Religion and Cult in the Dodecanese During the First Millennium BC: Proceedings of the International Archaeological Conference

Cover\nTitle Page\nCopyright page\nContents Page\nList of Figures\n	The cult of Enyalios: Epigraphic evidence on military organisation and taxation in Lindos\n		Figure 1a. E6979 (upper front face). Courtesy of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Rhodes.\n		Figure 1b. E6987 (lower front face). Courtesy of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Rhodes.\n		Figure 1c. E6979 (upper back face). Courtesy of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Rhodes.\n	The multifunctional Athana Lindia: Discussing the aspects of a goddess through sanctuary setting and votive offerings\n		Figure 1. Marble statuette of Athena from the Lindos sanctuary. Inv. no. 12200. Photograph from the Rhodes expedition 1902-1914 (Courtesy of the National Museum of Denmark).\n		Figure 2. Greek terracotta figurine from Lindos, possibly portraying Athena. Inv. no. 10712. (Courtesy of the National Museum of Denmark).\n		Figure 3. Greek terracotta figurine from Lindos, portraying Athena. In the National Museum of Denmark, inv. no. 10713. (Photograph by the author).\n		Figure 4. Drawing of a Greek terracotta figurine from Lindos, possibly portraying Athena (Blinkenberg 1931: cat. no. 2332).\n		Figure 5. Part of the exhibition of the Lindian votive offerings in the National Museum of Denmark (Photograph by John Lee).\n		Figure 6. Plans of the Lindian acropolis. The left plan showing the acropolis c. 550-300 BC, right plan showing the acropolis c. 100 BC (Left plan by E. Dyggve 1960: fig. III, 4. Right plan by H. Rasmussen, Blinkenberg 1931: pl. 1).\n		Figure 7. Examples of the votive Cypriote limestone figurines from Lindos in the National Museum of Denmark (Photograph by John Lee).\n		Figure 8b. Examples of protomai from Lindos (Drawings from Blinkenberg 1931: pl. 147).\n		Figure 9. Greek terracotta figurine from Lindos of seated female holding a spindle. In the National Museum of Denmark, inv. no. 10575. (Photograph by John Lee).\n		Figure 10. Modern day Lindos and the Lindian acropolis (Photograph by Niels Bargfeldt).\n		Figure 11. The cave facing the sea in the Lindian acropolis. (Photograph by Niels Bargfeldt).\n		Figure 12. Plan of the temple above the cave. (Plan by E. Dyggve: 1960: 148, fig. IV, 19).\n	Public servants and cult officials: The socio-economic standing and activities of the priests of Apollo and the hieropoioi at Halasarna, Kos, c. 220–180 BC\n		Figure 1. Map of Kos island with Kos town and Halasarna. Published with the permission of Victoria Georgopoulou and Anno Hein. (First published on a poster in 2015; Amphorae and more – Long-term pottery production in Halasarna, Kos. Anno Hein, Dimitris Gr\n		Figure 2. The sanctuary of Apollo and Herakles at Halasarna. General plan. Published with permission by the Halasarna project.\n		Figure 4. Map of Aegean Greece at the time of the Second Macedonian War. From Wikipedia, by Raymond Palmer.\n		Chart 1. Number of donors from the entire polis of Kos. Copyright K. Höghammar.\n		Chart 2. Number of donors from all Kos and number of Halasarnitan cult officials. Copyright K. Höghammar.\n		Table 1. Economic status. List of priests in approximate chronological order.20\n		Table 2. Economic status. List of hieropoioi in approximate chronological order (the table only includes officials with known economic status).21\n	Politics and religion on Koan coin types (end of 3rd – first half of 2nd century BC)\n		Figure 1. Tetradrachm, 400-beginning of 380s BC, GM, Auktion 138, 7-8/05/2005, no. 123 (Stefanaki 2012: 190, no. 162).