An International Conference to be held at Oxford, 21-23 September 2010.
Organisers: Dr. Milena Melfi and Dr. Olympia Bobou
Artist's reconstruction of the sanctuary of Delphi,
by Albert Tournaire (watercolor 1894)
Abstract
How and why did sacred space change? This conference aims at exploring the sanctuaries of Greece in the tumultuous period between 300 BCE and 100 CE, with the aim of understanding changes in ritual practices, religious meanings and architectural forms. This period in Greece is characterized by the creation of kingdoms and federations, by the strengthening of the Roman presence, and is full of cultural, technological and artistic innovations.
Sanctuaries change: new gods are introduced, traditional gods acquire new characteristics, and this is reflected in the rituals, dedications and the way that these are codified in space. Since these phenomena cannot be understood without taking into account contemporary developments in other parts of the Roman world, the sanctuaries of Hellenistic Italy will be given a special focus.
Sanctuaries are at the heart of the Greek and Roman world, and their importance can be examined at different levels: religious, cultural, political, historical. Our speakers will explore the following themes: (a) transformation of religious buildings and spaces, with the creation of new models; (b) transformation of the votive landscape; (c) religious contacts between Greece and Rome and their expression in material culture.
The aim of the conference is to open up new perspectives on the archaeology of the Greek world in a period not frequently studied, and to offer new insights to students and scholars alike.
The aim of the conference is to open up new perspectives on the archaeology of the Greek world in a period not frequently studied, and to offer new insights to students and scholars alike.
Speakers include:
Luigi Calió, Lorenzo Campagna, Annelies Cazemier, Alessandro Celani, Alessandro D’Alessio, Björn Forsen, Marco Galli, Ioannes Graikos, Betta Interdonato, Maria Kantirea, Sofia Kravaritou, Yves Lafond, Annalisa Lo Monaco, Ioannis Mylonopoulos, Maria Papakostantinou, Elena Partida, Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis, Jessica Piccinini, Petros Themelis,
Luigi Calió, Lorenzo Campagna, Annelies Cazemier, Alessandro Celani, Alessandro D’Alessio, Björn Forsen, Marco Galli, Ioannes Graikos, Betta Interdonato, Maria Kantirea, Sofia Kravaritou, Yves Lafond, Annalisa Lo Monaco, Ioannis Mylonopoulos, Maria Papakostantinou, Elena Partida, Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis, Jessica Piccinini, Petros Themelis,
Tuesday 21 September
16.00-18.00 Registration at Brasenose College, Lecture Room XI
Wednesday 22 September
9.15 Welcome and introduction
9.30 Elena C. Partida
Successive influences in the sanctuary of Delphi: the Aetolian, Pergamene and Roman input to religious architecture and the evolution of the votive landscape
10.00 Jessica Piccinini
Renaissance or decline? The Oracle of Dodona in the Hellenistic and Early Roman Period
10.30 Björn Forsén
Agia Paraskevi at Arachamitai: some thoughts concerning a new Hellenistic sanctuary in Arcadia
11.00 Discussion and Coffee
11.40 Maria Fotini Papakonstantinou
The Asklepieion of Daphnous and its transformation in the Hellenistic Period
12.10 Sofia Kravaritou
Sacred space and the politics of multiculturalism in Demetrias (Thessaly)
12.40 Ioannis Graekos
Rethinking the Mother of the Gods: The politics of sacred space in Macedonia (fourth century B.C.)
13.10 Discussion and Lunch
14.30 Elisabetta Interdonato
Architecture and rituals in the Hellenistic age: the case of the Asklepieion in Kos.
15.00 Luigi Caliò
The development of the urban sanctuaries in Kamiros in Hellenistic times
15.30 Coffee
16.00 Alessandro D'Alessio,
Spaces, functions and landscape in the late Republican sanctuaries of Italy
16.30 Lorenzo Campagna
Tauromenion (Taormina, Sicily): the Hellenistic sacred area near the church of Santa Caterina and its transformations during the Roman Imperial age.
17.00 Discussion
18.30 Reception at the Ashmolean Museum (Rome Gallery and Cast Gallery)
Thursday 23 September
9.30 Olympia Bobou
New images for new gods
10.00 Ioannis Mylonopoulos
The myth of artistic innovation: Hellenistic divine images and the power of tradition
10.30 Alessandro Celani
A male head from Terracina: sculptural styles, myths and narratives
11.00 Discussion and Coffee
11.40 Yves Lafond
Evergetism and religion in the cities of Peloponnese (I BC- I AD): between civic traditions and the self-celebration of local elites
12.10 Maria Kantirea
Reshaping the sacred landscape through benefaction: the sanctuary of Lycosoura in the Peloponnese
12.40 Annalisa Lo Monaco
Roman consuls and Greek communities: sanctuaries and beyond.
13.10 Discussion and Lunch
14.30 Milena Melfi
Greek cults in a conquered land: Corinth 146-44 BC
15.00 Marco Galli
New heroes in old sanctuaries (I BC- I AD)
15.30 Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis
Readings of the Amphiareion of Oropos in the Roman period
16.00 Discussion and concluding remarks
19.00 Conference Dinner at Oriel College
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