Sanctus Constantinus (Methana)

SS. Constantinus et Helena

Situs in Graecia meridionali

Sanctus Constantinus vel Neograece Άγιος Κωνσταντίνος est locus archaeologicus ad fastigium monticuli, a Methana boream versus eminentis, ubi hodie stat ecclesia sanctis Constantino et Helenae dicata.

Ruinae megari sive aulae principalis sanctuarii Mycenaei

Circum ecclesiam reperiuntur vestigia sanctuarii Mycenaei. Ibi e vestigiis ossium combustorum patet species varias oblatas esse: e fragmentis fere 165 enumerari licet ossa ovium vel caprarum fere 101, suum 50 (praecipue porcellorum), cervorum fere 4, boum 2, murum 2, columbarum 2, avium aliarum 3, piscis.

Bibliographia

• Yannis Hamilakis, Eleni Konsolaki, "Pigs for the Gods: burnt animal scarifices as embodied rituals at a Mycenaean sanctuary" in Oxford Journal of Archaeology vol. 23 (2004) pp. 135-151
• Eleni Konsolaki, "New evidence for the practice of libations in the Aegean bronze age" in Aegaeum vol. 22 (2001) pp. 213–220
• Eleni Konsolaki-Yannopoulou, "Mycenaean religious architecture: The archaeological evidence from Ayios Konstantinos, Methana^{[nexus deficit]}" in Papers from the Norwegian Institute at Athens (2004)

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