\n		Figure 2. Tetradrachm, 370/60-345 BC, GM, Auktion 141, 10/10/2005, no. 151 (Stefanaki 2012: 197, no. 296).\n		Figure 3. Tetradrachm, 345-340/30 BC, M+MD, Auktion 20, 10-11/10/2006, no. 86 (Stefanaki 2012: 208, no. 526).\n		Figure 4. Tetradrachm, 280-250 BC, Dresden, MKD, Inv.-Nr. 2006/267 (Stefanaki 2012: 223, no. 831).\n		Figure 5. Drachm, 270/60-201/0 BC, GM, Auktion 151, 9/10/2006, no. 193 (Stefanaki 2012: 241, no. 1220).\n		Figure 7. Hemidrachm, end of 3rd century BC, Paris, BN, 1228 (Stefanaki 2012: 254, no. 1631).\n		Figure 8. Drachm, 200-190 BC, Paris, BN, 1212 (Stefanaki 2012: 257, no. 1661).\n		Fig. 9. Drachm, 200-190 BC, Kos, Archaeological Museum (Stefanaki 2012: 257, no. 1666).\n		Figure 10. Hemidrachm, 180s-170s BC, UBS, Auction 45, 15-17/09/1998, no. 266 (Stefanaki 2012: 263, no. 1772).\n		Figure 11. Hemidrachm, ca. 200 BC, Kalymnos, Archaeological Museum (Stefanaki 2012: 256, no. 1646).\n		Figure 12. Kalymnian bronze, second half of the 3rd century BC, Berlin, MK, Graf Prokesch Osten 1875 (Stefanaki 2012: 92, fig. 19).\n		Figure 13. Tetradrachm, 170-162 BC, Leu, Auction 45, 26/05/1998, no. 228 (Stefanaki 2012: 265, no. 1796).\n	Technically gifted: Votive deposits from Kamiros acropolis\n		Figure 1. Map of Rhodes and the East Dorian region (drawing: Kate Morton © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 2. Alfred Biliotti’s Diary for Monday, 26 October 1864 (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 3. Foot of Attic black-glaze kylix marked [Fikellura] ‘79’ (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 4. Alfred Biliotti’s map of Kamiros acropolis, April 1864 (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 6. Bronze bird figure; H. 2.54; BM 1864,1007.404 (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 7. Bronze bird fibula; H. 3.81 cm; BM 1864,1007.412 (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 10. Bone ‘naked goddess’ figure; H. 5.08 cm; BM 1864,1007.631 (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 8. Faience unguent vessel; H. 5.08 cm; BM 1864,1007.942 (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 9. Faience pyxis; H. 5.08 cm; BM 1864,1007.808 (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 11. Long bone; L. 5.55 cm; BM 1864,1007.541 (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n		Figure 12. Terracotta female figure; H. 21.2 cm; BM 1864,1007.1247 (photograph: © Trustees of the British Museum).\n	Sculpture from ‘Pantheon’: An open-air sanctuary at the foothills of the Rhodian acropolis\n		Figure 1. Moustaki plot. The altar of the sanctuary (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n		Figure 2. The site of the temenos in the Hippodamian plan of ancient Rhodes (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n		Figure 4. Geniki Techniki plot. The subterranean rock cut spaces (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n		Figure 7. Moustaki plot. Late Roman lamps of Asia Minor type (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n		Figures 5–6. Moustaki plot. Ptolemaic coin, diobol, obverse and reverse (inv. no. Ν1008) (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n		Figure 10. Geniki Techniki plot. Hermaphroditos statuette (H: 0.50 m) (Γ2157) (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n		Figure 8. Menexeli plot. Bronze sandalled forefoot (L: 12 cm) (M467) (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n		Figure 9. Mylona plot. Head of Aphrodite (H: 0.25 m) (Γ189) (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n		Figure 11. Geniki Techniki plot. Nemesis statuette (H: 0.46 m) (Γ2164) (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n		Figure 12. Geniki Techniki plot. Nemesis statuette (Γ2165) (© Ephorate of Antiquities of the Dodecanese).