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POMPEIANA. 95
either of the doors from the street on the
north; and here was certainly the frigida-
rium, in which many persons took off their
garments, but more especially those who in-
tended to make use only of the natatio, or
cold bath.
To them, at least, this chamber served as
the spoliatorium, apodyterium, or apolyte-
rium, so called from the Amiimtgia of the
Greeks, signifying the place where the clothes
were left, and, accordingly, we may observe,
on entering, certain holes in the wall, in
which have either been inserted rafters or
pegs for supporting shelves, or for hanging
garments.
Pliny mentions that people first entered
into the apodyterium, or tepidarium, with
a temperate air, and consigned their gar-
ments to caprarii, which were probably pegs
so called from their likeness to horns.
The chamber itself, which is spacious, is
vaulted, and the arch springs from a project-
ing cornice covered with a richly coloured
painting of griffins and lyres.
The ceiling appears to have consisted in
panels of white within red borders, and the
either of the doors from the street on the
north; and here was certainly the frigida-
rium, in which many persons took off their
garments, but more especially those who in-
tended to make use only of the natatio, or
cold bath.
To them, at least, this chamber served as
the spoliatorium, apodyterium, or apolyte-
rium, so called from the Amiimtgia of the
Greeks, signifying the place where the clothes
were left, and, accordingly, we may observe,
on entering, certain holes in the wall, in
which have either been inserted rafters or
pegs for supporting shelves, or for hanging
garments.
Pliny mentions that people first entered
into the apodyterium, or tepidarium, with
a temperate air, and consigned their gar-
ments to caprarii, which were probably pegs
so called from their likeness to horns.
The chamber itself, which is spacious, is
vaulted, and the arch springs from a project-
ing cornice covered with a richly coloured
painting of griffins and lyres.
The ceiling appears to have consisted in
panels of white within red borders, and the