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Visiting Artist Presentation: Akis Goumas

26 March 2021, 11:30 am ET

Part of the CHS Visiting Artist Presentation Series, this presentation features Akis Goumas, a contemporary jewelry maker and researcher of ancient crafting technologies in the Aegean. Read more

Hellenic Studies Series

‘Paradise’ Earned: The Bacchic-Orphic Gold Lamellae of Crete.

This is a study of the twelve small gold lamellae from Crete that were tokens for entrance into a golden afterlife: the deceased who were buried or cremated with them believed that they had “earned Paradise.” The lamellae are placed within the context of a small corpus of similar texts, and published… Read more

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Visiting Artist Presentation: Akis Goumas

‘Paradise’ Earned: The Bacchic-Orphic Gold Lamellae of Crete.