\n	Dedications, dedicators and cults at ancient Halasarna of Cos\n		Figure 2a. Halasarna, Cos. Fragmentary statuette of an Archaic kouros of Parian marble (front).\n		Figure 2b. Halasarna, Cos. Fragmentary statuette of an Archaic kouros of Parian marble (reverse).\n		Figure 3. Halasarna, Cos. Inscribed sherd of a Rhodian Panathenaic amphora.\n		Figure 4. Halasarna, Cos. Fragmentary statuettes of Aphrodite.\n		Figure 5. Halasarna, Cos. Hekataion.\n		Figure 6. Halasarna, Cos. Female hand with torch (Hekate’s?).\n		Figure 8. Halasarna, Cos. Colossal head of Heracles (2nd/1st century BC).\n		Figure 9a. Halasarna, Cos. Marble figurine, Priapus.\n		Figure 9b. Halasarna, Cos. Marble figurine, dog.\n		Figure 10. Halasarna, Cos. Clay figurines: a) Isis with Harpocrates, b) dancer, c) city’s Tyche, d) Attis, e) dove, f) altar with fruits, g) Doric column, h) eagle, i) temple boy.\n	Sculpture in religious context: Reconstructing the cult of Asklepios on Kalymnos\n		Figure 1. Statuette of Asklepios (Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos, inv. no. 3154).\n		Figure 2. Colossal cult statue of Asklepios (Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos, inv. no. 3174).\n		Figure 3. Upper part of the cult statue of Asklepios (Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos, inv. no. 3174).\n		Figure 4. Lower part of a colossal statue of Asklepios (Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos, inv. no. 3188).\n		Figure 5. Statue of boy with a ball (Archaeological Museum of Kalymnos, inv. no. 3157).\n	An open-air sanctuary of Kybele? in the city of Rhodes\n		Figure 2a. Venetokleion High School plot. Plan of the excavation.\n		Figure 2b. Section of the staircase leading to the subterranean water tunnels.\n		Figure 3. Venetokleion High School plot. View of the excavation.\n		Figure 4. Venetokleion High School plot. View of the excavation.\n		Figure 5. The entrance to the subterranean water tunnels.\n		Figure 6. The vaulted ceiling of the staircase leading to the subterranean water system.\n		Figure 7. Niches and small altars carved on the wall of the staircase.\n		Figure 8a–8b. Small altars and niches on the wall of the staircase.\n		Figure 9. Topographic plan of the excavations conducted in the area of the sanctuary. 1) Venetokleion High School; 2) KYP plot; 3) Municipality Works; 4) DEYAR Works; 5) Venetokleion Gym; 6–10) Natural rock.\n		Figure 11. Clearing works in 2017. The east slope of the hill and the rock face with the niches.\n		Figure 12. Clearing works in 2017. The east slope of the hill along M. Konstantinou Street, the ancient street P 30.\n		Figure 13. Clearing works 2017. Rock terrace wall on the southeast slope of the hill.\n		Figure 14. Natural rock on the northeast foot of the hill.\n		Figure 17a. Plan of the excavation, the KYP plot.\n		Figure 17b. Section in street P 39b.\n		Figure 18. KYP plot; the staircase in street P 39a.\n		Figure 19. KYP plot; the street R39a. View from the North.\n		Figure 21. The sanctuary of Kybele in the modern urban plan.\n		Figure 22. Miniature vases from the excavation, Venetokleion High School.\n		Figure 23. Fragment of a Kybele figurine from the excavation, Venetokleion High School.\n		Figure 24. Fragment of a Kybele figurine from the excavation, Venetokleion High School: lion beneath the feet of the enthroned goddess.