Gell, William: Pompeiana: the topography, edifices and ornaments of Pompeii ; the result of excavations since 1819 ; in two volumes (Band 2) (London, 1832)

112 DESCRIPTION OF

for eating-rooms. In this house we accord-
ingly find a repetition in the chamber of
Leda, as exhibited in Plate XLIX.

Below are two borders offering certain
variations, though not very dissimilar in taste.
Above is seen the only picture of the whole
detail of the roof and compluvium of the
ancients which has ever been seen by the
author. It occurs in the house of the Tragic
Poet; and though the facts seem to have
been perfectly comprehended before, yet it
is of consequence, as well as exceedingly
satisfactory, to be able to cite an authority
on the subject.

PLATE XLIV.

POET HEADING.

It is impossible to see the Poet reading
to two personages who at first sight appear
to be male and female, without remembering
the circumstance of Virgil reciting that part
of his poem*to the emperor and Octavia,
which first produced tears, and at the words