In this paper we present an ascus made around 300 BC in the Apulian city of Canosa. This vase belongs to the group of so-called ‘Scylla ascos’. The upper part of the ascos is decorated with the plastic figure of this sea monster, described in the Odyssey, which devoured sailors trying to avoid the whirlpool of Charybdis. The iconographic programme of these vessels alludes to the journey to the afterlife through evil; for in the Surithalic world Scylla is a daimonfunerario who leads the souls of the deceased to the Isles of the Blessed.
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Pilar Fernández Uriel. Professor Emeritus of Ancient History. UNED.
UNED Summer Course. “Roma vivet: Inheritance and survival of Ancient Rome”.
The purpose of the seminar is to address the concept of the soul in different areas of the ancient world -Greece, India and Egypt- and in different contexts -literary, philosophical, religious- based on the analysis of written and iconographic sources. The seminar is aimed at high school and university students and the general public. Each participant will have a 15-minute presentation followed by a brief discussion. This will be followed by a guided tour of various pieces in the Museum that illustrate the passage of the deceased to the Afterlife.
The space for family sociability in Europe. The lararium, or Roman family altar, brought together the images of the Lares and the Penates, divinities who were the protectors of the household and were worshipped in the home. Its study brings us closer to an essential manifestation of the daily religious practice of the Romans, the religiosity developed inside the home.
Origin and development of inequality and social stratification (civil organisations related to the imperial cult). Belonging to a local youth association, this banner is unique in Hispania and exceptional in the Roman Empire. The collegia iuvenum had a civic-religious character associated with the imperial cult.
It shows religious and ethnic diversity of the region.
It is an online learning resource, designed for Religious Education students and teachers as well as lifelong learners. The site allows visitors to explore the world’s major faiths through our collections of sacred texts.
Oral history testimonies gathered from Jewish men and women who came to live in Britain during or after WWII
The article is taken from History of European civilization by Umberto Eco
Painting by Piero della Francesca.
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