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Title: Pompeii; its history, buildings and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city, with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations and also an itinerary for visitors
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Dyer, Thomas Henry, 1804-1888
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Publisher: London : Bell
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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Perseus and Andromeda. Medea meditating the murder of her children, of which wehave given engravings. On the other fronts of these antasare also paintings ; one of a dwarf leading a monkey, engravedin Part I., p. 195 ; the other a picture of Hygeia. In differentparts of the room are other paintings; one is a noble figure HOUSE OF CASTOR AND POLLUX. 413 of Jupiter. The rest of tlie walls is occupied, as usual, witha variety of arabesque and capricious ornaments, upon red,white, yellow, and green grounds. This, and the Corinthianatrium, and the peristyle of the house of Meleager, to be de-scribed presently, are the most beautiful apartments yet foundin Pompeii.
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Medea meditating the Murder of her Children. A noble exedra, or summer triclinium, 48, opens on theupper end of the colonnade. Formerly the pavement wasincrusted with precious marbles, as appears from the frag-ments which have been found, of those scarce and beautifulkinds called rosso and giallo antico, African marble with 414 POMPEII. red spots, and oriental alabaster ; but this high-prized orna-ment has been removed, as is almost invariably the case, bythe ancients themselves. Nearly the v/hole front was opento the court, and might be closed at pleasure by large foldingdoors, as the marble sockets in which they turned still show.A large window opens on the covered walk beside the garden.The contiguous rooms, 49 and 50, appear to be a bedchamberand anteroom. Two doors open from the triclinium upon apassage, 51, leading from the garden to the servants apart-ments at the other end of the house, in which there is a back-door, 52, leading into the lane, 53. 51. Communication withthe off

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