When Lived Ancient Religion and Lived Ancient Medicine Meet: The Household Gods, the Household Shrine and Regimen
This paper argues that there was a strong connection between Roman domestic religious belief and practice and Roman domestic medical practice through the association of the household gods with the household's health and well-being. It examines six examples of household shrines from Pompeii and...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Mohr Siebeck
[2017]
|
| In: |
Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 164-180 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Pompeii
/ Household
/ Religious life
/ Household god
/ Cure
|
| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BE Greco-Roman religions KBJ Italy TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
domestic religion
B Pompeii B Well-being B HOUSEHOLD SHRINE B Health B REGIMEN B DOMESTIC MEDICINE |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) |
| Summary: | This paper argues that there was a strong connection between Roman domestic religious belief and practice and Roman domestic medical practice through the association of the household gods with the household's health and well-being. It examines six examples of household shrines from Pompeii and the surrounding area to explore how specific non-elite households utilised their personal private religious beliefs and practices in the service of maintaining the health and well-being of their members. These six household shrines take the form of paintings that depict the household gods in conjunction with specific types of foodstuffs, and these foodstuffs are ones which played an important role in Roman regimen. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 2199-4471 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion in the Roman empire
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/219944617X15008820103351 |