We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 93.3! Topics in this issue include the publication of terracotta figurines from Corinth, a look at the development of lead-glazed pottery in the Mediterranean, and a study detailing events at the American excavations at Sardis during the Greek-Turkish War.
Read MoreLindsay C. Spencer discusses her new book, The Middle Helladic Pottery (Lerna IX).
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Middle Helladic Pottery (Lerna IX), by Lindsay C. Spencer.
Read MoreKyle A. Jazwa discusses his new book, The Tiled-Roof Phenomenon in Early Helladic Greece: Evidence from Zygouries (Hesperia Supplement 53).
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Tiled-Roof Phenomenon in Early Helladic Greece: Evidence from Zygouries (Hesperia Supplement 53), by Kyle A. Jazwa.
Read MoreTopics in Hesperia issue 93.2 include an examination of the dating and design of the Hephaisteion in Athens, an overview of terracotta jointed dolls from Corinth, and a study that identifies the Boudroumi as a prison in Late Antique Corinth.
Read MoreThe American School is pleased to announce the release of its annual report covering the 2022-2023 academic year.
Read MoreOn Thursday, May 9, 2024, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens hosted its eight annual Gala. Over 350 guests enjoyed an evening replete with culture, education, and inspiration at the majestic Gotham Hall in New York City.
Read MoreWatch a recording of our 2024 Annual Open Meeting
Read MoreTopics in this issue include the grave of the Griffin Warrior, Athenian Hellenistic taxes, the work of the Western Argolid Regional Project, and a Tang Dynasty coin found at Corinth.
Read MoreWatch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!
Read MoreHesperia 92.4 is now available online! Topics in this issue include the MYNEKO project in central mainland Greece, the possible evidence for the first Attic potter/painter known by name, a report on the rural fortifications of Aphrodisias, and a curse on a mime actress at Corinth.
Read MoreAmerican School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce a new major gift from Diana E. E. and Fred S. Kleiner: a room in Loring Hall named in honor of Hesperia.
Read MoreRead the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.
Read MoreHesperia 92.3 is now available online! Topics in this issue include Keian pottery and Late Bronze Age chronology, a look at the demography of Hellenistic Boiotia, an examination of a Panathenaic victor list, and a study on the chemical composition of domestic wares at Corinth.
Read MoreRenowned classicist Emily Wilson lectured on The Vulnerability of Heroism to a capacity audience at Cotsen Hall, at the Gennadius Library, while thousands more watched online.
Read MoreHesperia 92.2 is now available online! Topics in this issue include an overview of the commemorative portraiture program in the Athenian Agora from the time of Kleisthenes through Augustus, Classical and Hellenistic curse tablets from the Athenian Agora, and the latest report from the Corinth Excavations.
Read MoreWatch the video archive of our annual Open meeting and learn about the important work that was carried out at the American School, for the past year, as well as the amazing new finds at the Palace of Nestor at Pylos.
Read MoreHesperia 92.1 is now available online! Topics in this issue include a reexamination of Middle Helladic Greek settlements and Middle Bronze Age synchronisms using Gray Minyan pottery, a reconstruction of the Palace of Nestor at Pylos, and a reconsideration of the Mycenaean Fountain on the Athenian Acropolis, originally excavated in 1937 and 1938.
Read MoreThe American School is pleased to announce the release of its annual report covering the 2021-2022 academic year.
Read MoreAn interview with Mary C. Sturgeon, author of the newly published volume, The Gymnasium Area: Sculpture (Corinth XXIII.1).
Read MoreOn the news of the passing of Editor Emerita Marian McAllister, her former colleague Sarah George Figueira reflects on their time together in the Publications Office. Dr. McAllister served as Editor of Publications from 1972 to 1997.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Gymnasium Area: Sculpture (Corinth XXIII.1), by Mary C. Sturgeon.
Read MoreWatch the year in review and see how your financial support touches the lives of so many people!
Read MoreHesperia 91.4 is now available online! Topics in this issue include an overview of Bronze Age panel cups from the Greek mainland, the presentation of a new ritual inscription from the Athenian Agora, and a reexamination of the Kephalari blockhouse assemblage.
