Mantineia: Female Manteis and Beyond
(Papers of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chapter, 2005)A fragment of a life-size relief from Mantineia, now in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (inv. no. 226), shows a woman with a liver in her hand traditionally interpreted as a priestess or a prophetess. This ... -
Pottery at the Crossroads: Ceramic Trends in Southeast Arcadia
(Papers of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chapter, 2005)Ceramics found at Arcadian sites play a potentially important role in helping us to understand the extent of cultural uniformity in the region. This paper examines the nature of the pottery from various sites in Arcadia ... -
New Archaeological and Topographical Observations on the Sanctuary of Asklepios in Alipheira (Arcadia)
(Papers of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chapter, 2005)The aim of the paper is to propose a new reading of the sanctuary of Asklepios in Alipheira, based principally on an extensive survey of the monuments still in situ following the excavations of the 1960s. Our observations ... -
To lock up Eleusis. A question of liminal space
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The Triad of Zeus Soter, Artemis Soteira and Megalopolis at Megalopolis
(Papers of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chapter, 2005)The sanctuary of Zeus the Saviour at Megalopolis was probably established in 371 B.C. The three cult statues, depicting Zeus Soter, Artemis Soteira and Megalopolis, are described by Pausanias, who attributes them to the ... -
Syloson's cloak and other Greek myths
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Re-evaluating Mycenaean sanctuaries
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The Exploration of Ancient Stymphalos, 1982-2002
(Papers of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chapter, 2005)From 1982-84 the Canadian Archaeological Institute at Athens and the University of British Columbia in collaboration with the Archaeological Society of Athens carried out topographical and geophysical surveys of the site ... -
Pottery from the Norwegian Arcadia Survey: A Preliminary Report
(Papers of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chapter, 2005)This paper presents initial impressions of the pottery finds from the Norwegian Arcadia Survey. Material from the survey dates from the Bronze Age and through the medieval period. The project provided evidence of extensive ... -
Cognition and affect in oral narration
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Retheorizing Myth
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Rural Religion in Ancient Arcadia: a Methodological Approach
(Papers of the Norwegian Institute at Athens, Chapter, 2005)Reality, understood as Truth, is a concept always subject to revision. Through landscape archaeology and the postprocessual trends in archaeology, we can develop the idea of 'mental landscape' , which gives to perception ... -
Greek myth - Etruscan symbol
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