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36 POMPEIANA.
upon a wall were supposed to sanctify the
spot, and prevent the wilful accumulation
of filth there, much as the cross or a penny
print of the Madonna is vainly used in
modern Naples for the same purpose. In
this curious painting the two personages
seem to be Tetraites and Prudens.
PEVDES. I. XIIX. TETRAITES. L. X.
This has most ingeniously been translated
in the Museo Borbonico, and signifies " Pru-
dens invincible in the eighteenth combat.
Tetraites, who fell in the tenth." This sense
is obtained by calling the letter I " in-
victus" and the L " lapsus." They are com-
batants, according to this author, called
Mirmillones, as may be seen by the fish on
their helmets. A herald separates the com-
batants, and gives a wand to the victor.
Near this on a pier is—
MARCELLVM. ET. CELSINVM. AED.
... NO VICI CAVLO + AC
This street runs to the right, in the di-
rection of the north entry of the Pantheon.
To the west it is slightly curved, and, at a
upon a wall were supposed to sanctify the
spot, and prevent the wilful accumulation
of filth there, much as the cross or a penny
print of the Madonna is vainly used in
modern Naples for the same purpose. In
this curious painting the two personages
seem to be Tetraites and Prudens.
PEVDES. I. XIIX. TETRAITES. L. X.
This has most ingeniously been translated
in the Museo Borbonico, and signifies " Pru-
dens invincible in the eighteenth combat.
Tetraites, who fell in the tenth." This sense
is obtained by calling the letter I " in-
victus" and the L " lapsus." They are com-
batants, according to this author, called
Mirmillones, as may be seen by the fish on
their helmets. A herald separates the com-
batants, and gives a wand to the victor.
Near this on a pier is—
MARCELLVM. ET. CELSINVM. AED.
... NO VICI CAVLO + AC
This street runs to the right, in the di-
rection of the north entry of the Pantheon.
To the west it is slightly curved, and, at a