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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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he left, only half ofthe ever revolving wheel to which the wretched victim is bound.The other figures are more prominent and, with one exception,convey no suggestion of pain or sympathy in either pose orexpression of face. Nearest the wheel is Hephaestus, who hasjust fastened Ixion upon it; his pincers, hammer, and anvil arelying upon the ground in the corner. In front of him is Hermes,who, in obedience to the command of Zeus, brought the offenderto the place of punishment. A sad-faced female figure with veiled head sits in the fore-ground — a personification of the spirit of one who has died, ashade introduced to indicate that the place of punishment is theUnderworld. The left hand is involuntarily raised with theshock that the thought of the victims suffering brings ; the face 340 POiMPEII has been thought by some to resemble that often given to theMadonna. The two figures at the right of the picture are of the upperworld, not directly connected with the main action, yet well con-
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Fig. 171.— ilie inmislinicnt ot Ixion.Wall painting in the house of the Vettii. ceived and skilfully introduced. Nearer the foreground Herasits enthroned, her sceptre in her left hand; behind her standsIris, faithful messenger, who points out to her the well deservedfate of him who dared to offer an affront to the queen of heaven. CHAPTER XLII THREE HOUSES OF UNUSUAL PLAN In the houses described in the preceding chapters the distri-bution of the rooms is characterized by a certain regularity,which makes it possible to indicate the arrangements by refer-ence to an ideal or normal plan. Awide departure, however, is occasion-ally noted ; and by way of illustrationthree houses of unusual plan will bebriefly presented here, first a housewithout an atrium, then one havingan atrium but no compluvium, and,lastly, a large establishment built onterraces at different levels. I. The House of Acceptus and EUHODIA Sometimes a few rooms of a largehouse were cut off from the atriumand used as a sep

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