Organizers The Swedish Institute and Jenny Wallensten welcome scholars with an interest in ancient Greek religion to participate in the discussions of the Athens Greek Religion Seminar.

The AGRS is a running seminar treating all aspects and angles of ancient Greek religion. The Seminar provides a platform for presentations of work in progress as well as a forum for discussions of current research trends and new literature.

Julietta Steinhauer, University College London, will give a paper entitled

Affordability, Affluence, and Society: priesthood sales and the economies of Hellenistic poleis.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, June 16, 2026, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Welcome to the Spring 2026 series of the Athens Greek Religion Seminar.

All seminars will take place at 17h (Athens) in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens and online via Zoom.

Maria Mili, University of Glasgow, will give a paper entitled

Show Me the Money!
Religious Reciprocity and Economic Transactions.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, May 26, 2026, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

The Swedish Institute at Athens and the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens cordially invite you to a jointly organised lecture within the framework of the Athens Greek Religion Seminar

The Discovery of the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Samikon

by Birgitta Eder – Erofili-Iris Kolia – Sophia Zoumbaki.

The lecture takes place on Friday, May 22, 2026, at 18.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Athens, Leoforos Alexandras 26, and on­line via Zoom. 

Jorrit Kelder, Leiden University, will give a paper entitled

Facing the Gods.
Mycenaean statues and their possible role in rituals.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Elisavet Sioumpara, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, will give a paper entitled

Where was the cult of the Roman Emperor in Athens? New evidence for the Athenian Sebasteion on the Acropolis.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Ιphigeneia Leventi, University of Thessaly, will give a paper entitled

Divine Names versus Divine Identities on Classical Votive Reliefs.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, March 10, 2026, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom.