The sanctuary of Artemis Soteira in the Kerameikos of Athens

In 1890, a newly discovered sanctuary was excavated in the necropolis on the famous Kerameikos of Athens. Guided by the ancient written sources and the expectations of his day, the excavator Kyriakos Mylonas interpreted the precinct as an Imperial Roman sanctuary of the goddess Hekate. In ancient te...

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Main Author: Graml, Constanze (Author)
Corporate Author: Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Wiesbaden Harrassowitz Verlag 2020
In: Philippika (136)
Year: 2020
Series/Journal:Philippika 136
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Artemis, Goddess / Hekateion (Athens) / Sanctuary / Excavation / Findings
B Kerameikos / Artemis, Goddess / Sanctuary / Excavation
Further subjects:B Greece - Athens
B Antiquities
B Fouilles (Archéologie) - Grèce - Athènes
B Excavations (archaeology)
B Thesis
B Athens (Greece) Antiquities
B Céramique (Athènes, Grèce)
B Artemis (Greek deity) Cult
B Greece - Athens - Kerameikos
B Artemis - (Greek deity)
B Temples (Greece) (Athens)
B Excavations (archaeology) (Greece) (Athens)
B Cults
B Temples
B Kerameikos (Athens, Greece)
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Summary:In 1890, a newly discovered sanctuary was excavated in the necropolis on the famous Kerameikos of Athens. Guided by the ancient written sources and the expectations of his day, the excavator Kyriakos Mylonas interpreted the precinct as an Imperial Roman sanctuary of the goddess Hekate. In ancient texts, this deity is commonly associated with magical rituals and binding spells, and lead tablets used for such purposes have been found in graves all over the Greek world, including those of the Kerameikos necropolis. Due to the location of the sanctuary among the tombs and Mylonas' interpretation of the site as belonging to this striking deity, researchers came to treat it as an unambiguously attested cult place of Hekate, even though the archaeological discoveries had not yet been fully published. This volume is dedicated to this task. By conducting an in-depth analysis of the site's entangled excavation and research history together with a new investigation of the actual archaeological findings, Constanze Graml not only re-dates the district to the Hellenistic period, but also reassigns it to the goddess Artemis Soteira. Based on these results, the sanctuary's embedding and role in the cult topography of Athens and Attica can finally be seen in new light
Item Description:Übersetzung der 2014 unter dem Titel "Das sogenannte Hekateion im Athener Kerameikos" an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz erschienenen Dissertation
Physical Description:XVII, 226 Seiten, 63 Seiten Tafeln, Illustrationen, 29.7 cm x 21 cm, 5 Faltkarten
ISBN:3447112867