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02/22/2024 05:30 PM ISAW Lecture Hall
Fragmentary clay bust of a human figure with long hair (or perhaps a headdress?)

New Discoveries at Lyktos:

“The Most Ancient City in Crete, and the Source of the Bravest Men” (Polybius 4.54)

Antonis Kotsonas

This lecture will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Since 2021, a team from ISAW/NYU has been involved in archaeological fieldwork at the Greek and Roman city Lyktos in central Crete, Greece. Celebrated by Homer, considered as the birthplace of god Zeus by Hesiod, and identified as the cradle of the Spartan constitution by Aristotle, Lyktos boasts an unusually rich literary and epigraphic record.
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