NEWS: Miletos and the Homeric Hymn to Apollo

Recent research by the University of Chicago's Christopher A. Faraone (published in Greece and Rome 65.1) has drawn attention to the links between the Milesian worship of Apollo Delphinios and the practices described in the 6th century BCE Homeric Hymn to Apollo. He notes similarities between a scene in which an altar to Apollo is …

NEWS: Online Resources

We have recently added a list of open-access resources on Miletos including books, lectures, articles and much besides. To access it please click the link at the top of the page or alternatively click here.

REVIEW: Was the Archaic period in Ionia a ‘Golden Age’?

Organised as a two-sided debate leading to a vote, this panel was organised by Naoise Mac Sweeney at the Classical Association AGM in Leicester on 07.04.18. Speakers from a range of different disciplinary backgrounds spoke in favour, or against, the proposition that Ionian civilisation reached its peak in the archaic period.   First to speak …

NEWS: Corinthian helmet discovered on Taman peninsula.

Archaeologists of the Institute of Archaeology at the Russian Academy of Sciences excavating the Volna-1 settlement necropolis (located in the chora of the Milesian colony of Hermonassa) have revealed the stunning find of a Corinthian helmet, the first such discovery on the Northern Black Sea coast. The Helmet, dated to the first quarter of the …

NEWS: Milesian Tales 2018 Lecture

John Brendan Knight (Liverpool) 15.00-16.00 11th May 2018, Rendall SR3, University of Liverpool Miletos and Lydia beyond Herodotus. The relationship between Miletos and Lydia in the Archaic period, viewed through the lens of Herodotus, has often been categorised as one of mutual enmity. Yet, there also exists much evidence to suggest close socio-cultural connections between …

NEWS: ‘Faith without God’ BBC radio documentary visits Miletos

For his BBC Radio 3 Sunday Feature documentary 'Faith without God', respected broadcaster Michael Goldfarb, visited Miletos and spoke to some of the leading archaeologists and historians in the field about the birth of Greek philosophy. You can hear both episodes via the BBC website, using the links below (login required): Episode 1 Episode 2

NEWS: The Classical Greek Historians Study Day (12/05/18)

On Saturday the 5th of May 2018, Milesian Tales' John Brendan Knight will be running a study day through Liverpool University's department of Continuing Education. It will focus on the three main Classical Greek historians: Herodotus, Thucydides and Xenophon.  Through their narratives the course will explore the origin of historical writing, thematic elements, and political …

NEWS: Panels on Ionia at Classical Association in Leicester

There will be two panels on Ionia at the Classical Association Annual Conference in Leicester on Saturday 7th April 2018. The first, chaired by Alan M. Greaves, will be on Archaic East Aegean and the speakers include Elif Koperal, Rik Vaessen, Yasar Ersoy, and Michael Loy. The second panel will be a discussion of the …

REVIEW: Shedding Light on the Matter: Ideascapes and Material Worlds in the Land of Thales

Anja Slawisch and Michael Loy set themselves an ambitious goal for this conference when they sought to find new ways of connecting the material and intellectual worlds of ancient Ionia in ways that went beyond the simplistic positivist connections that have dominated the subject for so long. This conference has certainly set that conversation in …

REVIEW: 6th International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities, Constanta.

This last September saw the sixth edition of the International Congress on Black Sea Antiquities held at Ovidius University and the Museum of National History and Archaeology in Constanta, Romania (ancient Tomis). The congress brought together over 150 researchers from across the world to discuss the Black Sea in the Graeco-Roman period and provided an …