Welcome to the Autumn 2021 series of Athens Greek Religion Seminars.

The seminars will take place at 17h (Athens time) via Zoom until further notice.

The Director and the staff of the Swedish Institute at Athens wish you a relaxing and safe summer!

The Swedish Institute at Athens and THE CIRCLE: Dialogues for Greek and Roman Architecture, have the pleasure to invite you to a talk by Pontus Hellström, Uppsala University, and Jesper Blid, Austrian Academy of Sciences:

The Hekatomnid Andrones at the Sanctuary of Zeus at Labraunda 

The seminar will take place on Monday June 14, 2021, at 19.00h (Athens time) via Zoom link.

Gunnel Ekroth, Uppsala University, will give a talk entitled Gods, humans and a plot of land. Thoughts on the temenos.

The seminar takes place Tuesday June 15, 2021, 17.00 (Athens time) via Zoom link. 

The Swedish Institute at Athens has the pleasure to invite you to a seminar held by Georgia Galani, Stockholm University:

Imprints of Roman Imperium: Bronze Coinages in the Republican Eastern Provinces

The seminar will take place on Wednesday June 16, 2021, at 17.00h (Athens time) via Zoom link.

Christina Williamson & Alexandra Katevaini (University of Groningen) will give a talk entitled Deep-mapping the Asklepieion of Pergamon – A road trip.

The seminar takes place Tuesday May 25, 2021, 17.00 (Athens time) via Zoom link. 

The Swedish Institute at Athens has invited Martin Wirén, the man behind the artist Bear Garden, to perform at the 20th Athens Technopolis Jazz Festival.

Stay tuned on Friday, May 28 at 21:00 (Greek time).

A brief four-week excavation campaign in 1997 at the temple on top of the mountain of Agios Elias at Asea produced abundant archaeological material which partly is presented in this study, along with a stratigraphic report of part of the excavated area. The pottery, miniature vessels, miscellaneous terracotta finds, roof tiles, faunal and human bones, glass, coins, sculpture and miscellaneous stone objects are included in the present work.