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Title: Pompeii, its life and art
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Mau, August, 1840-1909 Kelsey, Francis W. (Francis Willey), 1858-1927
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Publisher: New York : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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orner of the blockwas a temple of Zeus Milichius (H), seemingly of early date,but entirely rebuilt about the time that the Small Theatre waserected. Part of the columns and entablature belonging to the beau-tiful portico at the entrance of the Forum Triangulare havebeen set up again and are seen in our illustration (Fig. 60).The brackets projecting from the rear wall were probablydesigned for statuettes or vases. When the wall was rebuilt,after the earthquake of 63, a change was made in at least oneparticular. The small doorway at the middle, now at rightangles with the wall, formerly passed obliquely through it,opening toward the end of the promenade which was laid outin front of the colonnade at the left. This promenade (2 onPlan III) was separated from the area of the Forum by a lowwall ; on sunny winter days it must have been the most fre-quented walk in the city. Besides the small doorway, which was closed by a latticedgate hung from a wooden jamb, there was at the left a massive
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PLATE III.—THE GREEK TEMPLE AND THE FORUM TRIANGULARE.SEEN FROM THE SOUTH. RESTORATION BY WEICHARDT THE FORUM TRIANCiri-ARE ^35 double door with strong bolts, inside of which was still a seconddoor. It seems odd that one entrance should be so securelyclosed, while the fastenings of the other were so light. Ordi-narily, the large doors must have been kept shut, while thesmall entrance was left open for everyday use; but when therewas to be a play in the Theatre, and the magistrate who gavethe entertainment proceeded from the Forum with a retinue infestal attire, then the great doors were swung back in honor of

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