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The Roman Empire 87
FIG. 57. A GROTTO—A FRESCO FROM BOSCOREALE
that are piled below rose-covered pergolas; there is a stream foaming into a much decorated
fountain, and falling down into a bright basin; there is green ivy all round the grotto, and
there are birds skipping about in the plashing water.
The two grottoes which Seneca saw in the villa at Vatia were of a larger kind, "as
striking as two large halls," which may imply that they were lighted from above, as we find
FIG. 57. A GROTTO—A FRESCO FROM BOSCOREALE
that are piled below rose-covered pergolas; there is a stream foaming into a much decorated
fountain, and falling down into a bright basin; there is green ivy all round the grotto, and
there are birds skipping about in the plashing water.
The two grottoes which Seneca saw in the villa at Vatia were of a larger kind, "as
striking as two large halls," which may imply that they were lighted from above, as we find