\n		Figure 25. Statuette of Apollo Sauroktonos from the excavation, KYP plot.\n		Figure 26. Miniature bronze herm from the excavation, KYP plot.\n		Figure 27. Lead-sheet cut-out figurine, KYP plot.\n		Figure 28a-b. Kybele marble statuette with a crouching lion on her right foot.\n		Figure 29. Lower part of a Kybele figurine.\n		Figure 30. Head of a Kybele clay figurine.\n		Figure 31. Fragment of a Kybele marble naïskos.\n		Figure 33. Head of an Attis figurine.\n		Figure 34. Head of Attis statue.\n		Figure 35. Torso of Attis statue.\n		Figure 36. Urban plan of the Classical city of Rhodes (after Filimonos-Tsopotou 2004, plan 9).\n		Figure 37. Urban plan of the Hellenistic city of Rhodes (Digital map (2021) M. Filimonos-Tsopotou – V. Agiakatsikas).\n		Figure 38. Acanthus base from the excavation, Venetokleion High School.\n	Temples, sacred places and cults in the city of Rhodes: Revisiting the evidence\n		Figure 1. Rhodes: Soichan-Minetou Plot. Fallen pedestals in the trench of the east stoa (photo by the author).\n		Figure 2. Acropolis of Rhodes. General view from the southwest (photo by Ph. Philippou, no. 329).\n		Figure 3. Acropolis of Rhodes. General view of the area of the two Nymphaea complexes (photo by Ph. Philippou).\n		Figure 4. Acropolis of Rhodes. Ground plan of the ‘Great Nymphaeum’ (drawings by G. Antoniou).\n		Figure 5a. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Great Nymphaeum’. Northern vault with small niches cut in the vertical facade (drawing by G. Antoniou).\n		Figure 6. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Great Nymphaeum’. Southern vault with imitation stalactites and curved niches (drawing by G. Antoniou).\n		Figure 7. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Great Nymphaeum’. East side, showing the corridor that leads to the east rectangular area and the old staircase to the left (drawing by P. Varvitsiotis).\n		Figure 8. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Great Nymphaeum’. West side with four small grotto-like areas and in the middle the corridor that leads to the small pond (drawing by G. Antoniou).\n		Figure 10a. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Great Nymphaeum’. Section of the Southern vault, one of the water tunnels and the staircase to the right (drawing by P. Varvitsiotis).\n		Figure 9. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Great Nymphaeum’. West side with four small grotto-like areas and in the middle the corridor that leads to the small pond (photo by the author).\n		Figure 10b. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Great Nymphaeum’. Section of the long corridor that leads to the east rectangular area (drawing by P. Varvitsiotis).\n		Figure 11. Acropolis of Rhodes. West side of the rectangular area east of the ‘Great Nymphaeum’ (Italian Photographic Archive, no. 4174).\n		Figure 12. Acropolis of Rhodes. The area of the Nymphaea and of the stoic building (hypothetical layout is marked in the photograph by Ph. Philippou; digital editing by P. Rovilos).\n		Figure 14. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Small Nymphaeum’. North vault with big niche in the shape of a ‘table’. The small ‘window’ of the small room, (before the entrance) to the east wall (photo by the author).\n		Figure 14a. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Small Nymphaeum’. Southern vault at night (photo by the author).\n		Figure 14b. Acropolis of Rhodes. The ‘Small Nymphaeum’. North vault with large niche in the shape of a ‘table’. Cultural event with impromptu musical instruments of Eastern musical tradition (photo by the author).\n		Figure 14c. Inglieri’s map (1936, Foglio Citta, no. 17).