EKATOMPOLIS: The World of Archaic Crete

Name: EKATOMPOLIS: The World of Archaic Crete
Start: 2025-10-22T18:30:00+03:00
End: 2025-10-22T21:30:00+03:00
Location: Heraklion Archaeological Museum

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Event Series: EKATOMPOLIS: The World of Archaic Crete

EKATOMPOLIS: The World of Archaic Crete

October 22

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The Heraklion Archaeological Museum invites you to the lecture series “EKATOMPOLIS: The World of Archaic Crete,” held in conjunction with the temporary exhibition of the same name. This series brings together distinguished scholars to explore various aspects of the archaeology, history, and culture of Archaic Crete. The lectures are open to the public, providing a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of this era through contemporary approaches and new discoveries. All lectures will be live-streamed on the Museum’s YouTube channel. Lectures will be held in the Museum’s Events Hall and admission is free.

Detailed Program Table:

EKATOMPOLIS: The World of Archaic Crete

Date	Time (EEST/EET)	Speaker	Title/Topic (English Translation)	Language	Location
Wed, Oct 9, 2024		Charalampos Kritzas (Honorary Director of the Epigraphic Museum of Athens)	“Scripts and Inscriptions of Crete” (Presentation of the importance of ancient inscriptions in understanding the history and culture of Crete.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Thu, Jan 16, 2025		Antonis Kotsonas (Associate Professor of Mediterranean History and Archaeology, NYU)	“Archaic Crete and the Excavation of Lyktos” (A deep look at archaic Crete, its social and political developments, and new findings from Lyktos.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Feb 12, 2025		Athina Dimopoulou (Professor of History of Law, NKUA)	“Epimenides the Cretan and the purification of Athens from the Cylonian curse” (Influence of the Cretan sage on 6th century BC Athens.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Feb 26, 2025		Stella Chrysoulaki (General Director of the Heraklion Archaeological Museum)	“The Cemetery of Phaleron: Excavations at the turn of the centuries” (Analysis of burial practices and social/political changes.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Mar 12, 2025		James Whitley (Professor of Mediterranean Archaeology, Cardiff University)	“Praisos: The Polis as Ethnos?” (Review of ancient Praisos as a political and ethnic community.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Mar 19, 2025		Giorgos Papasavvas (Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Cyprus)	“Educational practices and initiation rites of young people in the cities and sanctuaries of ancient Crete” (Rituals & social integration)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Apr 9, 2025		Angelos Chaniotis (Professor of Ancient History and Classical Studies, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)	“The Human Face of Archaic and Classical Crete” (Study of individual stories and human narratives through ancient sources.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Apr 30, 2025		James Wright (Professor of Archaeology, Bryn Mawr College)	“Kommos as an Iron Age port in the territory of Gortyn” (Strategic importance of Kommos and its role in the development of the Greek alphabet.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Tue, May 27, 2025		Nikolaos Stampolidis (Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology, University of Crete; General Director of the Acropolis Museum)	“Eleutherna: a lens for Archaic Crete and the Mediterranean.”	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Jun 25, 2025		Didier Viviers (Professor of Ancient Greek History and Archaeology, University of Brussels)	“Social History and Natural Disasters in 6th century Eastern Crete”	English	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Jul 9, 2025		Florence Gaignerot-Driessen (Associate Professor of Archaeology, University of Cincinnati)	“Forging the Polis: Recent Discoveries at Anavlochos Vrachasiou” (Transition from palatial states to the first city-states of Crete.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Jul 23, 2025		Donald Haggis (Professor of Classical Archaeology and Greek Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)	“Excavations at Azoria and the Structure of the Archaic Cretan City” (Tour of Azoria, a unique example of an Archaic urban center in Crete.)	English	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Aug 6, 2025		Antonella Pautasso (Research Director at ISPC-CNR, Catania, Italy)	“The anonymous settlement at Patela of Prinias between the 7th and 6th centuries BC: polis and necropolis”	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Sep 10, 2025		Alexandre Farnoux (Professor of Greek Archaeology, Paris-Sorbonne University) & Vaso Zografaki (Head of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities, Ephorate of Antiquities of Lassithi)	“Dreros: life and state” (History and social organization of Dreros, one of the most important cities of archaic Crete.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Sep 24, 2025		Brice Erickson (Professor of Classical Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara)	“Crete between Imperial Athens and Persian Levant: Island Austerity and Prosperity in the Fifth Century BCE”	English	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Oct 22, 2025		Vaso Sythiakaki (Head of the Ephorate of Antiquities of Heraklion)	“Tracing Archaic Crete. The latest findings from central Crete and their contribution to historical research”	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Nov 12, 2025		Katja Sporn (Director of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens)	“Desire, hope, frustration: an excavation of the DAI in Crete” (History of attempts by German archaeologists to conduct excavations in Crete.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall
Wed, Nov 26, 2025		Irini Galli (Head of Museology, Museography and Exhibitions at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum)	“EKATOMPOLIS: Closing the circle” (Epilogue of the lecture series.)	Greek	Museum’s Events Hall