Project MUSE®: Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens - Latest Articles
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Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.daily12026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00text/htmlen-USVol. 71 (2002) through current issueLatest Articles: Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at AthensTWOProject MUSE®Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens1553-56220018-098XLatest articles in Hesperia: The Journal of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens. Feed provided by Project MUSE®A Marble Engraving of a “Mycenaean” Warrior from Ayia Irini, Kea: Island Iconography and Social Context
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/985789
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The sheltered promontory of Ayia Irini in Vourkari Bay at the northwestern end of the Cycladic island of Kea, ancient Keos, supported a small port town (ca. 1.0–1.2 ha) during the Middle Bronze Age (MBA) and Late Bronze Age (LBA; Figs. 1, 2).1 The site lies less than 25 km as the crow flies from the rich silver, lead, and copper ore deposits of Laurion on the southeastern coast of Attica—separated only by Makronisos and well within a day’s journey by sail or longboat.2 Ayia Irini’s proximity to the metal resources of Laurion and its ability to serve as a processing center and exchange hub for metals and other commodities between the Greek mainland, Cyclades, and Crete were central to the prosperity of the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/288/image/coversmallA Marble Engraving of a “Mycenaean” Warrior from Ayia Irini, Kea: Island Iconography and Social Context2026-03-23text/htmlen-USA Marble Engraving of a “Mycenaean” Warrior from Ayia Irini, Kea: Island Iconography and Social Context2026-03-232026TWOProject MUSE®4196032026-05-19T00:00:00-05:002026-03-23When Letter Met Figure: Inscriptions and Images in Archaic Greece
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/985790
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In memory of François Lissarrague, 1947–2021The earliest writing systems, Sumerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs, were invented around 3300–3200 bce.1 In Egypt and Mesopotamia, the emergence of writing coincided with a dramatic increase in the production of visual images, inaugurating a close interconnection between texts and images in both cultures.2 Among ancient Greek communities, by contrast, the earliest form of writing, Linear B, remained separate from figural imagery, before the former was lost and the latter almost entirely disappeared with the collapse of Mycenaean civilization around 1200 bce.3 Depictions of figures remained rare in Greek art until the 8th century bce, when they began appearing
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/288/image/coversmallWhen Letter Met Figure: Inscriptions and Images in Archaic Greece2026-03-23text/htmlen-USWhen Letter Met Figure: Inscriptions and Images in Archaic Greece2026-03-232026TWOProject MUSE®3787422026-05-19T00:00:00-05:002026-03-23Four New Pinakion Fragments from the Athenian Agora
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/985791
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Among the innovative instruments of the 4th-century bce Athenian democracy are the inscribed bronze nameplates (pinakia) used with kleroteria (selection machines) in the mass allotting of dikasts (jurors) on court days (Ath. Pol. 63.4) and in the annual allotments to the numerous state offices, “such as bouleutes, or thesmothetes, or any of the rest . . .” (Dem. 39.10–12).1 Approximately 210 whole pinakia and fragments are extant. The majority are palimpsests, having been inscribed for two or more successive owners. About half of the surviving pinakia were excavated from the graves of their last owners and so are complete. Nearly all the rest are discarded fragments of pinakia that broke in antiquity and have been
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/288/image/coversmallFour New Pinakion Fragments from the Athenian Agora2026-03-23text/htmlen-USFour New Pinakion Fragments from the Athenian Agora2026-03-232026TWOProject MUSE®145172026-05-19T00:00:00-05:002026-03-23The Colossus of Porto Raphti: New Finds from the Bays of East Attica Regional Survey (BEARS) Project
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/985792
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This article revisits the history and identity of the monumental statue on Raphtis island in light of new data produced by the Bays of East Attica Regional Survey (BEARS).1 The project, codirected by Sarah Murray and Catherine Pratt, conducted three seasons of fieldwork in Porto Raphti Bay between 2019 and 2023 with the support of the Ephorate of Antiquities of East Attica and the Canadian Institute in Greece.2Porto Raphti is the colloquial name of the bay on the east central coast of Attica formally known as Limin Markopoulou (Figs. 1, 2). After decades of rapid development, an agglomeration of dense urban neighborhoods and vacation houses now occupies its shores, surrounded by steep, forested mountains. For many
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/288/image/coversmallThe Colossus of Porto Raphti: New Finds from the Bays of East Attica Regional Survey (BEARS) Project2026-03-23text/htmlen-USThe Colossus of Porto Raphti: New Finds from the Bays of East Attica Regional Survey (BEARS) Project2026-03-232026TWOProject MUSE®2232902026-05-19T00:00:00-05:002026-03-23St. Demetrios, the Gladiatorial Combats, and the Stadium of Thessaloniki
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/985793
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More than 20 epigraphical documents attest to the organization of gladiatorial and related spectacles in Thessaloniki.1 The earliest of these is an advertisement for upcoming gladiatorial games and beast fights held in the city in 141 ce,2 while the latest is a funerary inscription of a venator (beast fighter) who fought and died in Thessaloniki during the first half of the 4th century ce.3 This inscription is one of the latest in the eastern Mediterranean to bear a broadly gladiatorial context; after this period, such epigraphs vanish entirely, marking the decline of these spectacles.In fact, current scholarship suggests that in the West, gladiatorial games endured the longest in some areas of Italy, North Africa
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-19T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/288/image/coversmallSt. Demetrios, the Gladiatorial Combats, and the Stadium of Thessaloniki2026-03-23text/htmlen-USSt. Demetrios, the Gladiatorial Combats, and the Stadium of Thessaloniki2026-03-232026TWOProject MUSE®1411632026-05-19T00:00:00-05:002026-03-23