Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . als. Another, and a morebeautiful example, lias been discovered lately at the entranceof a house opposite to that which we are now confirm the theory which has been advanced, that thePompeian architecture is originally of Grecian character,however varied by Roman alterations, and especially by therestorations and improvements consequent upon the greatearthquake, sixteen years bef
Pompeii, its history, buildings, and antiquities : an account of the destruction of the city with a full description of the remains, and of the recent excavations, and also an itinerary for visitors . als. Another, and a morebeautiful example, lias been discovered lately at the entranceof a house opposite to that which we are now confirm the theory which has been advanced, that thePompeian architecture is originally of Grecian character,however varied by Roman alterations, and especially by therestorations and improvements consequent upon the greatearthquake, sixteen years before the inhumation of the city. The third house which we have mentioned, that of Meleager,or the Nereids, was uncovered between October, 1830, andMay, 1831, and has not, as we believe, been before described,except in the Neapolitan government publication, called the 422 POMPEII. Museo Borbouico, from which the plan and details here givenarc extracted. It adjoins the House of the Centaur, and isseparated by one dwelling from the city walls, from whichits vestibule is only some sixty paces*distant. Although notone of the largest, it is one of the handsomest and most so 1,0 •Scale ? 10 q S it. Ground-plan of the Uouse of the Keieids, or lleleager. charming in Pompeii. The front is covered with a plain whitestucco, imitating stone, and resting on a plinth coloured toresemble grey marble, and surmounted by a red fillet. Evenin the vestibule we see promise of the abundance of ornament HOUSE OF MELEAGER. 423 which the mansion contains. The walls are divided intothree compartments : the lower, forming the plinth, is black;the centre, red; the upper, white. We may take thisopportunity to point out a circumstance which probably hasalready caught the readers attention, that in the Pompeianhouses the walls are very frequently divided into two ormore horizontal bands or compartments of different colours ;and that then the darkest colours are almost always placedlowest, the shades becoming
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