Past Lectures and Conferences

At the Crossroads of Greek Religion

On 13 December 2025 an international workshop entitled At the Crossroads of Greek Religion: Interactions with the Eastern Mediterranean was held in hybrid format at the Swedish Institute at Athens. Further information is available at https://www.sia.gr/en/articles.php?tid=1220. The program was:
R. Laemmle, “A game of two halves? Homer and the invention of a Greek underworld”
F. Lepori, “A non-Greek ritual in the Homeric poems? The pit ritual in the Nekyia (Odyssey 11) from a formulaic perspective”
M. Bachvarova, “From economics to poetics: The role of Samos in the transmission of Near Eastern cult practices”
I. Rutherford, “Pegasus’ bridle and other horsey rituals: A neglected aspect of religious interaction in the Late Bronze Age”

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