Gell, William: Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii ; the result of excavations since 1819 ; in two volumes (Band 1) (London, 1832)

56 POMPEIANA.

racteristic of modern painting, and must
have been the invention of a nation which
lived more in the house than the Greeks and
Romans. Though the pictures are shaded,
it is only to a depth that might exist in
the open air. In Plate XV. Ulysses has a
yellow robe or chlamys, under which he
wears a white tunic. Penelope has a white
veil and a violet-coloured robe, and, in her
left hand, the implements of spinning.

The Penelope and Thalia have been pub-
lished by Signor Nicolini, and iEthra by
Signor Bonucci at Naples.

That this edifice was intended for a great
number of people may be proved by the very
considerable depth of the porticos, being
twenty-four feet on the western side, which
must have been covered by timber, and
sloped inwards to the court, where a broad
channel received the water from the roof.
It is possible that the southern, western, and
northern sides only had porticos, and that
the eastern was left open toward the temple
to admit light. The site of the twelve co-
lumns on the north and south, and those
on the west, only eight in number, is very