... of Aegean cultures, the Cycladic islands, Crete, western Asia Minor, and the Greek mainland. Two important finds deserve special attention: the famous “bee pendant” from the necropolis of Chrysolakkos at Malia and the so-called Aegina treasure in the British Museum. The Malia pendant, which is dated to late...

...Aegina was one of the major centers of the Aegean Bronze Age. This article discusses the most important information about the site of Kolonna, the main settlement known on the island. The importance of both the site and the entire island is mainly the result of its location in the center...

... of the Peloponnesian War. By using and contextualizing all of the evidence available from the site, this chapter illuminates not only the Sanctuary of Aphaia itself, but also Athens and Aegina, the rivalry between them, and the ways in which such rivalries could be expressed in the ancient Greek world. Aphaia...

...Taking as its starting-point the image of song as cargo from the opening of Pindar's Nemean 5, this chapter discusses the political and economic identity of the archaic and classical Aeginetans through detailed exploration of myths and religious practices, on Aegina itself, as well...

...This chapter discusses Pindar's Olympian 8 in the context of escalating tensions between Aegina and Athens. It interprets the political significance of some major poetic choices in light of the historical background of the composition and performance, linking a number of issues...

... to the subsequent history of Aegina: how her cultural, political, and economic identity contributed to the events which befell her later, especially at the hands of Athens. Herodotus' logoi explore the complexity of Aegina's position, literal and metaphorical, as a Dorian polis...

... the marbles and discussing obtaining new credits with Elgin's bankers. While Lusieri was in Athens, a new discovery which was achieved by Charles Robert Cockerell involved examinations of all the possible ancient buildings that could be located. Cockerell and his party discovered the Aegina marbles...

... sanctuary Olympia Corcyra inscriptions victory Morris Ian Neer Richard Olympia and Olympic Games torch races Aristophanes Greek comic poet citizens Greek and epinikia Hieron Hiero I of Syracuse Theron Sicilian tyrant Western Greeks Acropolis Aegina Greek island Athens crowns wreaths Diodorus...

... to differentiate pre-market-economy trade from other forms of exchange. Aegina Babylonia Carians Delphi Egyptian objects Gravisca Halicarnassus Ialyssos Kamiros Lesbos The fall of the Mycenaean world marks a deep historical break. Mycenaean society was characterized by a redistributive economy, indicated...

... by Deucalion and Pyrrha after the great flood (1.348–415), the plague at Aegina (7.517–660), and Hercules’ death on Mt. Oeta (9.152–272). The chapter argues that Ovid pointedly undermines the tenets of Epicurean ethics in remythologizing his Latin epic predecessor. His elaboration and refutation of Epicurean...

... principal functions was liaising with Delphi. This chapter discusses the significance of this building and its officials for the religious and political life of the polis, through an assessment of comparative evidence from other states, including inscriptions. On Aegina at least...

.... The importance of the common exploits of Herakles and Telamon for Aegina is discussed, especially in light of the pedimental sculpture of the Temple of Aphaia, along with the increased prominence of Ajax in the Aeginetan tradition, which reveals revisionism of more ancient versions of the Ajax myth. Also...

...This essay fulfils the promise made by Ste. Croix in OPW 267 n. 61 in which he states: ‘I propose to demonstrate in detail elsewhere that even the governing class of Aegina was not at all the “mercantile aristocracy” it is so often assumed to have been, but a small, rich landowning...

...: when an expression is repeated, the appearance (word) is the same while the inner being (meaning) is not. In three cases, from the stories of Echo, Pygmalion, and the plague in Aegina, it is shown that the hidden transformations are subtly signalled by the poet. In the first and third cases, the poet’s...

...Situated in the centre of the Saronic Gulf, the island of Aegina has long been recognized as a powerful force in the cultural, political, economic, and strategic history of fifth-century Greece. The island is well known as the original home of the magnificent Doric architecture and sculpture...

... of fifth-century Greece. Main subjects for discussion are poetic articulations of local myth, economics, politics and administration, ritual and cult, art, and historiography. A detailed discussion of methodology and approaches is presented together with an overview of subsequent chapters. Pindar Aegina...

... the classical period of the fifth century bc. Athens Panathenaia Athenian festival Peisistratos and Peisistratidai Athenian tryants Hesiod Epic Cycle the Hesiodic Catalogue of Women Apollodorus Pindar Aegina island state of Aegina nymph Aiakos Asopid nymphs Asopos rivers Thebe Herodotus...

...In this chapter the focus shifts to the less conspicuous appearances of Aegina in Herodotus' text, those in the first four books, to show what kind of prelude they provide to the Aeginetans' prominent roles in the later Histories, and how they interact with the concerns...

... of Paul of Aegina’s Pragmateia . Studies in Ancient Medicine 29. Brill Pormann, P. E.   2009 . “Paulos of Aegina (ca 630–670 CE?),” in Keyser and Irby-Massie (eds.), 629 Pormann, P. E.   2010 . “ Medical Education in Late Antiquity: From Alexandria to Montpellier...

... centuries BC, the massive issues of Aegina dominated coin circulation throughout the Cyclades and Crete. The Cycladic islands were quick to bring out their own coinages, clearly inspired by the example of Aegina. The Cretan poleis, however, did not open local mints until around 470...