The cover of Hesperia 77:2 shows Hellenistic tripod bases built into the wall of a later church.
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The Bronze Age Site of Mitrou in East Lokris: Finds from the 1988–1989 Surface Survey
by Margaretha Kramer-Hajos and Kerill O’Neill
doi: 10.2972/hesp.77.2.163
This article presents the results of the study of the surface survey material from the island site of Mitrou. The survey was carried out under the auspices of the Cornell Halai and East Lokris Project (CHELP) in 1988 and 1989, and the finds were studied by the authors between 2000 and 2003. Pottery and small finds indicate that Mitrou was one of the major Bronze Age sites in the region, occupied from Early Helladic II through the Protogeometric period without interruption, and benefiting from trading contacts throughout the Aegean.
Boiotian Tripods: The Tenacity of a Panhellenic Symbol in a Regional Context
by Nassos Papalexandrou
doi: 10.2972/hesp.77.2.251
The author examines the ritual uses of tripod cauldrons in Boiotian public contexts, synthesizing material, epigraphic, and literary evidence. Dedications of tripods by individuals were expressions of prominent social status. Communal dedications made in the distinctively Boiotian rite of the tripodephoria were symbolic actualizations of power relations between the dominant center and its periphery. Remains of two suntagmata of tripods at the sanctuary of the hero Ptoios at Kastraki, near Akraiphia, provide evidence for the physical ambience of the sanctuary, the form of the tripods, and the collective rites associated with the dedications.
The Fabric of the City: Imaging Textile Production in Classical Athens
by Sheramy D. Bundrick
doi: 10.2972/hesp.77.2.283
Scenes of textile production on Athenian vases are often interpreted as confirming the oppression of women, who many argue were confined to “women’s quarters” and exploited as free labor. However, reexamination of the iconography—together with a reconsideration of gender roles and the archaeology of Greek houses dating to the 5th and 4th centuries B.C.—suggests that these images idealize female contributions to the household in a positive way. The scenes utilize the dual metaphor of weaving and marriage to express the harmonia of oikos and polis, a theme particularly significant under the evolving Athenian democracy.
Inscribed Silver Plate from Tomb II at Vergina: Chronological Implications
by David W. J. Gill
doi: 10.2972/hesp.77.2.335
Five items of silver plate from tomb II at Vergina are inscribed with their ancient weights. The inscriptions, using the acrophonic and alphabetic systems, suggest that the pieces were made to a drachma weight of ca. 4.2 g. This weight of drachma was introduced to Macedonia by Alexander the Great and does not appear to have been used by Philip II. The inscriptions on the silver add to the cumulative evidence provided by the cremated remains, black-gloss saltcellars, and iconography of the lion-hunt frieze that tomb II was the final resting place not of Philip II, but of Philip III Arrhidaios and Adea Eurydike.
A Funerary Horos for Philiste
by Kevin F. Daly
doi: 10.2972/hesp.77.2.359
A 4th-century b.c. funerary horos (I 7525) discovered in the excavations of the Athenian Agora in 1981 preserves the name Philiste. A previously published funerary stele found in the Agora in 1934 is inscribed with the same name (IG II2 6133a). Although it cannot be demonstrated conclusively, it is possible that these funerary inscriptions originally belonged to the same grave plot.
