Anc. Thyrreion (Gianisali). Ph. Zapheiropoulou publishes a cremation burial and a tile grave found 5-6m northwest of the city wall in 1974. The cremation was contained in a bronze oinochoe, together with the disc of a mirror. The tile grave contained two lamps, a terracotta pyxis and a bronze coin. The graves, which were 3-4m apart, formed part of a wider cemetery (noting the discovery in 1967 of two inscribed funerary stelai in the same area). The bronze oinochoe is of a form found in small numbers in north and northwest Greece, mainly Macedonia and Epirus, in areas of Corinthian artistic influence. The forming technique (a relatively fragile bipartite cons Lire la suite

Ancient Kalydon. O. Vikatou (Director, ΛΣτ' ΕΠΚΑ) and R. Frederiksen (Director, DIA) report on the second season of excavation in the ancient theatre (Fig. 1), focused in the upper western corner and east wing of the koilon, the west parodos and ramp, the proskenion and scene building, and the east part of the scene building and an area to the south of it (Figs 2 and 3). The clearance of seating rows in an unsuccessful attempt to define the outer limit of the koilon on the west side revealed steps continuing upwards and outwards to the north and west. It is thus possible that the seating continued to a currently unknown height or that the koilon serve Lire la suite