Preliminary material /Elmar Schwertheim , Sahin Sencer and Jörg Wagner -- ARTEMIS VON EPHESOS UND ELEUTHERA VON MYRA: MIT SEITENBLICKEN AUF ST. NICOLAUS UND AUF KOMMAGENE /ERNST KIRSTEN -- EPHESOS-NICHT NUR DIE STADT DER ARTEMIS: DIE ,ANDEREN' EPHESISCHEN GÖTTER /DIETER KNIBBE -- DAS MOTIV DER NÄHRENDEN FRAU ODER GÖTTIN IN VORDERASIEN /HARTMUT KÜHNE -- DIE SIEBEN SENDSCHREIBEN DER JOHANNES-APOKALYPSE: Dokumente für die Konfrontation des frühen Christentums mit hellenistisch-römischer Kultur und Religion in Kleinasien /JOHANNES LÄHNEMANN -- THE TEMPLE-TYPE OF PROSTANNA: A QUERY /EUGENE N. LANE -- LE CULTE DE ROME ET DE SALUS À PERGAME, OU L'ANNONCE DU CULTE IMPÉRIAL /MARCEL LE GLAY -- HERRSCHAFT UNTER DEM ASPEKT KÖNIGLICHER MACHTPOLITIK: Zu den Inschriften Antiochos I. von Kommagene /ANNELIESE MANNZMANN -- GÖTTERPAARE IN KLEINASIEN UND MESOPOTAMIEN /RUTH MAYER-OPIFICIUS -- MYTHISCHE EPISODEN 1N ALEXANDERROMAN /REINHOLD MERKELBACH -- DAS PFERD AUF DEN MÜNZEN DES LABIENUS -- EIN MITHRAS-SYMBOL? /DIETER METZLER -- DIE URARTÄISCHEN BESTATTUNGSBRÄUCHE /BAKI ÖĞÜN -- ZUR ARTEMIS EPHESIA ALS DEA NATURA IN DER KLASSIZISTISCHEN KUNST /KLAUS PARLASCA -- GRIECHISCHE WEIHGEDICHTE AUS HALIKARNASSOS, KNIDOS, KYZIKOS UND PERGAMON /WERNER PEEK -- TYPOLOGISCHE BEMERKUNGEN ZU EINEM RELIEF MIT SCHIFFSDARSTELLUNG AUS BITHYNIEN /IRENE PEKÁRY -- STATUEN IN KLEINASIATISCHEN INSCHRIFTEN /THOMAS PEKÁRY -- VIER INSCHRIFTEN AUS LYDIEN /GEORG PETZL -- ZALPA /WOLFGANG RÖLLIG -- ZEUS BENNIOS /SENCER ŞAHIN -- DENKMÄLER ZUR METERVEREHRUNG IN BITHYNIEN UND MYSIEN /ELMAR SCHWERTHEIM -- ÜBERLEGUNGEN ZUR ARCHITEKTONISCHEN GESTALT DES PERGAMONALTARES /KLAUS STÄHLER -- DAS THEODIZEEPROBLEM IN DER SICHT DES BASILIUS VON CAESAREA /MARIA BARBARA VON STRITZKY -- DIE FRÜHESTEN GIRLANDENSARKOPHAGE: Zur Kontinuität der Reliefsarkophage in Kleinasien während des Hellenismus und der frühen Kaiserzeit /VOLKER MICHAEL STROCKA -- PRIESTHOODS OF THE EASTERN DYNASTIC ARISTOCRACY /RICHARD D. SULLIVAN -- DARSTELLUNGEN DES URARTÄISCHEN GOTTES HALDI /ORHAN AYTUĞ TAŞYÜREK -- KYBELE UND MERKUR /MAARTEN J. VERMASEREN -- DER SCHLANGENGOTT /HERMANN VETTERS -- NACHTRÄGE /ERNST KIRSTEN -- INDICES /Elmar Schwertheim , Sahin Sencer and Jörg Wagner -- II. GEOGRAPHICA /Elmar Schwertheim , Sahin Sencer and Jörg Wagner -- III. PERSONEN /Elmar Schwertheim , Sahin Sencer and Jörg Wagner -- IV. GÖTTER UND KULTE /Elmar Schwertheim , Sahin Sencer and Jörg Wagner -- TAFELN CXXXIX-CCXXVII /Elmar Schwertheim , Sahin Sencer and Jörg Wagner.