Read MoreAnastassios C. Antonaras discusses his new book, East of the Theater: Glassware and Glass Production (Corinth XIX.1).
Read MoreAn interview with one of the editors of On the Edge of a Roman Port: Excavations at Koutsongila, Kenchreai, 2007–2014 (Hesperia Suppl. 52)
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of On the Edge of a Roman Port: Excavations at Koutsongila, Kenchreai, 2007–2014 (Hesperia Suppl. 52), edited by Elena Korka and Joseph L. Rife.
Read MoreRead the latest edition of our Newsletter to find out what is happening at the American School.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of East of the Theater: Glassware and Glass Production (Corinth XIX.1), by Anastassios C. Antonaras.
Read MoreTopics in this issue include the presentation of a Late Minoan II–III sealstone from Sissi on Crete, a detailed synthesis of the finds from the South Stoa wells at Corinth, and an analysis of lead-glazed tablewares from Late Medieval Corinth.
Read MoreKathleen Slane discusses her new book, co-authored with John Hayes, Late Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Pottery (Isthmia XI)
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Late Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman Pottery (Isthmia XI) by John W. Hayes and Kathleen Warner Slane.
Read MoreHesperia 91.2 is now available online! Topics in this issue include the grave of the Griffin Warrior, Anavlachos on Crete, lithics at Halieis, and the Tyrannicides statues in Athens.
Read MoreScotton, Vanderpool, and Roncaglia discuss their new publication, The Julian Basilica: Architecture, Sculpture, Epigraphy (Corinth XXII)
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Julian Basilica: Architecture, Sculpture, Epigraphy (Corinth XXII) by Paul D. Scotton, Catherine de Grazia Vanderpool, and Carolynn Roncaglia.
Read MoreColin Whiting speaks to us about his exciting new publication, Dogs in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 28)
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Dogs in the Athenian Agora (Agora Picture Book 28) by Colin M. Whiting.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 91.1! Topics in this issue include an examination of the development of cooking dishes in the prehistoric Aegean, visual representations of the myth of Philomela and Prokne in Athenian vase painting, the concluding remarks regarding the comprehensive study of the sculptures from the Temple of Ares, and the publication of the Roman curse tablets from the Athenian Agora.
Read MoreEleni Hasaki discusses her new publication, Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes (Hesperia Supplement 51)
Read MoreASCSA Publications is pleased to announce a new journal-hosting partnership between Hesperia and Project MUSE!
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Potters at Work in Ancient Corinth: Industry, Religion, and the Penteskouphia Pinakes (Hesperia Supplement 51) by Eleni Hasaki.
Read MoreSonia Klinger discusses her new publication, The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Miscellaneous Finds of Terracotta (Corinth XVIII.8)
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Miscellaneous Finds of Terracotta (Corinth XVIII.8) by Sonia Klinger.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 90.4! Topics in this issue include an iconographic study of a red-figure kylix with a kalos-inscription; an editio princeps of the Law of Epikrates from Athens; a review of the evidence for infanticide and perceptions of disability in ancient Greece; and a report for the 2019 excavation season at Corinth.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 90.3! Topics in this issue include a reexamination of the dedicatory inscription for the first Doric temple in Sicily, a look at the work of shipwrights and naval architects in Classical Athens, the publication of the Classical-period pediments, metopes, and akroteria from the Temple of Ares (Temple of Athena Pallenis), and a review of the Athenian funerary reliefs that depict women in Isiac dress.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 90.2! Topics in this issue include Hittite-Mycenaean relations in the Late Bronze Age, a rescue excavation in northern Piraeus, the inscriptions from Panakton, the so-called oracle of the dead at Tainaron, and the evidence for a Phrygian sculptor working in the Athenian Agora during the 3rd century A.D.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 90.1. Topics in this issue include Mt. Lykaion and its environs in the Early Iron Age, a reconstruction of Middle Phrygian Gordion, a curse assemblage from the Athenian Agora, and the Greek and Roman inscriptions from Corinth's Temple Hill.
Read MoreJames C. Wright and Mary K. Dabney discuss their new publication, The Mycenaean Settlement on Tsoungiza Hill (Nemea Valley Archaeological Project III)
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Mycenaean Settlement on Tsoungiza Hill (NVAP III) by James C. Wright and Mary K. Dabney.
