Homerverse auf einem Tonziegel aus der Umgebung von Olympia

Ein im Jahre 2018 in der römischen Nekropole von Frangonissi östlich von Olympia gefundener Tonziegel enthält die ersten 13 Verse aus dem 14. Gesang der Odyssee mit der Begegnung von Odysseus und dem treuen Hirten Eumaios. Der Ziegel stammt aus der Zeit zwischen Mitte 2./Anfang 3. Jh. n. Chr. Im Beitrag werden Fundkontext und Ergebnisse der Nachgrabung 2019/2020 beschrieben. Im Hauptteil wird die Inschrift kritisch ediert, der Beitrag ihrer lexikalischen und orthographischen Varianten zur Überlieferung des Homertextes bestimmt und die bisher bekannten epigraphischen Homerzeugnisse untersucht. Schließlich werden Vermutungen angestellt über den Auftraggeber (war er ein Lehrer oder Schüler, ein Rhapsode oder Homeristes?) und über seine Intentionen bei der Auswahl gerade dieser Verse.A clay brick found in the Roman necropolis of Frangonissi east of Olympia in 2018 contains the first 13 verses from Book 14 of the Odyssey, with the meeting of Odysseus and the faithful swineherd Eumaios. The brick dates from between the mid 2nd and the beginning of the 3rd cent. A.D. The article describes the find context and the results of the follow-up excavation in 2019/2020. In the main section the inscription is critically edited, the contribution of its lexical and orthographic variants to the tradition of the Homer text is appraised, and the Homeric epigraphic record known to date is examined. Finally the authors speculate about who commissioned it (a teacher or pupil, a rhapsode or Homeristes?) and what that person’s intentions were in selecting these verses

The "Lake of Olympia": geoarchaeological evidence of a lake environment in the vicinity of ancient Olympia (western Peloponnese, Greece)

Our results yield evidence of a large lake environment that existed near the ancient site of Olympia which was so far unknown. The limnic sequence reveals considerable changes in the ecological conditions over time, based on Direct Push sensing, sedimentary and micropalaeontological analyses. Radiocarbon data show that the “Lake of Olympia“ existed from the 8th/7th millennium BC until, at least, the 1st century AD. The existence of the “Lake of Olympia” next to the cult site of Olympia has considerable historical, archaeological and geographical implications (e.g., as waterway or water supplier)

Ancient Keryneia of Aigialeia: Topography and Architecture in the Sanctuary of Profitis Elias, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archaeologischen Instituts. Athenische Abteilung 126 (2011) 137-174

Systematic excavations on the peak Profitis Ilias at Mamousia in Achaia have exposed the remains of a sanctuary that may have belonged to the territory of ancient Keryneia. The Archaic peripteros dominated the peak. This temple, which dates between 500 and 490 B.C., was built of sandstone with simas, acroteria and pediment sculptures of insular marble. The shape of the crepis and comparanda suggest a pteron with 14 columns on its flanks. It is striking that the cella is unusually narrow, as is also the case with the contemporary temple of Athena in Alipheira. The remains of an altar and a small oikos are located east of the Archaic peripteral temple. The Archaic sanctuary was, in all likelihood, destroyed by the earthquake of 373 B.C. Excavations west of the large Archaic temple uncovered the remains of a smaller temple with two columns in antis and a square cella, which can be dated to the middle of the 4th century B.C