What is an Athenian hero doing at the Sanctuary of Artemis at Amarynthos in Euboea?

  • Participants in this activity will have the opportunity to join fragments of the replica of a vase found at the Sanctuary of Artemis at Amarynthos and reveal the mythological representation on it: the famous hero of Athens, Theseus, who kills the Minotaur.

    After joining the vase and recognising the mythological scene on it, participants will learn, through a short interactive story, the reason that the Eretrians chose to depict the feat of the Athenian hero, Theseus, on a vase which they made themselves and dedicated to Artemis at her sanctuary in Amarynthos. The connection and relationship between the two city-states and their regions, Athens (Attica) and Eretria (Euboea), will be brought to light!

  • Christina Pagoni
    Finds Manager & Public outreach
    Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece (ESAG)

    Tobias Krapf
    Scientific Secretary in Greece
    Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece (ESAG)

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