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Herculaneum: House of Argos excedra with mural
Herculaneum: 4th style painting in excedra of House of Argos (photo: Athena Review)
This
painting of an imaginary scene is on the north wall of the excedra of
the House of Argos. It shows a small temple within a mythological
landscape that includes fantasy architecture in the right background,
typical of the 4th style of painting, often found in mid-1st century
houses. Similar scenes also occur in Pompeii houses.
In
the entrance hall, the names Io and Argo were written on the
wall, so the myth of Argos has been assumed to be a theme of some
paintings, although these are missing.
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