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Title: The life of the Greeks and Romans
Year: 1875 (1870s)
Authors: Guhl, E. (Ernst), 1819-1862 Koner, W. (Wilhelm), 1817-1887, joint author Hueffer, Francis, 1843-1889, tr
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Publisher: London, Chapman and Hall
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on the grave, are nowin the Museo Borbonico. On the right side of our illustrationwe see a wall covered by a gable; a low door in this wall leadsinto an uncovered square court adjoining one corner of the villaof Diomedes, in which court the arrangements for the funerealrepast, the last ceremony of the burial, have been found. In this c c 386 STREET OF GRAVES AT POMPEII. court we recognise a triclinium funebre resembling the dining-rooms of private houses, with their gently inclining couches;its walls were covered with paintings, now in an al) but destroyedcondition. Next to this triclinium stands, on a rich base, analtar-like monument, which is amongst the finest and best pre-served tombs of Pompeii. It lies in a court, the wall of whichis adorned with small turrets ; a door in this wall opens into thestreet. The grave-chamber lies inside the base (see the view ofthe interior, Fig. 402) ; the cippus, resembling an altar, whichrises above the base on several steps to a height exceeding
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Fig. 413. that of the enclosing wall, is richly adorned with bas-reliefs.The inscription on its front side says that Naavoleia Tyche, thefreedwoman of Luccius Naevoleius, has erected the monumentduring her lifetime to herself, to L. Munatius Faustus, and to theirliberated slaves of both sexes. Amongst the monuments followingon the same side, and still visible in our illustration, we mentionthe cenotaphium of C. Calventius Quietus, in the form of an altar.After it follows a family-grave without inscription, consisting ofa round flat tower surrounded by a wall, crowned by turrets,with decorations in relief. We further mention the tomb of MEMORIAL STRUCTURES. 387 Scaurus, interesting by its bas-reliefs representing gladiators(compare Figs. 505, 507, 508).To conclude we add anillustration of a portionof the Yia Appia, nearRome. This importanthighway was peculiarlyadapted to be adornedwith tombs and othermonuments, the traces ofwhich have been disco-vered for a distance ofseveral miles fro

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