Dionysus in Naples and Pompeii: An Archaeological Discourse

Pompeii-Naples, in the name of Dionysus. It will be discussed tomorrow, Friday, April 19th, at 5 PM, in the Auditorium of the excavations: Carlo Rescigno talks about 'A Neapolitan tomb and a Pompeian temple: Dionysian chronicles'. At the center of the meeting with the full professor of Classical Archaeology at the 'Luigi Vanvitelli' University, who is also the coordinator of the PhD program in Archaeology and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean at the Southern Superior School of Naples, there is the link between the Dionysian sanctuary of Sant'Abbondio in Pompeii and the Hellenistic world of Naples, in particular the chamber tombs of the era. The reason? 'Since its discovery - Rescigno claims - the Dionysian sanctuary of Sant'Abbondio has never ceased to provoke discussion among scholars. The division of spaces, their function, and the iconography of the pediment find interesting parallels in a seemingly different world, the set of Hellenistic chamber tombs of Neapolis referring to specific funerary ideologies'. This and much more under examination. The initiative is organized by the International Association Friends of Pompeii Ets.