VI.8.3 Pompeii. Casa del Poeta Tragico or House of the Tragic Poet.

Excavated 1824 to 1825. Linked to VI.8.5.

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Part 1      VI.8.3 and VI.8.5 Room Plan (Opens in a separate window)

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Mosaic floor.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway to room 15.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 15.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 15.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 15.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Doorway to room 16.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 16, decorative floor.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. December 2006. Room 12, north wall of dining room.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, north wall of dining room.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, north wall of dining room.

Venus giving some Cupids to Adonis.

     See Pagano, N., 1881. Guida di Pompei Illustrata. Pompei: Scafati. (p.82).

A young couple looking at a nest of Cupids.

     See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.315).

     See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (821, p.163).

The sale of cherubs.

     See Nappo, S., 1998. Pompeii: Guide to the lost City. London: Weidenfield and Nicolson. (p.145).

Leda and Tyndareus with their children (Castor, Pollux and Helen) in a nest.

     See Gell, W, 1837. Pompeiana. London: Lewis A. Lewis. (T. XLVIII).

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, south wall of dining room.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. March 2009.

Room 12, south wall of dining room with scene from the myth of Artemis or Diana.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.315).

Helbig identifies this as Artemis previously thought to be Aphrodite and Adonis.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (254, p.72).

Artemis and Callisto – See Nappo, S., 1998. Pompeii: Guide to the lost City. London: Weidenfield and Nicolson. (p.145).

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. February 2009. Room 12, east wall of dining room. Photo courtesy of Rick Bauer.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, east wall of dining room.

 

VI.8.3 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 12, east wall of dining room.

Mau identifies this as Theseus going on board ship leaving behind the beautiful Ariadne.

See Mau, A., 1907, translated by Kelsey F. W. Pompeii: Its Life and Art. New York: Macmillan. (p.315).

Helbig also identifies Athena, dressed in white, floating above the cliff watching what happens.

See Helbig, W., 1868. Wandgemälde der vom Vesuv verschütteten Städte Campaniens. Leipzig: Breitkopf und Härtel. (1218, p.255).

 

 

 

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