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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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HOUSE OF THE TRAGIC POET. 383

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384 POMPEII. had of observing wild animals in the sports of the ampliitheatre. This chamber is prettily paved in mosaic, and is conjecturedto have been lighted by a row of small windows elevatedabove the roof of the peristyle. Even in its present state itis sufficiently lofty. The plate on p. 383, which represents the interior of thishouse restored, is one of those which we are permitted toextract from the second series of Pompeiana. Very littleof this restoration is the work of fancy, owing to the perfectstate in which the building was found. The roof has beenadded, together with the uppermost part of the walls;the ornaments are given, either from indications whichremain, or are copied from similar situations in differenthouses. The view comprehends the atrium, tablinum, andperistyle, being bounded by the painted wall above described.On the pier on the right hand is the picture of Chryseis.Probably the entrance to the tablinum was closed, either bycurtains or by folding doors; but in

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