Dr. Gabriel Zuchtriegel

And so they learned Greek. All the great politicians and writers had to know Greek. We can see in Pompeii people writing in Greek. Some make mistakes, but there were also many people from the eastern Mediterranean countries Griechisch war die Hauptsprache, nicht nur in Griechenland, sondern auch in Palästina, Ägypten, Syrien und so weiter. Das ist eine Grundlage.

The Greeks had such a sophisticated literature and culture and they had, you know, paintings and statues and even such things like erotic manuals and things, you know, the Romans, very pragmatic, had also difficulties to accept. And so there was a discussion inside the Roman society about Isn't this corrupting? Isn't this something that will in the long run make us weak?

The Greeks had such a sophisticated literature and culture and they had, you know, paintings and statues and even such things like erotic manuals and things, you know, the Romans, very pragmatic, had also difficulties to accept. And so there was a discussion inside the Roman society about Isn't this corrupting? Isn't this something that will in the long run make us weak?

The Greeks had such a sophisticated literature and culture and they had, you know, paintings and statues and even such things like erotic manuals and things, you know, the Romans, very pragmatic, had also difficulties to accept. And so there was a discussion inside the Roman society about Isn't this corrupting? Isn't this something that will in the long run make us weak?

All this Greek culture and drinking and feasting. At the end they couldn't resist. But there was always this kind of ambivalent relation to Greek culture. And then of course the Romans made something new of it. And that's what we often maybe don't see anymore. But the great authors of Latin literature, Virgil, Ovid and so forth, they all had Greek models. But they did something new.

All this Greek culture and drinking and feasting. At the end they couldn't resist. But there was always this kind of ambivalent relation to Greek culture. And then of course the Romans made something new of it. And that's what we often maybe don't see anymore. But the great authors of Latin literature, Virgil, Ovid and so forth, they all had Greek models. But they did something new.

All this Greek culture and drinking and feasting. At the end they couldn't resist. But there was always this kind of ambivalent relation to Greek culture. And then of course the Romans made something new of it. And that's what we often maybe don't see anymore. But the great authors of Latin literature, Virgil, Ovid and so forth, they all had Greek models. But they did something new.

They weren't just translations or imitations of Greek literature. And that's what you see in Pompeii. You see the traditional Roman houses... with the ground plan, which is strictly linked to the social function of the house.

They weren't just translations or imitations of Greek literature. And that's what you see in Pompeii. You see the traditional Roman houses... with the ground plan, which is strictly linked to the social function of the house.

They weren't just translations or imitations of Greek literature. And that's what you see in Pompeii. You see the traditional Roman houses... with the ground plan, which is strictly linked to the social function of the house.

So you have the atrium with the opening in the roof and the tablinum, where the house owner every morning for the salutatio would receive his clients, which were the people who asked for favors and who then would vote for him. when he would run for an office in the town. But these very traditional houses are full of Greek paintings.

So you have the atrium with the opening in the roof and the tablinum, where the house owner every morning for the salutatio would receive his clients, which were the people who asked for favors and who then would vote for him. when he would run for an office in the town. But these very traditional houses are full of Greek paintings.

So you have the atrium with the opening in the roof and the tablinum, where the house owner every morning for the salutatio would receive his clients, which were the people who asked for favors and who then would vote for him. when he would run for an office in the town. But these very traditional houses are full of Greek paintings.

So it's as if they were trying to live two lives, two cultural codes. Maybe in the morning you're the traditional Roman house owner and you...

So it's as if they were trying to live two lives, two cultural codes. Maybe in the morning you're the traditional Roman house owner and you...

So it's as if they were trying to live two lives, two cultural codes. Maybe in the morning you're the traditional Roman house owner and you...

your social and political business and then in the afternoon and in the evening you become a bit more Greek and you drink some Greek wine and meet with friends and Greek poems are performed and you look at the paintings and they become really stories to reflect on the lives of the people who Wir kennen das oft aus Texten.

your social and political business and then in the afternoon and in the evening you become a bit more Greek and you drink some Greek wine and meet with friends and Greek poems are performed and you look at the paintings and they become really stories to reflect on the lives of the people who Wir kennen das oft aus Texten.

your social and political business and then in the afternoon and in the evening you become a bit more Greek and you drink some Greek wine and meet with friends and Greek poems are performed and you look at the paintings and they become really stories to reflect on the lives of the people who Wir kennen das oft aus Texten.

Sie würden sagen, dass Penelope, die Frau von Odysseus, 20 Jahre warten musste, bis er zurückkam. Die Siege von Troja und dann 10 Jahre, bis er zurückkam. Und dann beginnt man darüber zu sprechen, über Verheiratungsprobleme oder so weiter.