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Pompeii and Herculaneum Religion: Household Gods and Foreign Cults

Explore the religious practices in Pompeii and Herculaneum, including worship of household gods (Lares and Penates) and foreign cults (Greek, Egyptian, and Judaism). Discover the temples and frescoes that depict these diverse religious beliefs.

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Pompeii and Herculaneum Religion: Household Gods and Foreign Cults

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  1. Pompeii and Herculaneum Religion: Household Gods and Foreign Cults

  2. Household Gods Kamm. A, “Vesta”, Worship in the Home, The Romans, http://www.the-romans.co.uk/home.htm Kamm. A, “Janus”, Worship in the Home, The Romans, http://www.the-romans.co.uk/home.htm “Priapus”, House of The Vetti, Find Target, http://reference.findtarget.com/search/Priapus/

  3. Lares Kamm. A, “The Lares Statues”, Worship in the Home, The Romans, http://www.the-romans.co.uk/g4/30.lar.jpg Showy. R, “The Lares Statues”, From the Ashes, San Diego, 23 March 2008, http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20080323/images/home-ash5.jpg

  4. Lararium “Household Lararium in Pompeii”, Lares, Find Target, Wikimedia, 2009, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Lararium,_Pompeji.JPG “Lararia”, House of Lararium of Achilles, Religioromano, 2007, http://www.religioromana.net/lararia.htm

  5. Penates Kamm. A, “Aeneas sacrificing to Penates in their Cupboard”, Worship in the Home, The Romans, http://www.the-romans.co.uk/home.htm Kamm. A, “Penates”, Worship in the Home, The Romans, http://www.the-romans.co.uk/home.htm

  6. The House of Vetti “The House of Vetti”, Myoops, Pompeii, Italy, 2005, http://www.myoops.org/twocw/mit/NR/rdonlyres/History/21H-405JSpring-2005/871F84C6-F507-400D-85AE-21935DCBF75D/0/chp_ancient_city.jpg Bishop. D and Eggers. D, “The House of Vetti”, Pompeii, Italy, 1997, http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/darlenebishop/rome/PompVettii.html

  7. “Lararium”, House of Vetti, 2006, http://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/pompeii/regio-vi/reg-vi-ins-15/house-of-the-vettii “Lararia”, House of Vetti, Pompeii, Religioromana, 2007, http://www.religioromana.net/lararia.htm

  8. The House of The Tragic Poet “Lararium”, The House of The Tragic Poet, Flickr, Yahoo, 2009, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaeurialias/3803824265/

  9. The House of Fawn The House of Fawn, Arch, 2007, http://www.arch.mcgill.ca/prof/schoenauer/arch528/lect05/c12.jpg

  10. The House of Bicententery Curran. L, The House of Bicentenary, 1997, http://wings.buffalo.edu/AandL/Maecenas/italy_except_rome_and_sicily/herculaneum/ac880727.html

  11. The House of Octavius Quartio - Pompeii Terez Anon, “Lares in The House of Octavius Quartio”, Trek Earth, 2004, http://department.monm.edu/classics/Courses/CLAS240/City/Pompeii.Lararium-%20Household%20Religion.htm

  12. The House of The Black Salon - Herculaneum Terez Anon, “The Black Salon”, The House of The Black Salon, America, 2004, http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo679173.htm

  13. The House of The Golden Cupids “The House of the Golden Cupids”, 79AD - Destruction and Re-discovery, Google, 2006, http://sites.google.com/site/ad79eruption/pompeii/regio-vi/reg-vi-ins-16/house-of-the-golden-cupids

  14. Foreign Cults Greek Cult “Venus, Mars and Cupid”, House of Mars and Venus, Theoi, http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/F10.2.html “Hercules and Omphale Fresco”, Hercules and Omphale, Theoi, http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/F26.1.html

  15. Temple of Apollo “Temple of Apollo”, The monuments of ancient Pompeii, Pompeii, 2006, http://www.pompeii.org.uk/m.php/museum-temple-of-apollo-pompeii-en-64-m.htm

  16. Egyptian Cult “Receiving Io at Canopus, Temple of Isis”, AncientRoman Fresco Pompeii, Theoi, Pompeii, 2005, http://www.theoi.com/Gallery/F41.1.html

  17. Temple of Isis “Statue of Isis”, Temple of Isis, Pompeii, http://www.pompeii.org.uk/ph.php/photo-gallery-temple-of-isis-en-37-ph.htm Madison. P, “Temple of Isis”, Temple of Isis, Google, November 2004, http://paulmadison.com/italy/images/pompeii07.jpg “Temple of Isis”, Answers, 1991, http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Brogi,_Giacomo_(1822-1881)_-_Pompei_-_Tempio_d%27Iside_-_n._5038_-_ca._1870.jpg/250px-Brogi,_Giacomo_(1822-1881)_-_Pompei_-_Tempio_d%27Iside_-_n._5038_-_ca._1870.jpg

  18. Fresco “Worship of Isis”, Temple of Isis, Wikipedia, 2009, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Isis_(Pompeii) “Fresco”, Temple of Isis, 10 February 2009, http://www.flickr.com/photos/bstorage/3271126942/

  19. Sabazius N. S. Gill, “Hand of Sabazius”, Sabazius, Ancient History, About, New York, 2009, http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/pompeii/ig/A-Day-in-Pompeii/Hand-of-Sabazius--8232-.htm

  20. Judaism “Judgement of Solomon Fresco,” House of the Physician, Flickr, 25 January 2008, http://www.flickr.com/photos/16472880@N06/2218609158/

  21. Christianity • House of Venus – Linked Greek letters of ‘Chi’ and ‘Rho’ – Monogram of Christ • House of Bicentenary – mark on the wall – linked to wooden cross • House of Bicentenary – small wooden cupboard – presumed as a small alter • Pompeii – word-square puzzle – rearranged to make Pater Noster AO; ‘Our Father, Alpha and Omega’ twice.

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