\n		Figure 15. Acropolis of Lindos. The temple of Athena, showing the cave of Panagia Spiliotissa below, with four grottoes (photo by A. Louizidis).\n		Figure 15a. Acropolis of Lindos. The temple of Athena, section with the cave of Panagia Spiliotissa (Lindos III, 148).\n		Figure 15b. Acropolis of Lindos. The temple of Athena on the edge of the rock above the cave of Panagia Spiliotissa (photo by A. Louizidis).\n	Early Iron Age Kamiros and its sanctuaries: Some observations\n		Figure 1. Freehand sketch of the temple located on the Kamiros acropolis, with the identification of the different sectors excavated (elaboration after Jacopi 1931b. Courtesy of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Dodecanese).\n		Figure 2. Map of the Kamiros acropolis area with the identification of the two most interesting sectors of the excavation (elaboration after Bernardini 2001).\n		Figure 3. Amphora without context collected on the Kamiros acropolis (photo: I. Bossolino).\n		Figure 4. Grave goods assemblage of Tomb LXXX, eastern slopes of the Kamiros acropolis (after Jacopi 1932–1933).\n		Figure 6. Grave goods assemblage of Kamiros Tomb LXXXII (2), necropolis by the so-called Temple A (after Jacopi 1932–1933).\n		Figure 7. Grave goods assemblage of Kamiros Tomb LXXXIII (3), necropolis by the so-called Temple A (after Jacopi 1932–1933).\n		Figure 8. Cylindrical pixis from Kamiros Tomb LXXXV (5), necropolis by the so-called Temple A (photo: I. Bossolino).\n	Revisiting the Archaic shrine, ‘La Chapelle’, of Vroulia (Rhodes)\n		Figure 1. Map of Rhodes (adapted from Google Earth by the author).\n		Figure 2. General plan of Vroulia (after Kaninia and Schierup 2017: 93, fig. 5).\n		Figure 3. Plan and section of ‘La chapelle’ (after Kinch 1914: pl. 1).\n		Figure 4a. Dinos and stand from ‘La chapelle’ (after Kaninia and Schierup 2017: 98, fig. 11).\n		Figure 4b. Terracotta figurine of a horseman from ‘La chapelle’ (after Kaninia and Schierup 2017: 99, fig. 12).\n		Figure 4c. Limestone sphinx of Cypriot origin, found in ‘La chapelle’ (after Kaninia and Schierup 2017: 95, fig. 9a).\n		Figure 5. Hypothetical maritime routes from the Levant to the Western Mediterranean for the ‘pre-colonial’ era (after Negbi 1992: 612, fig. 3).\n		Figure 6. Isonometric restitution of the Temple B (phase 2) at Kommos, view from the East (after Shaw and Shaw 2000, pl. 1.31).\n		Figure 7. Aerial view of the Temple of Athena, Emporio, Chios (after Vlachopoulos 2005, p. 127, fig. 165).\n		Figure 8. Andros Island (Cyclades), Temple of Zagora with central built-altar (after Cambitoglou 1991, fig. 11); detail of the built-altar made of schist slabs (photograph by the author).\n		Figure 9. Andros Island (Cyclades), Temple of Ypsili (after Televantou 1999:138, pl. 1, with modifications by the author).\n		Figure 10. Alassa-Paliotaverna (Cyprus), the South Wing, general view from the east (after Hadjisavvas and Hadjisavva 1997: 144, fig. 1); detail of the built-hearth and ‘stylobate’, with a semi-cylindrical column at the back (after Hadjisavvas 2017: 155\n		Figure 11. Kition-Kathari (Cyprus), Temple 4, floor I (after Karageorghis 1976: 93, fig. 15; Smith 2009: 82, fig. III.2).\n		Figure 12. Kition-Kathari (Cyprus), Temple 4, floor 3A, view from the south (after Karageorghis 2005, pl. XIV, 1); detail from the hearth and altar (after Smith 2009: 82, fig. III.2).\n		Figure 14. Sarepta (Lebanon), plan of the shrine (after Pritchard 1978, fig. 125); detail of the altar (after Pritchard 1975, fig. 35).