PANEL 4: TEXT AND CULT
Chair, K. Scarlett Kingsley (Agnes Scott College)
Bartłomiej Bednarek (Ludwig-Maximilians University), Dionysus Eleuthereus in Eleutherae and in the Bacchae (9:00-9:20)
Nazım Can Serbest (Yale University), Thucydides and the Daidala: An ecocritical re-examination (9:20-9:40)
Tullia Spinedi (University of Urbino), Mythology, rituals, sexual boundaries: intersections between local poetry, local historiography, material culture in eastern Boiotia (9:40-10)
Panel Discussion 10:00-10:20
Coffee break 10:20-11:00
PANEL 5: CERAMICS IN CONTEXT (11:00)
Chair, Brendan Burke
(American School of Classical Studies at Athens)
Trevor Van Damme (University of Victoria), Two Euboean cult vessels from Eleon and their Late Archaic context (11:00-11:20)
Amy Smith (Reading University) and Katerina Volioti (University of Roehampton), Boeotian cups in their rural context (11:20-11:40)
Alexandra Zampiti (Διεύθυνση Προϊστορικών και Κλασικών Αρχαιοτήτων), Graffiti on ceramic offerings to the Leibethrian Nymphs of Helicon (11:40-12:00)
Panel Discussion 12:00-12:20
Lunch break 12:30-2:00
Wednesday, 6 December - Afternoon
PANEL 6: NEW EVIDENCE FOR CULT PRACTICE (2:00)
Chair, Evi Tsota (Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Βοιωτίας)
Alexandra Charami (Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Βοιωτίας) and Eleni Goula (Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Βοιωτίας), Ιχνηλάτηση της καβιριακής λατρείας μέσα από ταφικά κτερίσματα της Βοιωτίας (2:00-2:20)
Anne-Charlotte Panissie-Oddon (Université Paris Nanterre), Between localism and federalism: Reconsideration of the role of Boeotian manteis in the Hellenistic period (2:20-2:40)
Nikolaos Papazarkadas (University of California, Berkeley; Εθνικό Ίδρυμα Ερευνών), The cult of Leto in Boeotia: New evidence (2:40-3:00)
Panel Discussion 3:00-3:20
Coffee 3:20-4:00
PANEL 7: CROSSING BOUNDARIES (4:00)
Chair, Bonna Wescoat
(American School of Classical Studies at Athens)
Evi Tsota (Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Βοιωτίας) and Sofia Perlepe (Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Βοιωτίας), Liminal deities of Boeotia: crossers of boundaries and gate guardians (4:00-4:20)
Elli Tzavella (Εφορεία Αρχαιοτήτων Βοιωτίας), Continuity of cult: from pagan sanctuaries to Christian churches in Boeotia (4:20-4:40)
Keynote lecture:
Stephanie Larson (Bucknell University), Continuity in Southeast Thebes: The case of the Ismenion hill (4:40-5:10)
FINAL DISCUSSION (5:10-6:00)