Read MoreWatch the video archive of our annual Open Meeting, that was held in a new virtual format. Jenifer Neils, the Director of the School, was joined, for the first time, by members of the academic staff, in a discussion on the School’s diverse initiatives.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 89.4. Topics in this issue include a report on recent work at the Athenian Agora Excavations, an overview of the activities of the Ancient Methone Archaeological Project, a topographic journey through Athens as led by Plato, and the presentation of a closed deposit from late-13th- to mid-14th-century Thebes.
Read MoreIn honor of University Press Week (November 9–13, 2020), ASCSA Publications celebrates the local voices of Vrysaki: A Neighborhood Lost in Search of the Athenian Agora.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 89.3. Topics in this issue include the reexamination of a Late Helladic tomb group at Prosymna, a multidisciplinary investigation of the landscape around Mycenaean Gla, a comprehensive study of the history of the fortress at Eleutherai, a study on the monumental lekythos of Myrrhine, and a discussion focusing on the now-lost statue of the Trojan Horse from the Athenian Acropolis.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 89.2. Topics in this issue include an overview of zooarchaeological evidence from the Neolithic settlement at Tsoungiza, a look at settlement patterns at Priniatikos Pyrgos in East Crete during EM III–MM IA, a study on small and miniature vases from Ancient Corinth, and an examination of a statue base in the Athenian Agora.
Read MoreLearn more about how ASCSA Publications is acting to support and facilitate scholarly research
Read MoreSylvie Dumont, Secretary and Registrar of the Agora Excavations, discusses her new publication, Vrysaki: A Neighborhood Lost in Search of the Athenian Agora.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Vrysaki: A Neighborhood Lost in Search of the Athenian Agora by Sylvie Dumont.
Read MoreA Regular and Associate Member in 2013-2015, Sarah Rous rejoins the School in the Publications department in Princeton!
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 89.1. Topics in this issue include an overview of the Neolithic settlement on Tsoungiza at Ancient Nemea, an editio princeps of 21 columnar grave monuments from the Athenian Agora, a study of miniature herms that depict Alexander the Great, and a report on the 2018 excavation season at Corinth.
Read MoreAshley Eckhardt, the American School’s first Hesperia Fellow, speaks about her editorial work, art historical research, and experiences at the School.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 88.4. Topics in this issue include the reexamination of a multifigured Protoarchaic cup from Crete, the study of the Classical-period sculpture from the friezes of the Temple of Ares in the Athenian Agora, an exploration of the political value of timber in the 5th century, and a look at the influences of 5th-century Athenian art and civic religion on the staging of Euripides’ Ion.
Read MoreTopics include a LH wheelmade terracotta bovid figure from Pylos, LBA Aiginetan coarse pottery at Kanakia on Salamis, an ornate woven textile from 9th-century Gordion, and the concept of the Ionian agora.
Read MoreTopics include Mycenaeanization on Melos in the Late Bronze Age, food markets in Roman Greece, pottery and architecture from the Late Roman South Basilica at Polis on Cyprus, and Butrint in the Venetian through Ottoman periods.
Read MoreASCSA Publications is pleased to announce a new partnership with Melissa Books!
Read MoreSenior Project Editor Colin Whiting sits down with the American School to answer some questions about his new book, Documents from the Luciferians.
Read MoreTopics include the history and geoarchaeology of the lower Maeander Valley, a reappraisal of the Athena Promachos accounts from the Acropolis, and a report on the recent excavation in the South Stoa at Corinth.
Read MoreTopics in this issue include a gold necklace from the grave of the Griffin Warrior at Pylos, a Protoattic votive deposit from the Athenian Agora, the pediments and akroteria of the Hephaisteion, and Sir John Beazley’s notebooks.
Read MoreMaria A. Liston, Susan I. Rotroff, and Lynn M. Snyder discuss their new publication, The Agora Bone Well (Hesperia Supplement 50).
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Agora Bone Well (Hesperia Suppl. 50) by Maria A. Liston, Susan I. Rotroff, and Lynn M. Snyder.
