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1. Painting before Rome 1. Painting before Rome
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2. Republican First Century: The Odyssey Frieze 2. Republican First Century: The Odyssey Frieze
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3. From Friezes to Panels 3. From Friezes to Panels
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4. Continuous Narrative 4. Continuous Narrative
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5. Casa di Giasone (House of Jason) 5. Casa di Giasone (House of Jason)
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6. Early to Late Imperial 6. Early to Late Imperial
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7. Ensembles in the Casa dei Dioscuri 7. Ensembles in the Casa dei Dioscuri
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8. Philostratus’s Fictive Tour Guide 8. Philostratus’s Fictive Tour Guide
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Further Reading Further Reading
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References References
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35 Mythography and Roman Wall Painting
Get accessEleanor Winsor Leach† held the Ruth N. Halls Professorship in the Department of Classical Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, until her death on February 16, 2018. She was an influential and wide-ranging scholar whose work treated Roman literary, social and cultural history through a variety of methodological and theoretical lenses, most notably by integrating the study of art—particularly painting—architecture and monumentality into her analyses. She authored four books and numerous articles over her lengthy career.
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Published:20 October 2022
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Abstract
In the first sustained study how Roman wall painting intersects with mythography, this essay explores how both the depiction of myth on walls and the interpretative recreation of mythical narratives by viewers reflect a mythographical mindset. In a careful selection of case studies, the author considers: episodic narratives (Odyssey frieze from the Esquiline); variations on a theme (Actaeon in Casa del Frutteto and Casa di Epidius Rufus); synoptic mythography (Dirce cycle in Casa di Giulio Polibio); and ensemble collections with thematic connections (Casa di Giasone, Casa dei Dioscuri). All of these place active demands on the viewer in seeking connections to literary works as well as the “myth” itself. By contrast, the work of Philostratus, with its fictive educational setting, offers a glimpse how a rhetor might employ such interpretative strategies in the service of paideia.
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