Pigs in Ancient Greek sociey. From colloquial porkers to sacrificial swine.
International Workshop
Published: 2025-10-10
The Swedish and Finnish Institutes at Athens invite you to the workshop
Pigs in Ancient Greece. From Colloquial Porkers to sacrificial swine.
The workshop takes place on Friday, October 24, 2025, in a hybrid format with live presence at the Swedish Institute at Athens, Mitseon 9, and online via Zoom.
Various aspects of porcine animals will be discussed during the one day programme.
Programme
09.30
Petra Pakkanen and Jenny Wallensten
Welcome words
09.45
Gunnel Ekroth and Filippo Lepori (University of Uppsala)
Pigs as sacrifice: Problematic, polluted or simply pork?
10:30
Petra Pakkanen (Finnish Institute at Athens)
No skin off pig’s back. Pig-skin as a reason for the particularity of a pig in ancient Greek sources
Coffee Break
11:45
Quentin Zarka (Université Paris 1 Panthéon, Sorbonne)
The boar’s tusk helmets of Late Bronze Age Mycenae: Literature, iconography, and technological analysis in dialogue
Lunch Break
14:15
Samuel Gartland (University of Leeds)
Comic pigs in ancient Greece
15:00
Jenny Wallensten (Swedish Institute at Athens)
I’ll call you a pig if I want to: Notes on pig onomastics
15:45
Cristy Constantakopoulou (National Hellenic Research Foundation)
Pigs on Delos: A cost analysis
Warmly welcome!