\n		Figure 15. Tel Sukas (Syria), general restored plan of the sanctuary and palatial complex (after Riis 1970: 59, fig. 19); and restored plan of the shrine (after Riis 1970: 57, fig. 18).\n		Figure 16. Lachish (Israel), plan and section of the Temple Fosse (after Tufnell et al. 1940, pl. 118).\n	The Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt Atavyros, Rhodes: Some preliminary notes on its architecture\n		Figure 1a. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus. View from east (courtesy of the Archaeological Institute of Aegean Studies, Rhodes 2012).\n		Figure 1b. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus. General map. In grey the zones recently excavated (Archaeological Institute of Aegean Studies in cooperation with the Polytechnic University of Bari, 2012–2016).\n		Figure 2b. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus, Northern building. View of the interior from the east (photograph by M. Livadiotti).\n		Figure 3. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus. Survey of the northern building with hypothetical reconstruction of the plan (survey, scale 1:50, by A. Fino, F. Giannella, and V. Santoro; graphic elaboration by M. Livadiotti and G. Rocco).\n		Figure 4. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus. One of the two stairs which led from the northern building to the altar (photograph by M. Livadiotti).\n		Figure 5. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus. Northern building: detail of the north wall with bevelled corner and Π-shaped metal clamp (photograph by M. Livadiotti).\n		Figure 7. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus. Placement of the identified blocks pertaining to the altar (drawing by G. Rocco).\n		Figure 9. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus. Hypothetical reconstruction of the altar (drawing by G. Rocco).\n		Figures 8a and 8b. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus. Moulded fragments pertaining to the trapeza: a) detail of block Cat. B1.1, with Ionic kyma; b) detail of the block B2.1 with Lesbian kyma (photographs by G. Rocco).\n		Figure 10. Kos, agora. The altar in the south sector, from the north (photograph by G. Galliani).\n		Figure 11. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus. Survey of the area of the proto-Christian basilica with the surface possibly occupied by the altar (graphic elaboration by G. Rocco).\n		Figure 12. Rhodes, Lindos. The so-called ‘Tomb of Cleobulus’ on Hagios Emilianos promontory (photograph by G. Rocco).\n		Figure 13a. Rhodes, Mt Atavyros, Sanctuary of Zeus; block Cat. 269, possible sacrificial stone (photograph by M. Livadiotti).\n		Figure 13b. Detail of a relief from Cyzikus (after Perdrizet 1899, tav. V).\n	Forms of private and public devotion in the Dodecanese in the Hellenistic Age: The cases of the Great Gods and Hecate\n		Figure 1. Lagina. East Frieze. Birth of Zeus (© Deutsches Archäologisches Institut D-DAI_IST78/252; photograph by W. Schiele 1978).\n		Figure 2. Milet. Delphinion plan: 1) altar of Apollo; 2) Altar of Hecate (after Herda 2006a: 262, fig. 17).\n		Figure 3. Lagina. Temple (photograph by R. Carboni).\n		Figure 4. Kos. Hekataion (after Laurenzi 1957: 145, fig. 205).\n		Figure 5. Rhodes. Hekataion (after Maiuri 1932: 15, figs. 3–5).\n		Figure 6. Ialysus. Hekataion (after Jacopi 1931: 81, fig. 53).\n	Divine travellers from Egypt settling on Rhodes: Some issues for discussion\n		Figure 1. The funerary inscription of Chaeremon of Memphis (photograph by author).\n	Rhodian cults in the Greek colonies of Sicily: A research prologue\n		Figure 1. Base of black-figure attic Kylix, with the dedication to Antiphemus, from Gela (Panvini 1998).