ABSTRACTS - The American School of Classical Studies at Athens

Richard Tomlinson, Professor Emeritus, University of Birmingham, UK
The Circular Building at the Heraion Perachora
In the publication of the circular building above the Heraion (Tomlinson and Demakopoulou, BSA 80
p.261) I suggested that, despite its distance from Lake Vouliagmeni, it was the “Circular Building by the
Lake” of Xenophon Hellenika 4.v.6, where the Spartan king Agesilaos was gloating over his captives when
news reached him of the destruction of the Spartan mora at Lechaion. Ulrich Sinn disagreed with my
argument that Xenophon misplaced the building at the lake and that his account, or the text, should be
corrected.
Subsequently a friend told me he could see an alternative circular structure now submerged in the lake,
confirming Robert Cook’s earlier identification. In a visit we then made I examined this and found it was a
purely natural rock formation. In the present paper I will argue again for the identification of the building
we excavated above the Heraion with that mentioned by Xenophon.
Zoe Aslamatzidou-Κostourou, Head of the ST’ Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classical Antiquities
A Roman Villa of Katounistra at Loutraki
In 1973, an extended illicit excavation in the Konstantinidis plot brought to light the remains of a huge
complex, possibly thermae according to the first evaluation, whose walls were preserved at a considerable
height.
After repeated illicit excavations and destructive configurations, the area was surveyed during seven
excavation periods between 1996 and 2002, but this survey was not completed.
The site lies at a distance of 4.5 km to the SE of the town of Loutraki, overlooking the Corinthian gulf and
the Isthmus.
The excavation research in the Segas plot revealed the heart of a large building complex, while the
Konstantinidis plot revealed the remains of a bath, probably connected with the aforementioned complex.