The Villa of the Mysteries in Pompeii
Subtitle: ancient ritual, modern muse
By: Elaine K. Gazda, editor ; with the assistance of Catherine Hammer, Brenda Longfellow, Molly Swetnam-Burland.
Contributors: Gazda, Elaine K., 1943-; Hammer, Catherine.; Longfellow, Brenda, student; Swetnam-Burland, Molly.
Publisher: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the University of Michigan Museum of Art
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
Subjects: Villa of the Mysteries (Pompeii); Mysteries, Religious; Women and religion -- Rome; Pompeii (Extinct city) -- Buildings, structures, etc
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 250-261).
Table of contents: title: Introduction : ancient and modern contexts of the Bacchic murals in the Villa of the Mysteries / Elaine K. Gazda; title: The god of the vine : a note on nomenclature / Drew Wilburn; title: The geography and history of Campania and Pompeii / Drew Wilburn; title: A gendered space? : location and function of Room 5 in the Villa of the Mysteries / Brenda Longfellow; title: Women, ritual, and social standing in Roman Italy / Catherine Hammer; title: The god of fertility in Room 5 of the Villa of the Mysteries / Drew Wilburn; title: Bacchus/Liber in Pompeii : a religious context for the Villa of the Mysteries frieze / Molly Swetnam-Burland; title: Bacchic imagery and cult practice in Roman Italy / Elizabeth de Grummond; title: The search for the origins of the Villa of the Mysteries frieze / Jessica M. Davis; title: Nuptial imagery in the Villa of the Mysteries frieze : south Italian and Sicilian precedents / Shoshanna S. Kirk; title: Liber and Venus in the Villa of the Mysteries / Brenda Longfellow; title: Maria Barosso, Francis Kelsey, and the modern representation of an ancient masterpiece / Elizabeth de Grummond; title: Ancient mysteries, modern meanings / Diane Kirkpatrick; title: The catalogue : women and cult in ancient Italy (1-68) ; the Villa of the Mysteries from antiquity to the present (69-111).