The Wonders of Pompeii eBook

Marc Monnier
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 177 pages of information about The Wonders of Pompeii.

The Wonders of Pompeii eBook

Marc Monnier
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 177 pages of information about The Wonders of Pompeii.

The Tomb of Libella. "

The Tomb of Calventius. "

The Tomb of Nevoleia Tyche. "

The Funereal Triclinium. "

The Tomb of Labeo. "

The Tombs of the Arria Family. "

The Villa of Diomed. "

Having visited these tombs, re-enter the city by the Herculaneum Gate, and, returning over part of the way already taken, find the Street of Fortune again, and there see—­

The House of the Faun.  Chap.  VII.

The House with the Black Wall.

The House with the Figured Capitals.

The House of the Grand Duke.

The House of Ariadne.

The House of the Hunt.  Chap.  VII.

You thus reach the place where the Street of Stabiae turns to the right, descending toward the southern part of the city.  Before taking this street, you will do well to follow the one in which you already are to where it ends at the Nola Gate, which is worth seeing.  See Chap.  IV.

The Street of Stabiae marks the limit reached by the excavations.  To the left, in going down, you will find the handsome House of Lucretius.  See Chap.  VII.

On the right begins a whole quarter recently discovered and not yet marked out on the diagram.  Get them to show you—­

The House of Siricus.  Chap.  VII.

The Hanging Balconies.  Chap.  III.

The New Bakery.  Chap.  III.

Turning to the left, below the Street of Stabiae you will cross the open fields, above the part of the city not yet cleared, as far as the Amphitheatre.  See Chap.  VIII.

Then, retracing your steps and intersecting the Street of Stabiae, you enter a succession of streets, comparatively wide, which will lead you back to the Forum.  You will there find, on your right, the Hot Baths of Stabiae.  See chap.  V. On your left is the House of Cornelius Rufus and that of Proculus, recently discovered.  See Chap.  VII.

There now remains for you to cross the Street of Abundance at the southern extremity of the city.  It is the quarter of the triangular Forum, and of the Theatres—­the most interesting of all.

The principal monuments to be seen are—­

The Temple of Isis.  See Chap.  VII.

The Curia Isiaca.

The Temple of Hercules.  Chap.  VII.

The Grand Theatre.  Chap.  VIII.

The Smaller Theatre. "

The Barracks of the Gladiators.  Chap.  VIII.

At the farther end of these barracks opens a small gate by which you may leave the city, after having made the tour of it in three hours, on this first excursion.  On your second visit you will be able to go about without a guide.

=Charles Scribner & Co.=

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