The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse /

The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii : ancient ritual, modern muse /

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Main Author: Gazda, Elaine K., 1943- (Author)

Other Authors: Hammer, Catherine., Longfellow, Brenda, 1973-, Swetnam-Burland, Molly.

Format: Book

Language: English

Subjects:

Villa of the Mysteries (Pompeii)
Villa of the Mysteries frescoes (Mural painting)
Mysteries, Religious.
Women and religion > Rome.
Pompeii (Extinct city) > Buildings, structures, etc.

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Call Number: ND2575 .V55 2000

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : ancient and modern contexts of the Bacchic murals in the Villa of the Mysteries / Elaine K. Gazda
  • The god of the vine : a note on nomenclature / Drew Wilburn
  • The geography and history of Campania and Pompeii / Drew Wilburn
  • A gendered space? : location and function of Room 5 in the Villa of the Mysteries / Brenda Longfellow
  • Women, ritual, and social standing in Roman Italy / Catherine Hammer
  • The god of fertility in Room 5 of the Villa of the Mysteries / Drew Wilburn
  • Bacchus/Liber in Pompeii : a religious context for the Villa of the Mysteries frieze / Molly Swetnam-Burland
  • Bacchic imagery and cult practice in Roman Italy / Elizabeth de Grummond
  • The search for the origins of the Villa of the Mysteries frieze / Jessica M. Davis
  • Nuptial imagery in the Villa of the Mysteries frieze : south Italian and Sicilian precedents / Shoshanna S. Kirk
  • Liber and Venus in the Villa of the Mysteries / Brenda Longfellow
  • Maria Barosso, Francis Kelsey, and the modern representation of an ancient masterpiece / Elizabeth de Grummond
  • Ancient mysteries, modern meanings / Diane Kirkpatrick
  • The catalogue : women and cult in ancient Italy (1-68) ; The Villa of the Mysteries from antiquity to the present (69-111