Ancient Greek hero cult : proceedings of the Fifth International Seminar on Ancient Greek cult : organized by the Department of Classical Archaeology and Ancient History : Göteborg University, 21-23 April 1995

Alexander Mazarakis Ainian: Reflections On Hero Cults In Early Iron Age Greece -- Robin HÄgg: Funerary Ritual, Veneration Of Ancestors And The Cult Of Heroes In Geometric Greece (abstract) -- Christoph Auffarth: Constructing The Identity Of The 'polis': The Danaides As Ancestors -- Jonathan M. Hall: Beyond The 'polis': The Multilocality Of Heroes -- Uta Kron: Patriotic Heroes -- Barbara Mccauley: Heroes And Power: The Politics Of Bone Transferal -- H. Alan Shapiro: Cult Warfare: The Dioskouroi Between Sparta And Athens -- Carla M. Antonaccio: Colonization And The Origins Of Hero Cult -- JÜrgen W. RiethmÜller: 'bothros' And Tetrastyle: The 'heroon' Of Asclepius In Athens -- Gunnel Ekroth: Pausanias And The Sacrificial Rituals Of Greek Hero-cults -- Elizabeth R. Gebhard And Matthew W. Dickie: Melikertes-palaimon, Hero Of The Isthmian Games -- Dennis D. Hughes: Hero Cult, Heroic Honors, Heroic Dead: Some Developments In The Hellenistic And Roman Periods. Edited By Robin Hägg. 'programme And Participants Of The Seminar': P. [177]-178. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.