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Lazio e Sabina. Atti del Convegno (Roma, 8-9 giugno 2015)
12. : Atti del convegno Dodicesimo incontro di studi sul Lazio e la Sabina : Roma, 8-9 giugno 2015 / a cura di Alfonsina Russo Tagliente, Giuseppina Ghini, Zaccaria Mari. - 2019. - 362 p.
Underworld
Abundantly illustrated, this essential volume examines depictions of the Underworld in southern Italian vase painting and explores the religious and cultural beliefs behind them. What happens to us when we die? What might the afterlife look like? For the ancient Greeks, the dead lived on, overseen by Hades in the Underworld. We read of famous sinners, such as Sisyphus, forever rolling his rock, and the fierce guard dog Kerberos, who was captured by Herakles. For mere mortals, ritual and religion offered possibilities for ensuring a happy existence in the beyond, and some of the richest evidence for beliefs about death comes from southern Italy, where the local Italic peoples engaged with Gre...
Tessere la speranza
Catalogo della Mostra aperta a Sora (FR), Museo Civico della “Media Valle del Liri” dal 15 giugno al 22 luglio 2017 L'esposizione è incentrata su un aspetto molto peculiare del culto della Madonna: la vestizione dei simulacri della Vergine, densa di significati simbolici, di ritualità e di segretezza. Si tratta di una manifestazione del sacro, diffusa in tutto il mondo cattolico fin dalle origini del Cristianesimo e che riguarda insieme la storia dell'arte, della devozione e del costume. L'edizione della mostra “Tessere la speranza” ideata per l'allestimento di Sora è dedicata soprattutto al culto della Madonna Addolorata, diffuso dalla Spagna in tutto il mondo cattolico. In espos...
From Vines to Wines in Classical Rome
David L. Thurmond’s From Vines to Wines in Classical Rome is the first general handbook on winemaking in Rome in over 100 years. In this work, Thurmond surveys the biology of the vine, the protohistory, history, viticulture, winemaking, distribution and modes of consumption of wine in classical Rome. He uses a close reading of the relevant Latin texts along with a careful survey of relevant archaeology and comparative practices from modern viticulture and oenology to elucidate this essential element of Roman culture.
Naming and Mapping the Gods in the Ancient Mediterranean
Ancient religions are definitely complex systems of gods, which resist our understanding. Divine names provide fundamental keys to gain access to the multiples ways gods were conceived, characterized, and organized. Among the names given to the gods many of them refer to spaces: cities, landscapes, sanctuaries, houses, cosmic elements. They reflect mental maps which need to be explored in order to gain new knowledge on both the structure of the pantheons and the human agency in the cultic dimension. By considering the intersection between naming and mapping, this book opens up new perspectives on how tradition and innovation, appropriation and creation play a role in the making of polytheist...
