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The different universities that are associated to the Belgian School at Athens, as well as the school itself, publish a number of high standard journals, monographs and conference proceedings. At the school location in Athens, a library with recent and older publications on the Belgian activity in Greece can be found.
The most recent excavation summary reports can be found online on the Archaeology in Greeece online/BCH Chronique website. A search "Institution" contains "Belgian" will result in all available publications on the Belgian School at Athens sites.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
-"All that glitters... the Belgian contribution to Greek Numismatics", Catalogue to the exhibition at the Numismatic Museum at Athens, Belgian School at Athens 2010.
-"More than Men, Less than Gods: Studies on Royal Cult and Imperial Worship", Proceedings of the International Colloquium Organized by the Belgian School at Athens (November 1-2, 2007) is now in press: http://www.peeters-leuven.be/boekoverz.asp?nr=8951
- Proceedings of the International Symposium on "Shapes and Uses of Greek vases (7th-4th c. B.C.)", held at the University of Brussels (ULB) in April 2006. The volume is avalaible at and distributed by De Boccard.
- Important recent Belgian series on Greek archaeology are:
AEGAEUM series
AEGIS
Kernos
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More than Men, Less than Gods: Studies on Royal Cult and Imperial Worship
Proceedings of the International Colloquium Organized by the Belgian School at Athens (November 1-2, 2007)
Series:
Year: 2011
ISBN: 978-90-429-2470-3
Pages: XVI-728 p.
Price: forthcoming
Editors: Iossif P.P., Chankowski A.S., Lorber C.C.
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Summary:
More Than Men, Less Than Gods is conceived as a demonstration project, with the goal of opening new perspectives in the study of Graeco-Roman ruler worship. A principal emphasis is placed on the effectiveness of a multidisciplinary approach to the subject. The present volume points to some possible forerunners to Hellenistic royal cult and emperor worship, or at least to the concept of the divine king, to supplement the well-studied roots of ruler worship in the cultic life of the Greek polis and in pharaonic Egypt. More than Men... aspires to contribute to the debate relative to divine kingship, royal cult and emperor worship by opening new perspectives or reopening old ones. The focus is in eliciting some audacious and innovative approaches to such a complex phenomenon. All questions are not raised and certainly most of them are not answered here. In abandoning the sterile opposition between “political” and “religious,” the volume’s perspective transcends established notions conditioned by the Judeo-Christian model of western societies and scholarship, to consider the problem under different perspectives: there is no need to oppose “Greek” vs. “oriental,” “rational” vs. “emotional” to understand the birth of the phenomenon.
The diversity of approaches draws attention to the variety of sources that provide evidence relating to ruler worship, or that can enhance our understanding of the broader phenomenon of the divinization of powerful men. These include myth and historical accounts preserved by ancient authors; dedicatory inscriptions; clay tablets; papyri; architectural decoration and other archaeological remains; statuary, cameos, gems and various minor arts; seal impressions; and coins. | |
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