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POMPEII
apparently the name of the proprietor. The wagons stood in
the large room at the rear (/), with which the narrow stable (£)
is connected; in one corner is a watering trough of masonry.
On the ground floor were only three sleeping rooms (e, g, and h\
but there were upper rooms at the rear, reached
by a flight of stairs in/; these were probably
not connected with the upper rooms of the front
part, which, having a street entrance, may have
been rented separately.
The Pompeian inns were doubtless fair
representatives of their class in the different
Roman cities. Those of Rome must have been
numerous, but are rarely mentioned, and inn-
keepers are generally referred to in terms of
disrespect. The ordinary charges seem to have
Fig. 222. — Plan of the . . .
inn of Hermes. been low, and the accommodations were of a
corresponding character. Owing to the univer-
sal custom of furnishing private entertainment to all with whom
there existed any ground of hospitality, places of public enter-
tainment tended to become the resorts of the vicious.
The wineshop of which the plan is here given (Fig. 223) is on
the east side of Mercury Street, at the northwest corner of Ins.
VI. x. It was designed not only for the ac-
commodation of guests who would go inside a r b j
to partake of refreshments, but also for the lUj
sale of drinks over the counter to those who
might stop a moment in passing. This is evi- ‘ ' 1_J
dent from the arrangement of the main room Flg' ^eshop” ° &
(«), which has a long counter in front, with a
series of small marble shelves arranged like stairs on one end of
it, for the display of cups and glasses; on the other is a place
for heating a vessel over a fire. Large jars are set in the counter,
in which liquids and eatables could be kept. In the corner of
the room, at the right as one enters, a hearth is placed. In
view of the provision for heating water, we are safe in calling
this a thermopolium, a wineshop which made a specialty of fur-
nishing hot drinks. The passage at the rear of the hearth (r)
POMPEII
apparently the name of the proprietor. The wagons stood in
the large room at the rear (/), with which the narrow stable (£)
is connected; in one corner is a watering trough of masonry.
On the ground floor were only three sleeping rooms (e, g, and h\
but there were upper rooms at the rear, reached
by a flight of stairs in/; these were probably
not connected with the upper rooms of the front
part, which, having a street entrance, may have
been rented separately.
The Pompeian inns were doubtless fair
representatives of their class in the different
Roman cities. Those of Rome must have been
numerous, but are rarely mentioned, and inn-
keepers are generally referred to in terms of
disrespect. The ordinary charges seem to have
Fig. 222. — Plan of the . . .
inn of Hermes. been low, and the accommodations were of a
corresponding character. Owing to the univer-
sal custom of furnishing private entertainment to all with whom
there existed any ground of hospitality, places of public enter-
tainment tended to become the resorts of the vicious.
The wineshop of which the plan is here given (Fig. 223) is on
the east side of Mercury Street, at the northwest corner of Ins.
VI. x. It was designed not only for the ac-
commodation of guests who would go inside a r b j
to partake of refreshments, but also for the lUj
sale of drinks over the counter to those who
might stop a moment in passing. This is evi- ‘ ' 1_J
dent from the arrangement of the main room Flg' ^eshop” ° &
(«), which has a long counter in front, with a
series of small marble shelves arranged like stairs on one end of
it, for the display of cups and glasses; on the other is a place
for heating a vessel over a fire. Large jars are set in the counter,
in which liquids and eatables could be kept. In the corner of
the room, at the right as one enters, a hearth is placed. In
view of the provision for heating water, we are safe in calling
this a thermopolium, a wineshop which made a specialty of fur-
nishing hot drinks. The passage at the rear of the hearth (r)