. 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 . Tenninal figure in the Temple of Dwarfs, from a painting at Pompeii. Ionic votive column, with a tablet carved in relief upon itsshaft, meant to receive the inscription stating by whom andon what occasion it was consecrated. The cell had a pilasterat each of the external angles, and the walls were stuccoed inimitation of masonry. In front of the steps was the greataltar. An inscription o
. 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 . Tenninal figure in the Temple of Dwarfs, from a painting at Pompeii. Ionic votive column, with a tablet carved in relief upon itsshaft, meant to receive the inscription stating by whom andon what occasion it was consecrated. The cell had a pilasterat each of the external angles, and the walls were stuccoed inimitation of masonry. In front of the steps was the greataltar. An inscription on the east side of it, which is repeatedon the west, records that the Quatuorviri, M. PORCIUS,L. SEXTILIUS, CN. COENELIUS, and A. COENELIUS,erected the altar at their own expense. The walls under thecolonnade were painted in vivid colours, principally on ablack ground, representing landscapes, country-houses, and DESCRIPTION OF TEMPLES. 181 interiors of rooms with figures, but they are now almosteffaced. The groups of figures consisted of dancers, sacri-ficers to PriajDus, battles with crocodiles, &c.; one representedHector tied to the car of Achilles, another the dispute betweenAchilles and Agamemnon, and near the ground was a lo
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