\n		Figure 2. Pithos with dedication to Athena, from the Acropolis of Gela (Bernabò Brea 1949–1951).\n		Figure 3. Early Daedalic style clay female figurine from the Acropolis of Gela (de la Genière 2011).\n		Figure 4. Clay figurine of goddess seated in throne from the Acropolis of Gela (Panvini 1998).\n		Figure 5. Clay figurine of goddess with helmet (Athena) seated in throne from the Acropolis of Gela (Panvini 1998).\n		Figure 6. Plan of archaic Emporion at Bosco Littorio (Panvini 2009).\n		Figure 7. Plan of Temple E (Athenaion) at Akragas (Adornato 2011).\n	Visual and written testimonies on the cult of Dionysus in the Dodecanese\n		Figure 1. Rhodes 13370, black-figured column-krater (after CVA Rodi 1, III H.E.3, pl. 2.4).\n		Figure 2. Rhodes 12937, black-figured lebes gamikos (after Jacopi 1931: 176, fig. 181).\n		Figure 3. London B446, tondo of a black-figured cup by the Theseus Painter (after F. Lissarrague, La cite des satyres. Une anthropologie ludique, Athenes, Vie–Ve siecle avant J.-C., Paris 2013: 84, fig. 58).\n		Figure 4. Oxford V563, black-figured pelike by the Eucharides Painter (after CVA Oxford 2, pl. 8.8).\n		Figure 5. Rhodes 11131, black-figured cup-skyphos (after N. Stampolidis (ed.), Φως Κυκλαδικόν. Μνήμη Νικολάου Ζαφειρόπουλου, Athens 1999: 211, fig. 5).\n		Figure 7. Rhodes 10711, Laconian cup (after Jacopi 1929, pl. B).\n		Figure 10. Rhodes 13876. Side B (after Jacopi 1932, pl. 2).\n		Figure 8. Rhodes 12396, Fikellura amphoriskos (after Jacopi 1931, pl. V).\n		Figure 9. Rhodes 13876, red-figured janiform kantharos. Side A (after Jacopi 1932, pl. 1).\n	De natura δεκάτης (or -ας)\n		Table 1. Use of the relevant formulae on pottery.\n	The sanctuaries and cults of Demeter on Rhodes\n		Figure 1. Map of the Dodecanese and Caria. The cities where the sanctuaries of Demeter are attested by archaeological evidence are shown in upper case. City names written in lower case refer to cities where the cult of Demeter and Kore is only attested by\n		Figure 3. Sanctuary of Demeter, Rhodes town (after Giannikouri 1999: 64, fig. 1; edited by the author).\n		Figure 4. Miniature vessels from the Sanctuary of Demeter, Rhodes town (after Giannikouri 1999: pl. 19).\n		Figure 5. Megaron, Sanctuary of Demeter, Rhodos town (after Giannikouri 1999: pl. 17).\n		Figure 6. Clay figurines from the Sanctuary of Demeter, Rhodes town: a) hydrophoros; b) woman holding a piglet and a liknon; c) man holding a phiale (after Zervoudaki 1988: 132–136, figs. 3, 6, 8).\n		Figure 7. Miniature lamps (a) and multi nozzle lamp (b) from the Sanctuary of Demeter, Rhodes town (after Giannikouri 1999: pl. 17).\n		Figure 8. Acropolis of Lindos (photograph by Jürgen Goldschmidt).\n		Figure 9. Plan of the Lindos Acropolis (after Blinkenberg 1931: pl. 1; edited by the author).\n		Figure 10. The area of the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia, Lindos, where the so-called ‘big’ votive deposit is located (photograph by the author).\n		Figure 11. The ‘big’ votive deposit pit on the Lindos Acropolis (after Blinkenberg 1931: 48, fig. 5; edited by the author).\n		Figure 12. The ‘big’ votive deposit pit in the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia, Lindos (photograph by the author).\n		Figure 13. Terrace 3 and the western side of the Lindos Acropolis, where the ‘big’ votive deposit pit is located (photograph by the author).\n		Figure 14. The ‘small’ votive deposit pit in the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia at Lindos (photo by the author).