Pompeii Flashcards
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Pliny the Elder
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Roman author, philosopher, navy/army commander who dies from the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, wrote “natural history”
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Pliny the Younger
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Pliny the Older’s nephew; wrote to the Roman Historian Tacitus, describing what happened.
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Priapus
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God of sex and fertility
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Mount Vesuvius
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The eruption that destroyed the 2 cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum
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Fresco
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A painting technique when things are painted into wet plaster and makes it incredibly durable. Had stories from the greek cultures and religions along with Roman mythology.
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Dionysian cult
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a mystery cult that is particularly devoted to the God Dionysus/Bacchus- the God of wine and heathens
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satyr
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a mythological creature from Greek mythology that is half-man and half-beast, hangs out with Dionysus
