Viviane Avelar từ Voznesenskaya, Ingushetiya Republits, Russia

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2019-07-30 19:31

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Beard, Mary. THE FIRES OF VESUVIUS: Pompeii Lost and Found. (2008). ****1/2. I’ve been to Pompeii twice, and not seen at least half of what this author discusses in this book. Wouldn’t it be great to have her as a guide, though it might take a few days to make it through. This is more than a retelling of the eruption of Vesuvius and the subsequent destruction of Pompeii. It is a retelling and an interpretation of what the ruins and various artifacts tell us about the people who lived there. Apparently, Pompeii was a fairly old city at the time of the eruption; the author claims it was a city in the 7th Century BC. It was not a resort town for the Romans, as guides there would have you believe, but an agrarian community and a manufacturing town. We believe that it was founded by the Etruscans, since samples of their language survive on the walls. It was also a fishing town. It was known throughout the Roman Empire for its garum, a fairly disgusting paste made from ground fish that was allowed to ferment. Romans used this paste as a flavoring and food additive, and Pompeii made the best. They were also known for their wines. The town was a polyglot community and polytheistic. There is even evidence of influences of Egyptian gods. There is a Temple of Isis. Apulius in his work, “The Golden Ass,” mentions Pompeii and Isis. The author has a Chair of Classics at Cambridge, and a list of previously published works that include other explorations into ancient ruins. She divides the book up into sections that explore various aspects of Pompeiian life: Street Life, House and Home, Painting and Decorating, Earning a Living, The Pleasures of the Body, etc. Her presentation, though scholarly, reads more like a popular history, and contains hundreds of pictures and diagrams to help us follow her text. If you read only one book on Pompeii, it should be this one. Recommended.

Người đọc Viviane Avelar từ Voznesenskaya, Ingushetiya Republits, Russia

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.