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.

Welcome to the Autumn 2025 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.

Silvia Negro, Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene, will give a paper entitled

The Cult of Apollo Zoster at Halai Aixonides in the 5th and 4th Centuries BC. 

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Stelios Ieremias, Directorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, will give a paper entitled

Terracotta votives from Hellenistic Demetrias. What can we learn about votive practices in a cosmopolitan Hellenistic harbour in ancient Thessaly?

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Ginevra Benedetti, Università di Siena, Davide Caruso, Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene and Valentino Gasparini, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, will give a paper entitled

Stamped Clay in Ritual and Daily Life. Context, Iconography, and Meaning of the Terracotta Discs and Moulds from Magna Graecia (5th–1st Cent. BCE).

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, September 30, 2025, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Pelayo Huerta Segovia, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid/American School of Classical Studies at Athens, will give a paper entitled

Immobilizing Hermes: The Herm in the Cult Spaces of Attica (6^th–5^th c. BCE).

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Norwegian In­sti­tute at Athens, Tsami Karatasou 5, and on­line via Zoom. 

Amalia Avramidou, Democritus University of Thrace, will give a paper entitled

Parthenos at Ancient Neapolis (Kavala): Identity and Cult.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 17.00 (Athens) in a hy­brid for­mat with live pres­ence at the Swedish In­sti­tute at Athens, Mit­seon 9, and on­line via Zoom. 

Hélène Aurigny, Université Aix-Marseille/École Française d’Athènes, will give a paper entitled

Images, gestures and ritual practices in the sanctuary of Aphrodite at Argos: Evidence from clay and lead votives.

The seminar takes place on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, at 17:00 (Athens), online only via Zoom.