. Pompeii : its life and art . ained windows opening into an adjoining room (12)of the house and into the peristyle; it was doubtless occupiedby some one connected with the household. The dwellings onthe other street (A, B, C) were larger. Fiorelli thought thatthis Insula belonged to Alleius Nigidius Mains (p. 479); thename of Pansa was given to it from an election notice paintedon the front. 344 POMPEII There is a remarkable group of houses near the north end ofMercury Street. The first in importance is the house of Castorand Pollux (VI. ix. 6), which is so named from the figures ofthe Dioscu
. Pompeii : its life and art . ained windows opening into an adjoining room (12)of the house and into the peristyle; it was doubtless occupiedby some one connected with the household. The dwellings onthe other street (A, B, C) were larger. Fiorelli thought thatthis Insula belonged to Alleius Nigidius Mains (p. 479); thename of Pansa was given to it from an election notice paintedon the front. 344 POMPEII There is a remarkable group of houses near the north end ofMercury Street. The first in importance is the house of Castorand Pollux (VI. ix. 6), which is so named from the figures ofthe Dioscuri, holding their horses by the bridle, painted on thewalls of the principal fauces. Between the two atriums, one ofwhich is of the Corinthian type, lies a large peristyle ; and behindthe Corinthian atrium is a garden with a colonnade in decoration of the house is especially effective ; that of thelarger tablinum was by one of the best artists who worked atPompeii. The paintings in the two central panels of this room. i. Fauces. 2. Atrium. 4. 4. Alae. 5. Tablinum. 6. Peristyle. 10. Passage leading to posticum. 13. Dining room. Fig. 172. — Plan of the house of Pansa. 15. Oecus. 24-25, 26-27. Two small sepa- 19. Kitchen. rate dwellings. 20. Room for a wagon. 28-34- Bakery. (29. Mill room. 21. Colonnade opening on the 30. Oven.)garden. 35, 37-40. Shops. 22-23. Small dwelling with second 41. Shop with back rooms. story, connected with the A, B, C Larger separate dwell- house. ings. are often mentioned; on the right wal], the recognition of Achilles among the daughters of Lycomedes ; on the left, thequarrel between Achilles and Agamemnon. The representa-tion of Venus Pompeiana shown in Fig. 4 is from the beyond the house of Castor and Pollux is that of theCentaur (VI. ix. 3), which received its name from a painting inwhich Hercules, Deianira, and Nessus appear; the end of a OTHER NOTEWORTHY HOUSES 345 bedroom in this house is shown in Fig. 117. T
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