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142 POMPEIANA.
ing that of the modern Eastern nations,
seems to have prevailed towards the female
part of the family, to whom the most
remote portion of the house was appropri-
ated ; an inner court, around which their
rooms were distributed, was only accessible
through another, where a similar arrange-
ment existed for the accommodation of
the men and servants.
That this was the plan of the ancient
Greeks may be gathered from Homer, who
thus places the thalamoi of the daughters
of Priam within the royal palace; and it
was over the wall enclosing the aule that
Phoenix, eluding the vigilance of the guards
placed over him, made his escape, without
alarming either them or the women whose
apartments he had passed.
In the Odyssey, Helen bids her maids
prepare a bed for Telemachus under the
portico of the outer court. They, bearing
lights, proceed from the inner to obey her
commands: accordingly, Telemachus and
ing that of the modern Eastern nations,
seems to have prevailed towards the female
part of the family, to whom the most
remote portion of the house was appropri-
ated ; an inner court, around which their
rooms were distributed, was only accessible
through another, where a similar arrange-
ment existed for the accommodation of
the men and servants.
That this was the plan of the ancient
Greeks may be gathered from Homer, who
thus places the thalamoi of the daughters
of Priam within the royal palace; and it
was over the wall enclosing the aule that
Phoenix, eluding the vigilance of the guards
placed over him, made his escape, without
alarming either them or the women whose
apartments he had passed.
In the Odyssey, Helen bids her maids
prepare a bed for Telemachus under the
portico of the outer court. They, bearing
lights, proceed from the inner to obey her
commands: accordingly, Telemachus and