Kottarides (archaeologist): How are the findings of Pompeii related to Greek culture

For the Greek inscriptions and references to the new finds in Pompeii spoke the archaeologist Angeliki Kottaridis on the “PRIME” show of ERTNews.

“As the Italian minister said, it is indeed one Pompeii is a treasure chest. Because it gives us an amazing picture of life in antiquity with the frescoes, with the houses, which were “killed” by Vesuvius in 79 AD.

Archaeologists find them in very good condition and they impress us. The Greek inscriptions they certainly do not surprise us. Pompeii is essentially a post-Hellenistic world.

For although the Romans administratively occupied the East, i.e. the Greek kingdoms of the East, they were themselves occupied by the Greek culture and what followed is the continuation of the Hellenistic civilization for a few centuries,” the archaeologist emphasizes.

“The Greek she was lingua francai.e. the language of the scholars in the East, i.e. from Italy and the east.

Latin never dominated, they existed in shadow, only Greek exists there.

THE language of myths it is also Greek. Virgil, as we know, translated Homer’s stories into Latin several centuries later. But the interesting thing about the Pompeian writings is that they copy pre-existing works by good artists, but not by the greatest. They are usually artists who copy older models.

Pompeii gives us a very good picture of it Alexandriawhat the houses and life would have been like in Alexandria or what life would have been like in Antioch when we have lost these, because fortunately for them, no Vesuvius covered them then.

It is also known that the Romans systematically copied plastic works and it is not until the royal tombs were found in Aiges and the tomb of Philip etc., in fact, that we knew about ancient Greek painting was through Pompeii”, underlines Ms. Kottarides.