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OTHER NOTEWORTHY HOUSES
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name to the house. It is apparently a faithful copy of a Greek
masterpiece at Sparta, and is now in the Naples Museum. The
house is sometimes referred to as that of Popidius Secundus.
There are two atriums (6, 47) and three peristyles (17, 32, 56).
A large part of the house, the west atrium (6), with the connect-
Fig. 175. — Orestes and Pylades before King Thoas.
Wall painting from the house of the Citharist.
ing rooms and the two peristyles, 17 and 32, was built in the
Tufa Period, in the place of several older houses. The rooms
east of the two peristyles, and the north atrium (47) and peri-
style (56), with the adjoining rooms, were added in Roman times,
probably near the end of the Republic ; the house was afterwards
decorated in the second style. Remains of the third and fourth
styles also are found in some parts of the house. The better
apartments are grouped about the peristyles ; the rooms about
347
name to the house. It is apparently a faithful copy of a Greek
masterpiece at Sparta, and is now in the Naples Museum. The
house is sometimes referred to as that of Popidius Secundus.
There are two atriums (6, 47) and three peristyles (17, 32, 56).
A large part of the house, the west atrium (6), with the connect-
Fig. 175. — Orestes and Pylades before King Thoas.
Wall painting from the house of the Citharist.
ing rooms and the two peristyles, 17 and 32, was built in the
Tufa Period, in the place of several older houses. The rooms
east of the two peristyles, and the north atrium (47) and peri-
style (56), with the adjoining rooms, were added in Roman times,
probably near the end of the Republic ; the house was afterwards
decorated in the second style. Remains of the third and fourth
styles also are found in some parts of the house. The better
apartments are grouped about the peristyles ; the rooms about