Issue 10: Material Religion in Pompeii

Issue 10, Summer 2021

Edited by jessica hughes

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0. Material religion and Pompeii: introduction

jessica hughes (the open University)

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1. The diversity of Pompeii’s domestic cult activity

annette HAUG AND PATRIC-ALEXANDER KREUZ (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)

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2. At home with the Lares: lived religion rematerialised at Pompeii

emma-jayne graham (the open University)

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3. Material and immaterial religion in Pompeian painting

Nathaniel B. Jones (Washington University in St Louis)

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4. Sensing Hermaphroditus in the Dionysian Theatre Garden

brittany demone and lisa a. hughes (University of Calgary)

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5. Material music in ritual soundscapes of Pompeii

MIRCO MUNGARI AND KAMILA WYSLUCHA (independent scholars)

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6. Guardians of the threshold: the image of the gladiator and its protective function in Pompeii

JOE SHEPPARD (Washington University in St Louis)

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7. Tracing procession routes for the principal cults in Pompeii

IVO VAN DER GRAAFF (University of New Hampshire) AND ERIC POEHLER (University of Massachusetts)

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8. Pompa in Pompeii: experiencing a funeral procession in the ancient city

VIRGINIA L. CAMPBELL (University of Birmingham & THE OPEN UNIVERSITY)

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