Programme

Conference Programme
Thrusday 18 October 2018
17:00 – 18:00
Arrival – Registration
18:00 - 18:30
Opening
Manolis I. Stefanakis, Fani Seroglou, Georgios Mavroudis, Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos18:30 - 18:45
Religion and cult in the Dodecanese through material evidence: issues and interpretations
Opening Key note lecture:
Richard G.A. Buxton		18:45 - 19:30
From Helios to Asklepios: contrasting and complementary perceptions of divinity
20:00 - 22:00
Welcome Reception
Friday 19 October 2018 (morning session)
09:00 – 09:30
Arrival – Registration
Chair:
Richard G.A. Buxton – Spyridon Siropoulos
Juliane Zachhuber09:30 - 09:45
Sharing Time: The Sacrificial Calendar of Synoicised Rhodes
Paul A. Iversen09:45 - 10:00
The Antikythera Mechanism, the Halieia of Rhodes and Some Thoughts on the Rhodian and Koan Calendars
Jan-Mathieu Carbon10:00 - 10:15
From Law Codes to Local Sanctuaries: Defining Purity Rules in Rhodes (and Kos)
William Bubelis10:15 - 10:30
Private Religious Associations and their Finances on Hellenistic Rhodes: When is a Tax not a Tax?
Vincent Gabrielsen10:30 - 10:45
The Cult of Enyalios: Epigraphic Evidence on Military Organization and Taxation in Lindos
10:45 - 11:30
Discussion - Coffee Break
Chair:
Vincent Gabrielsen – Mercedes Aguirre Castro
Romina Carboni, Emiliano Cruccas11:30 - 11:45
Defending the city. Forms of private and public devotion in the Dodecanese in the Hellenistic age
Dimitra-Maria LalaThe formation and evolution of the "pantheons" of the Rhodian cities after the synoecism
Kerstin Höghammar11:45 - 12:00
Public servants and cult officials. The role and standing of the priests of Apollo and Herakles and the hieropoioi in the deme of Halasarna, Kos c. 220-180 BC
Mateo D’Acunto12:15 – 12:30
The Image of Lindian Athana Revisited
Sanne Hoffmann12:30 - 12:45
The multifunctional Athana Lindia, discussed through setting and votive offerings
Vassiliki Stefanaki, Angeliki Giannikouri13:00 – 13:15
Communal religious identity on Koan coin types (end of 3rd – first half of 2nd c. BC)
Nathan Badoud13:15 - 13:30
Religion and forgery: The cult of Alexander the Great
13:30 - 14:00
Discussion
Friday 19 October 2018 (evening session)
Chair:
D’Acunto Matteo – Juliane Zachhuber
Key note lecture:
François Lissarrague		17:00 - 17:30
On figuring Greek Rituals: Space, Time, Visibility
Nicolas Salmon17:30 - 17:45
Technically Gifted: Votive Deposits from Archaic Kamiros
Christian Mazet17:45 - 18:00
How to read rhodian orientalizing jewellery iconography? A reappraisal of the rhodian Great Goddess's hypothesis
Kalliopi Bairami18:00 - 18:15
Sculpture from Pantheon. Outdoors sanctuary at the foot-hills of the rhodian acropolis
18:15 - 18:45
Coffee break
Chair:
Fani Seroglou, Panagiotis Kousoulis
Ergün Lafli18:45 - 19:00
Art of Hellenistic votive steles in the Dodecanese
Georgia Kokkorou-Alevras, Georgios Doulfis19:00 - 19:15
Dedications, dedicators, and deities at the sanctuary of Apollo Pythaios/Pythaeus in ancient Halasarna, Cos
Vassiliki Christopoulou, Nikolas Dimakis19:15 - 19:30
Aspects of the Cult of Demeter in Kos
Dimitrios Bosnakis19:30 - 19:45
The cult of Asclepius in Kalymnos. New archaeological evidence
19:45 - 20:15
Discussion
Saturday 20 October 2018 (morning session)
Chair:
Ioannis Papachristodoulou, Manolis I. Stefanakis
Key note lecture:
Maria Chiara Monaco		09:30 - 10:00
Synoecism as a divide? Cults of the rhodian cities: ancient hypotheses, new perspectives
Eleni Farmakidou10:00 - 10:15
The temple of Apollo Pythios at the acropolis of Rhodes: Notes for the past, the present and the future of the monument
Maria Michalaki Kollia10:15 - 10:30
Temples, sacred places and cults in the Hippodamian town of Rhodes.
The water and Nymph Rhodes
Vassiliki Patsiada10:30 - 10:45
Open air sanctuary of Kybele in the city of Rhodes
10:45 - 11:30
Discussion - Coffee break
Chair:
Eleni Farmakidou – Maria Chiara Monaco
Isabella Bossolino11:30 - 11:45
Early Iron Age Kamiros and its Sanctuaries: Some Observations
Jérémy Lamaze11:45 - 12:00
"La chapelle" of Vroulia (Rhodes) reconsidered: replacing the building in the typology of Aegean Hearth Temples
Pavlos Triantafyllidis 12:00 - 12:45
The pan-rhodian sanctuary of Atavyrios Zeus
Monica Livadiotti, Giorgio Rocco12:15 - 12:30
The Sanctuary of Zeus Atavyrios on Rhodes. Preliminary notes on its architecture
Dimitris Paleothodoros, Georgios Mavroudis12:30 - 12:45
Visual and written testimonies on the cult of Dionysos in Rhodes and the Dodecanese
12:45 - 13:15
Discussion
Saturday 20 October 2018 (evening session)
Chair:
Kokkorou-Alevras Georgia, Paolo Daniele Scirpo
Elpida Skerlou 17:00 - 17:15
Religion and ritual practices in Kos during the Dark Ages: The testimony offered from a rural sanctuary in Kos, Psalidi area
Wolfgang Ehrhardt15:15 - 17:30
The Asclepieion on Cos from the 4th to the 2nd c. BC - Results of archaeological research from 2012 until 2015
Olympia Panagiotidou17:30 – 17:45
Divinatory dreams and healing: the Asclepius cult on Dodecanese
17:45 - 18:15
Discussion - Coffee break
Chair:
François Lissarrague, Pavlos Triantafyllidis
Elektra Apostola, Panagiotis Kousoulis, Ronaldo Pereira, Dominique Barcat18:15 - 18:30
Egyptian and Egyptianizing votives from the Archaic Sanctuaries of Rhodes
Eleni Papadogiannaki18:30 - 18:45
Egyptian deities in Rhodes: religion and cult
Charikleia Fantaoutsaki18:45 - 19:00
Divine travellers from Egypt settle in Rhodes: some issues for discussion
Panagiotis Pachis19:00 - 19:15
The cult of Isis in the Dodecanese during the Greco-Roman period
19:15 - 19:45
Discussion
20:30
Dinner
Sunday 21 October 2018
Chair:
Dimitrios Bosnakis, Dimitrios Palaiothodoros
Paolo Daniele Scirpo10:00 - 10:15
The Rhodian cults in the Greek colonies of Sicily
Winfried Held10:15 - 10:30
Sanctuaries and Cults in the Rhodian Peraia
Joy Rivault10:30 - 10:45
The religious life in the Rhodian Peraia in the Hellenistic times: Rhodian or Carian cults?
10:45 - 11:15
Discussion
Nicolas Salmon, Juliane Zachhuber11:15 – 11:30
Closing remarks
11:30 - 11:45
Closing
12:00 – 14:00
Visit of the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes