Unde omnia suppeditantur. La geografia del fuoco domestico

Te study proposes a survey of the use of flames in domestic and enclosed spaces. Te research is conducted in the House IIIM of the Hellenistic-Roman Quarter in Agrigento. Te house is an advantageous observatory thanks to recent excavation data. In this way, the context allows for an accurate and extended reflection on the practical and magical-sacral use of fre. Indeed, many objects were found concealed in the walls as an inaugural and prophylactic act. Similarly, other depositions seem to be functional for the ‘extinguishing’ of the domestic reality. It therefore seems plausible to hypothesise rites of disposal as a counterbalance to the initial actions of ‘activating’ the space.