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POMPBIANA. 231
preceded the destruction of the city. The columns
of the peribolus, originally Doric, have been altered
to Corinthian. The remains of the Senaculum are
seen over the wall which separates this enclosure
from the Forum.
PLATE L1V.
View of the temple of Venus, or Bacchus, with
Mount Vesuvius in the distance. A terminal
statue is here shown. One appears to have been
before each column. The channel to receive and
convey away the water, which fell into it from
che eaves of the roof of the portico, will be
observed. Upon the altar was an inscription,
repeated on two sides (see page &19). The piece
of sculpture is a fragment of the frieze.
PLATES LV.—LVI.
Around the walls of the peribolus of the temple of
Bacchus are introduced divers representations
of architectural subjects and pygmies; whence it
obtained the name of the House of the Dwarfs,
until the year 1817, when an entire excavation
preceded the destruction of the city. The columns
of the peribolus, originally Doric, have been altered
to Corinthian. The remains of the Senaculum are
seen over the wall which separates this enclosure
from the Forum.
PLATE L1V.
View of the temple of Venus, or Bacchus, with
Mount Vesuvius in the distance. A terminal
statue is here shown. One appears to have been
before each column. The channel to receive and
convey away the water, which fell into it from
che eaves of the roof of the portico, will be
observed. Upon the altar was an inscription,
repeated on two sides (see page &19). The piece
of sculpture is a fragment of the frieze.
PLATES LV.—LVI.
Around the walls of the peribolus of the temple of
Bacchus are introduced divers representations
of architectural subjects and pygmies; whence it
obtained the name of the House of the Dwarfs,
until the year 1817, when an entire excavation