\n		Figure 15. Clay figurines of hydrophoros (a), cistaphoros (b), piglet-bearer (c), and liknon-bearer (d) from the ‘small’ votive deposit pit. A figurine of kourotrophos (e) from the ‘big’ votive deposit pit at the Sanctuary of Athena Lindia, Lindos (after\n		Figure 16. Clay figurine of two seated women found in the necropolis of Macri Langoni, T 26, dating to 450–420 BC (Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, photograph by the author).\n		Figure 17. Clay figurine of two women (625–600 BC) found in the tomb of a woman. Papatislure 27 (35) (Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, photograph by the author).\n		Table 1a. Epigraphic sources on Demeter, Kore, and Plouton from Caria.\n		Table 1b. Epigraphic sources on Demeter, Kore, and Plouton from the Dodecanese.\nList of contributors\nEditorial Note\nReligion and cult in the Dodecanese during the 1st Millennium BC: A summary\n	Fani K. Seroglou\nAncient Greek religion and cult: A theoretical framework\n	Georgios Mavroudis\nReligion and cult in the archaeological context\n	Konstantinos Kalogeropoulos\nFrom Helios to Asklepios: Contrasting and complementary perceptions of divinity\n	Richard Buxton\nThe formation and evolution of the ‘pantheons’ of the Rhodian cities after the synoecism\n	Dimitra-Maria Lala\nSacrifice, synoikism, and local epigraphic habits: A reconsideration of Rhodian sacrificial inscriptions\n	Juliane Zachhuber\nThe cult of Enyalios: Epigraphic evidence on military organisation and taxation in Lindos\n	Vincent Gabrielsen\nThe multifunctional Athana Lindia: Discussing the aspects of a goddess through sanctuary setting and votive offerings\n	Sanne Hoffmann\nPublic servants and cult officials: The socio-economic standing and activities of the priests of Apollo and the hieropoioi at Halasarna, Kos, c. 220–180 BC\n	Kerstin Höghammar\nPolitics and religion on Koan coin types (end of 3rd – first half of 2nd century BC)\n	Vassiliki E. Stefanaki and Angeliki Giannikouri\nTechnically gifted: Votive deposits from Kamiros acropolis\n	Nicholas Salmon\nSculpture from ‘Pantheon’: An open-air sanctuary at the foothills of the Rhodian acropolis\n	Kalliope Bairami\nDedications, dedicators and cults at ancient Halasarna of Cos\n	Georgia Kokkorou-Alevras and Georgios Doulfis\nSculpture in religious context: Reconstructing the cult of Asklepios on Kalymnos\n	Dimitrios Bosnakis\nSynecism as a divide? Cults of the Rhodian cities: Ancient hypotheses, new perspectives\n	Maria Chiara Monaco\nAn open-air sanctuary of Kybele? in the city of Rhodes\n	Vassiliki Patsiada\nTemples, sacred places and cults in the city of Rhodes: Revisiting the evidence\n	Maria Michalaki Kollia\nEarly Iron Age Kamiros and its sanctuaries: Some observations\n	Isabella Bossolino\nRevisiting the Archaic shrine, ‘La Chapelle’, of Vroulia (Rhodes)\n	Jérémy Lamaze\nThe Sanctuary of Zeus on Mt Atavyros, Rhodes: Some preliminary notes on its architecture\n	Giorgio Rocco and Monica Livadiotti\n	Forms of private and public devotion in the Dodecanese in the Hellenistic Age: The cases of the Great Gods and Hecate\n	Romina Carboni and Emiliano Cruccas\nDivine travellers from Egypt settling on Rhodes: Some issues for discussion\n	Charikleia Fantaoutsaki\nἼσ[ει] Σωτείρα. The cult of Isis on the island of Rhodes in the Hellenistic Age\n	Panayotis Pachis\nRhodian cults in the Greek colonies of Sicily: A research prologue\n	Paolo Daniele Scirpo\nVisual and written testimonies on the cult of Dionysus in the Dodecanese\n	Dimitris Palaiothodoros and Georgios Mavroudis\nDe natura δεκάτης (or -ας)\n	Alan W. Johnston\nThe sanctuaries and cults of Demeter on Rhodes\n	Aynur-Michèle-Sara Karatas