The American School of Classical Studies at Athens (ASCSA) is the oldest and largest U.S. overseas research center. A consortium of nearly 200 affiliated North American colleges and universities, the School provides graduate students and scholars a base for the advanced study of all aspects of Greek culture, from antiquity to the present day.

We are pleased to announce the publication of Hesperia 95.1! Topics in this issue include an engraving of a warrior from LMB IIIA Ayia Irini on Kea, the relationship between inscriptions and images in Archaic Greece, four new pinakion fragments from the Athenian Agora, the colossus of Porto Raphti, and the account of the martyrdom of St. Demetrios and what it reveals about gladiatorial events and the stadium in Roman Thessaloniki.
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The Gennadius Library will be closed on Wednesday, March 25.
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ASCSA Publications launches an initiative to reissue every volume in the Agora Picture Book series in an updated, full-color edition and modern Greek translation.
Read MoreThe Blegen library will be closed to visitors on Wednesday March 25th in observance of the National Holiday
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On a warm August day in 1950, news of Edward Capps’s passing traveled quietly between Princeton and Athens. More than seventy-five years later, the American School of Classical Studies at Athens continues to reflect his vision and his belief that scholarship is sustained across generations.
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The Museum of Cycladic Art welcomes Jeff Koons, one of the most influential artists on the contemporary international scene, for a public discussion held as part of the exhibition Jeff Koons: Venus of Lespugue. The talk will take place on Wednesday, March 18, at 19:00, in Cotsen Hall (9 Anapiron Polemou St.) co-organized with the Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens.
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