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254 POMPKIANA.
the vicinity of the Forum, or some public portico,
into which the crowd of auditors poured when
dismissed'.
This space is surrounded on three sides by a very di-
minutive colonnade, of the Doric order, 13 feet 3
inches wide. On the side next the temple of Isis is
no portico, and the first column is placed only half
an intercolumniation from the wall. At the oppo-
site end is on exedra, or recess (35), and two rooms
(36). There are two entrances; one from the
street (33), another from the portico of the Greek
temple: the latter the steps show to have been
much used.
37 Entrance to the court of the temple, called of
jEsculapius. The reputation of this god could not
have been high at Pompeii, or perhaps the inhabit-
ants had Btde need of his care. Against the
entrance was a covered space. The steps ascending
to the adytum were the whole width of the court.
Before them is an altar (39), upon which were
found three terra cotta statues, of JEsculapius,
Mygeia, and Priapus. The cell containing the
pedestal for the statue was fronted with columns, of
which only indications remain.
40, 41 Are apartments for priests, and matters relative,
perhaps, to the adjoining temples.
42 Entrance to the house (43).
1 Ingcns scltolasticorum turba in porticura venit.—Pctrok.
the vicinity of the Forum, or some public portico,
into which the crowd of auditors poured when
dismissed'.
This space is surrounded on three sides by a very di-
minutive colonnade, of the Doric order, 13 feet 3
inches wide. On the side next the temple of Isis is
no portico, and the first column is placed only half
an intercolumniation from the wall. At the oppo-
site end is on exedra, or recess (35), and two rooms
(36). There are two entrances; one from the
street (33), another from the portico of the Greek
temple: the latter the steps show to have been
much used.
37 Entrance to the court of the temple, called of
jEsculapius. The reputation of this god could not
have been high at Pompeii, or perhaps the inhabit-
ants had Btde need of his care. Against the
entrance was a covered space. The steps ascending
to the adytum were the whole width of the court.
Before them is an altar (39), upon which were
found three terra cotta statues, of JEsculapius,
Mygeia, and Priapus. The cell containing the
pedestal for the statue was fronted with columns, of
which only indications remain.
40, 41 Are apartments for priests, and matters relative,
perhaps, to the adjoining temples.
42 Entrance to the house (43).
1 Ingcns scltolasticorum turba in porticura venit.—Pctrok.