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Herculaneum: House of Argos excedra murals
Herculaneum: Murals in the excedra of the House of Argos (photo: Athena Review)
The
excedra of the House of Argos is near the entrance on the east side.
Its walls are painted in the 4th style, with architectural motifs
framed with red panels. The murals are painted on plaster, covering
brick walls set in opus reticulatum, using diamond-shaped bricks.
The
central panel on each wall contains a mythological scene. Some
paintings, now vanished, may have represented the Myth of Argos, for
which the house was named.
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