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Week Five: Oct. 20

20 October. Karen reporting: Today was the first day of team reports in Pompeii, and oh what a day it was. Between the schizophrenic weather and the marathon nature of the lectures, we were all pretty wiped out by the evening. We started with Maya’s fabulous presentation of the House of the Faun, and ended with my own discussion of the Room of the Mysteries in, of all places, the Villa of the Mysteries. Highlights of the day include Brian’s telling of the tragic tale of two star-crossed lovers who, despite their utter devotion to one another, perished tragically in a natural disaster. You may in fact, gentle reader, have heard of said disaster… see, there was this volcano… well, that part is dull. And, for the sake of all that is holy, if you come to Pompeii, do not interrupt legitimate discussion to inquire as to the location of the “petrified bodies.” Um. Anyway, back to Brian’s story. Suffice it to say, those engaged columns never got to realize their dreams of a white picket fence and the pattering of little capitals around the atrium. The other highlight was our professor’s near decapitation of one of the rather unfortunate tourists who perpetually populate the site, interrupting a student presentation to shout that “abbiamo permesso!” Matt, Myung-Hee, Joanna, Ariel, Sophia, and Sarah all did fabulous jobs with their respective sites, too.

20 October. Maya presents the House of the Faun

20 October. Detail from the House of the Faun

20 October. Bronze replica of the faun for whom the house is named

20 October. The group dog, Happy Bepe

20 October. The faun and Bepe

20 October. A floor mosaic from the House of the Faun

20 October. The House of the Faun

20 October. Matt presents the Alexander Mosaic

20 October. Matt presents the Alexander mosaic

20 October. A stuccoed and painted capital from the House of the Faun

20 October. Brian presents the House of the Tragic Poet

20 October. Brian presents the House of the Tragic Poet

20 October. Myung-Hee presents the Eumachia

20 October. Myung-Hee shows us the statue of Eumachia, a wealthy Pompeiian

20 October. Sophia presents the Temple of Apollo

20 October. A Corinthian capital from the Temple of Fortuna Augusta

20 October. The Stabian baths

20 October. Joanna presents the Stabian bath complex

20 October. The hypocaust system from the Stabian baths

20 October. Sarah presents a Pompeiian bakery attached to a house

20 October. Sarah takes us through the bakery

20 October. Peter meditates on the economic life of ancient Pompeii

20 October. Karen presents the Villa of the Mysteries

20 October. Karen talks about the paintings

20 October. A scene from the walls of the Villa of the Mysteries

20 October. A scene from the walls of the Villa of the Mysteries

20 October. Reconstruction of an ancient wine press

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