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POMPEII
were three in number. In the middle niche was a diminutive
temple; the other two had the form of an apse, and contained
fountain figures.
Houses were sometimes enlarged at the expense of neigh-
boring dwellings, which, in some cases, were destroyed to the
Fig. 174. — Plan of the house of the Citharist.
6. West atrium with connecting rooms, entered
from Stabian Street.
17, 32. Peristyles belonging with the west atrium.
40, 41. Bath — tepidarium and caldarium.
42. Kitchen.
47. North atrium, entered from the continuation
of Abbondanza Street.
56. Peristyle belonging with the north atrium.
foundations, in others remodelled or incorporated with slight
change. An example is the house of the Citharist, which fills
the greater part of the third Insula in Region I, on the east side
of Stabian Street. A bronze statue of Apollo playing the
cithara, found in the middle peristyle (Fig. 174, 17), gave its
POMPEII
were three in number. In the middle niche was a diminutive
temple; the other two had the form of an apse, and contained
fountain figures.
Houses were sometimes enlarged at the expense of neigh-
boring dwellings, which, in some cases, were destroyed to the
Fig. 174. — Plan of the house of the Citharist.
6. West atrium with connecting rooms, entered
from Stabian Street.
17, 32. Peristyles belonging with the west atrium.
40, 41. Bath — tepidarium and caldarium.
42. Kitchen.
47. North atrium, entered from the continuation
of Abbondanza Street.
56. Peristyle belonging with the north atrium.
foundations, in others remodelled or incorporated with slight
change. An example is the house of the Citharist, which fills
the greater part of the third Insula in Region I, on the east side
of Stabian Street. A bronze statue of Apollo playing the
cithara, found in the middle peristyle (Fig. 174, 17), gave its