Preliminary material -- GENIUS AND NUMEN -- NUMINA AUGUSTORUM -- THE IMPERIAL NVMEN IN ROMAN BRITAIN -- DOMUS DIVINA -- AUGUSTO UT DEO -- AUGUSTAN GODS -- AUGUSTAN BLESSINGS AND VIRTUES -- LITURGY AND CEREMONIAL -- DATED INSCRIPTIONS AND THE FERIALE DURANUM -- THE AUGUSTALES AND THE IMPERIAL CULT -- ADDENDA TO VOLUME II, 1 -- LIST OF PLATES -- Plates LXXIV-CXIII.

Striking similarities in Etruscan and Anatolian material culture reveal various forms of contact and exchange between these regions on opposite sides of the Mediterranean. This is the first comprehensive investigation of these connections, approaching both cultures as agents of artistic exchange rather than as side characters in a Greek-focused narrative. It synthesizes a wide range of material evidence from c. 800 – 300 BCE, from tomb architecture and furniture to painted vases, terracotta reliefs, and magic amulets. By identifying shared practices, common visual language, and movements of objects and artisans (from both east to west and west to east), it illuminates many varied threads of the interconnected ancient Mediterranean fabric. Rather than trying to account for the similarities with any one, overarching theory, this volume presents multiple, simultaneous modes and implications of connectivity while also recognizing the distinct local identities expressed through shared artistic and cultural traditions.

The results of our rapidly expanded historical and archaeological knowledge have here been brought to bear on the Book of Acts to stunning effect. Outstanding as Jackson and Lake was in its day, this volume on the Graeco-Roman setting of Acts holds out the promise of equaling if not surpassing that great achievement. Paul Barnett, Bishop of North Sydney, Australia This well-written volume offers a remarkable, up-to-date collection of relevant new data to assist in scenario formation for a considerate reading of the Book of Acts . The largely Australian and British team of authors must be congratulated for preparing this very useful data set. There are authoritative descriptions of travel, of food supply, of domestic and political religion, of urban elites, and of the Eastern Mediterranean provinces and their leadership. Such information about the realm of the Graeco-Roman world will enable the interpreter of Acts to bring these data to bear in the process of interpretation.... Of great use to ancient historians, classicists, and biblical scholars, yet written and presented in such a way that it will be fascinating to intelligent nonprofessionals as well. Bruce J. Malina, Creighton University

The Hellenistic period—the nearly three centuries between the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 B.C., and the suicide of the Egyptian queen Kleopatra VII (the famous "Cleopatra"), in 30 B.C.—is one of the most complex and exciting epochs of ancient Greek art. The unprecedented geographic sweep of Alexander's conquests changed the face of the ancient world forever, forging diverse cultural connections and exposing Greek artists to a host of new influences and artistic styles. This beautifully illustrated volume examines the rich diversity of art forms that arose through the patronage of the royal courts of the Hellenistic kingdoms, placing special emphasis on Pergamon, capital of the Attalid dynasty, which ruled over large parts of Asia Minor. With its long history of German-led excavations, Pergamon provides a superb paradigm of a Hellenistic capital, appointed with important civic institutions—a great library, theater, gymnasium, temples, and healing center—that we recognize today as central features of modern urban life. The military triumphs of Alexander and his successors led to the expansion of Greek culture out from the traditional Greek heartland to the Indus River Valley in the east and as far west as the Strait of Gibraltar. These newly established Hellenistic kingdoms concentrated wealth and power, resulting in an unparalleled burst of creativity in all the arts, from architecture and sculpture to seal engraving and glass production. Pergamon and the Hellenistic Kingdoms of the Ancient World brings together the insights of a team of internationally renowned scholars, who reveal how the art of Classical Greece was transformed during this period, melding with predominantly Eastern cultural traditions to yield new standards and conventions in taste and style.

This volume brings together international scholars of religion, archaeologists, and scholars of art and architectural history to investigate social, political, and religious life in Roman and early Christian Thessalonikē, an important metropolis in the Hellenistic, Roman, and early Christian periods and beyond. This volume is the first broadly interdisciplinary investigation of Roman and early Christian Thessalonikē in English and offers new data and new interpretations by scholars of ancient religion and archaeology. The book covers materials usually treated by a broad range of disciplines: New Testament and early Christian literature, art historical materials, urban planning in antiquity, material culture and daily life, and archaeological artifacts from the Roman to the late antique period.