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 . Painting in the House of the Tragic Poet. 400 Curricle Bar; from a picture m Pompeii. CHAPTER VIII. HOUSES OF AND POLLUX, THE CENTAUR, ANDMELEAGEK, ETC. On the eastern side of the Street of Mercury, and to thenorthward of that island which we have just described, arethree remarkable houses, lying contiguous to one have been named the House of Castor and Pollux, th
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 . Painting in the House of the Tragic Poet. 400 Curricle Bar; from a picture m Pompeii. CHAPTER VIII. HOUSES OF AND POLLUX, THE CENTAUR, ANDMELEAGEK, ETC. On the eastern side of the Street of Mercury, and to thenorthward of that island which we have just described, arethree remarkable houses, lying contiguous to one have been named the House of Castor and Pollux, theHouse of the Centaur, and the House of Meleager. The House of Castor and Pollux, also called the House ofthe Quasstor, is the most southern of the three, and was theearliest discovered, that is, between April 1828 and May1829. The name given to it by the ciceroni of Pompeiimust not be regarded as any certain evidence of the ownersrank. It is derived merely from the circumstance of twolarge chests of considerable beauty and richness of ornament HOUSE OF CASTOR AND POLLUX. 401 having been found in the public part of the house, which aresupposed to have been meant to receive the moneys paid inon account of the revenue. There must of course have beenso
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