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side of the middle bay is another doorway leading into an oblong room one storey high,
which extends westward to the line of the west wall of the chapel. The nave, the
apse, and these two chambers all have their original roof-slabs still in place, and the
original pavement is still in use.
Houses. Of the large number of ancient houses which might be chosen to illustrate
the domestic architecture of ancient Agraina, the one here presented (Ill. 363) is a
typical example. It stands on the eastern side of the ruins and is in reality two houses
that formed part of a long row which apparently stood with their rear walls toward
the street and their fronts upon a walled garden common to all. Each residence con-
sists of one large arched room with an oblong room two storeys high adjoining it at
the side. In both cases the lower floor was used as a stable. In the case of the two
residences illustrated here, the large arched apartments are placed next to each other with
the two-storey smaller apartments on the right and left. The two larger rooms are of
in. 363.
nearly equal dimensions. That on the left has a doorway upon the street. The stable
in the house on the left is arranged like that of a majority of the simpler houses with
stables, i. e. the partition wall between the living-room and the stable is composed of
mangers with uprights between them, so that the heads of the animals were visible from
the living room, three on one side of the pier of the main arch, and two on the other,
the third space on this side being utilized as a passage from the large room into the
stable. The stable has doorways at both ends; the long room over it, which was
probably a sleeping apartment, was reached by a long flight of corbelled steps in the
rear wall of the living-room. The plan of the residence on the right differs slightly
from that of the other and is somewhat more luxurious. Here the two-storey part of
the house is rather larger, the stable is cut off from the living-room by a thick wall
with a narrow doorway in it. The row of mangers lies in the opposite direction, dividing
this part of the house into two sections. One section has a doorway giving upon the
gardens, the doorway of the other opens upon the street. This apparently was the
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side of the middle bay is another doorway leading into an oblong room one storey high,
which extends westward to the line of the west wall of the chapel. The nave, the
apse, and these two chambers all have their original roof-slabs still in place, and the
original pavement is still in use.
Houses. Of the large number of ancient houses which might be chosen to illustrate
the domestic architecture of ancient Agraina, the one here presented (Ill. 363) is a
typical example. It stands on the eastern side of the ruins and is in reality two houses
that formed part of a long row which apparently stood with their rear walls toward
the street and their fronts upon a walled garden common to all. Each residence con-
sists of one large arched room with an oblong room two storeys high adjoining it at
the side. In both cases the lower floor was used as a stable. In the case of the two
residences illustrated here, the large arched apartments are placed next to each other with
the two-storey smaller apartments on the right and left. The two larger rooms are of
in. 363.
nearly equal dimensions. That on the left has a doorway upon the street. The stable
in the house on the left is arranged like that of a majority of the simpler houses with
stables, i. e. the partition wall between the living-room and the stable is composed of
mangers with uprights between them, so that the heads of the animals were visible from
the living room, three on one side of the pier of the main arch, and two on the other,
the third space on this side being utilized as a passage from the large room into the
stable. The stable has doorways at both ends; the long room over it, which was
probably a sleeping apartment, was reached by a long flight of corbelled steps in the
rear wall of the living-room. The plan of the residence on the right differs slightly
from that of the other and is somewhat more luxurious. Here the two-storey part of
the house is rather larger, the stable is cut off from the living-room by a thick wall
with a narrow doorway in it. The row of mangers lies in the opposite direction, dividing
this part of the house into two sections. One section has a doorway giving upon the
gardens, the doorway of the other opens upon the street. This apparently was the