New Book
February 27, 2025: Situated at the crossroads between Athens, Boiotia, Megara, and Salamis, Eleusis was exposed to the changing fortunes in a connected world. From the Athenian perspective, Eleusis marked the fringes of their territory. From everybody else’s point of view, it was a destination or a gateway: to Athens, the Saronic region and the Aegean, Central Greece, or the Peloponnese. In the midst of these itineraries, the Eleusinians had their own ideas about the world writ-large. Beyond Mysteries: the Local World of Ancient Eleusis (eds. Hans Beck and Sebastian Scharff) delves into the local horizon of the site, its agents and stakeholders, the stories that moved them, and the places where interactions took place. Beyond Mysteries is published as volume 199 in Brill’s Religions in Graeco-Roman World series.
New Book
February 6, 2025: Volume release of “The Roman Republic and Political Culture. German Scholarship in Translation,” edited by Amy Russell and Hans Beck, with translations by Kathrin Lüddecke and edited by Zara Chadha.
The book is published with CUP as part of its Classical Scholarship in Translation Series, edited by Renaud Gagné and Jonas Grethlein.
This one has been a truly collective effort. Thanks also to Eylihan Ayhan whose design skills have helped to whip up the Arringtore!
Deutsch-Griechische Gesellschaft
January 29, 2025: New Year’s Reception of the DGG at the University of Münster. Do come along for the breaking of the vasilopita and some wine, and a paper presentation by Emilia Bachmann on “Der Kult der Helena am Menelaion bei Sparta”. All welcome from 18:00 at Schlaunstr. 2!
Epichorios Double Feature
January 21 and 28, 2025: Epichorios lectures by Søren Handberg (Oslo) on Kalydon and Jenny Wallensten and Jesper Blid (SIA Athens) on Hermione - looking tremendously forward to it!
Lectures start at 6:00 pm Berlin time, sign up on Epichorios website for zoom codes.
Workshop in Athens and Field Trip to the Piraeus
January 13, 2025: Epichorios Research Day in the British School at Athens, organized with Sam Gartland from the University of Leeds: Ancient Greece - Epichoric Reflections
The epichoric trait of Greek culture has been highlighted in recent years. Indeed, it has been claimed that Greek history is epichoric history. This is a good time to take stock with the term and its implicit concepts and paradigms. Far from a mere synonym for ‘local’, we seek to gauge the deeper meaning and usage of epichoric.
Our gathering in the BSA addresses these questions by means of a round-table conversation. Participants include Emma Aston, Christy Constantakopoulou, Sophia Nomicos, Nikolaos Papazarkadas, Oliver Pilz, and Jenny Wallensten.
