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This book is the first to be published from a wider research
project, still in progress, about the sanctuaries of Poseidon and
Athena on the promontory of Sounion (southeast Attica). The aim of
this volume is to present, for the first time, a comprehensive
examination and interpretation of a wide selection of unpublished
small finds. These last, of different categories and materials,
were discovered in the bothroi (pitdeposits) and the landfills;
they are set into their contexts. The illustrations of the finds
are integrated within the relevant text for easier reference and a
detailed catalogue complements the discussion. The limited
archaeological records concerning the work in the sanctuaries,
conducted by Valerios Stais between 1897-1915, and which still
remain the only extensive excavations undertaken, are re-evaluated.
The author revisits the two sanctuaries, reviewing the structures
within them to cast light on the early phases of their
establishment and development, as well as their significance for
the socio-economic growth of south east Attica. This is realized by
drawing upon the evidence of archaeological data and the ancient
literary sources alike. The research thus provides a fresh insight
into the early cults, with emphasis on the identity of the deities
worshipped at Sounion from the Late Geometric to the dawn of the
Classical period.
The honorand of this volume, Matti Egon, has been a great
benefactor to museums, schools, universities and hospitals in the
UK and also in Greece: all areas that her background and life's
interests have made dear to her. One of these is the Greek
Archaeological Committee UK, that she helped found in 1992: an
organization dedicated to informing academe and the public in
Britain of archaeological work carried out in Greece, and of
enabling the 'brightest minds' of Greece and Cyprus to pursue
post-graduate research at British institutions, to the mutual
enrichment of both. Some fifty-five graduates have so benefited.
This volume offers essays by a good half of those so assisted:
roughly split between the sexes, they range between post-graduates
still completing their studies in the UK, up to those with
doctorates, almost half the group, now successfully in employment
at Universities and similar Institutions in the UK, Greece, Cyprus
and the USA, with rather fewer working in Museums, within the Greek
Ephorates and even at a Foreign School in Athens. The hugely varied
topics they offer cover the entire range of prehistory and history
down to the modern day on Greek and Cypriot soil. Neolithic animal
butchery rubs shoulders with regional assessments of the end of the
Mycenaean era, investigations into Hellenistic sculptors and lamps,
life in Byzantine monasteries and the politics behind modern
exhibitions; the Phoenicians and even an Islamic general make cameo
appearances. This startling range of subjects accurately reflects
the depth of scholarship Matti Egon has nurtured into being; the
affection and gratitude expressed by the graduates equally mirrors
the deep appreciation they acknowledge for the opportunities so
given.
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