The Swedish Institute at Athens publishes the results of its archaeological projects, conference proceedings and other original studies within the fields of Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, Art, Architecture and Philology, in its series Skrifter utgivna av Svenska Institutet i Athen. The periodical Opuscula, published yearly by the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome presents Swedish archaeological work carried out in the Mediterranean, but also welcomes original contributions regarding all aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world (Prehistory to Late Antiquity, including Philology) from an international scholarly community. Contributions are thoroughly peer-review and accepted articles become available with Open Access six months after publication. The publication process, in accordance with the highest editorial and publishing standards, is undertaken by Editorial Committee of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome (www.ecsi.se).

The publications are distributed in print and in electronic format via http://ecsi.se See also:

Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome.

Opuscula Atheniensia.

Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 4˚.

Skrifter utgivna av Svenska institutet i Athen, 8˚.

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Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 18, 2025.

ISBN 978-91-977799-7-5
Soft cover
274 pages
Published 2025
Language: English

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. All content available with open access.

The date of the destruction of the palace at Knossos on Crete has been one of the key problems of Aegean prehistory since the palace was excavated at the beginning of the 20th century. The excavator Arthur Evans argued for an LM II date as he presumed that the inscribed tablets found in the palace destruction layers must have been written by the people who had produced the large and richly adorned Palace Style jars which he dated to the LM II period.

Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 17, 2024

ISBN 978-91-977799-6-8
Soft cover
274 pages
Published 2024
Language: English

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. All content available with open access.

Animal sacrifice fundamentally informed how the ancient Greeks defined themselves, their relation to the divine, and the structure of their society. Adopting an explicitly cross-disciplinary perspective, the present volume explores the practical execution and complex meaning of animal sacrifice within ancient Greek religion (c. 1000 BC–AD 200). 

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The “material turn” in the humanities and social sciences has brought about an expanded understanding of the material dimension of all cultural and social phenomena. In the Classics it has resulted in the breaking down of boundaries within the discipline and a growing interest in materiality within literature. In the study of religion cross-culturally new perspectives are emphasising religion as a material phenomenon and belief as a practice founded in the material world.

Opuscula. Annual of the Swedish Institutes at Athens and Rome 16, 2023

ISBN 978-91-977799-5-1
Soft cover
268 pages
Published 2023
Language: English

Published by the Swedish Institute at Athens. Distributed by Eddy.se AB. All content available with open access.

Despite the prevalent picture of the water supply in the ancient world as being dominated by fountains and aqueducts, the large number of excavated wells and cisterns show that these were the primary water sources for most individuals. Yet, little research has been done on their construction, function and use. This prompted the organization of the workshop Going against the flow. Wells, cisterns and water in ancient Greece, held at the Swedish Institute at Athens on 28–29 September 2017, and subsequent publication of the contributions in this volume.