Read MoreTopics include terracotta votives from Acrocorinth, defensive watchtowers at Mantineia, Hippias of Erythrai, and marble statuary of Asklepios from the Athenian Agora.
Read MoreBrice L. Erickson discusses his new publication The Historical Greek Village (Lerna VIII).
Read MoreSarah A. James discusses the latest addition to the Corinth series, Hellenistic Pottery: The Fine Wares (Corinth VII.7).
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Historical Greek Village (Lerna VIII) by Brice L. Erickson.
Read MoreTopics include a Middle Helladic cist tomb in the Athenian Agora, prehistoric bronze shields from Delphi, Boiotian pottery decorated in the so-called Six’s technique, and Late Antique inscribed altars from the Asklepieion at Epidauros.
Read MoreBonna Wescoat discusses The Monuments of the Eastern Hill (Samothrace 9), the first Samothrace volume published by the ASCSA
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hellenistic Pottery: The Fine Wares (Corinth VII.7) by Sarah A. James.
Read MoreAn interview with the authors of the first official guidebook to Corinth released by the ASCSA in over 50 years.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Ancient Corinth: Site Guide, by Guy D. R. Sanders, Jennifer Palinkas, and Ioulia Tzonou-Herbst, with James Herbst
Read MoreJohn K. Papadopoulos discusses the newest volume in the Athenian Agora series
Read MoreTopics include the decipherment of Linear B, the language of scholarship on the Early Iron Age of Greece, the economy of gratitude in 5th-century Athens, the iconography of deceased maidens on Classical Attic grave reliefs, and the acoustic properties of two Byzantine churches in Thessaloniki.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Monuments of the Eastern Hill (Samothrace 9) by Bonna D. Wescoat.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Sanctuary of Athena at Sounion (AAAC 4) by Barbara Barletta.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of The Early Iron Age: The Cemeteries (Agora XXXVI) by John K. Papadopoulos and Evelyn Lord Smithson.
Read MoreWhat does a day at the Publications Office look like? What do they have coming up on the docket?
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 86.4. Topics in this issue include the presentation of a recently discovered Late Minoan I sealstone from Pylos; a look at Solon’s abolishment of debt in Archaic Athens; the publication of a previously unpublished votive deposit uncovered near the Sanctuary of Zeus at Nemea; and a look at the work of Georg von Peschke, a celebrated artist employed by ASCSA excavations in the first half of the 20th century.
Read More"The Trojans could have refused to take in the horse, they could have let it stay there, they could have set it on fire, or opened it up, but instead they did the one thing they shouldn’t have—taken it without asking any questions. And you can see the subtext here..."
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 86.3. Topics in this issue include a review and analysis of the evidence for the origins of the Ionian cities of Asia Minor, a new interpretation of the Dipylon oinochoe graffito, the publication of a deposit of ostraka from the Athenian Agora, and new evidence for the dating of defensive fortifications in southwestern Anatolia based on the excavations of the Bastion complex on the Tepecik acropolis at Patara in southwestern Turkey.
Read MoreAfter a comprehensive search, the ASCSA has chosen Jennifer Sacher to be the next editor of Hesperia.
Read MoreAn interview with Kathleen Warner Slane about her new publication that examines the evidence for changing burial practices in the Greek city, Roman colony, and Christian town of Corinth.
Read MoreTombs, Burials, and Commemoration in Corinth's Northern Cemetery (Corinth XXI) is now published and available for purchase!
Read MoreTerracotta Lamps II: 1967-2004 (Isthmia X) is now published and available for purchase!
Read MoreThe American School's Summer 2017 issue of the newsletter is now online for viewing.
Read MoreAn interview with Carol L. Lawton about the newest volume in our Athenian Agora series.
Read MoreThe American School of Classical Studies at Athens is pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 86.2. Topics in this issue include an overview of Archaic and Classical Butrint, a reconstruction of the sculptural program of the Temple of Apollo Patroos in the Agora, the initial publication of a Hellenistic decree from Athens, and a revisiting of the location of the Battle of Philippi.
Read MoreVotive Reliefs (Agora XXXVIII) is now published and available for purchase!
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