the Poor, and the Palaces of Rome. 135


VII.

ART IN POMPEII.

The Homes of the Wealthy.--The Triangular Forum and
the Temples.--Pompeian Architecture: Its Merits and
its Defects.--The Artists of the Little City.--The
Paintings here.--Landscapes, Figures, Rope-dancers,
Dancing-girls, Centaurs, Gods, Heroes, the Iliad
Illustrated.--Mosaics.--Statues and
Statuettes.--Jewelry.--Carved Glass.--Art and Life. 167


VIII.

THE THEATRES.

The Arrangement of the Places of Amusement.--Entrance
Tickets.--The Velarium, the Orchestra, the Stage.--The
Odeon.--The Holconii.--The Side Scenes, the Masks.--The
Atellan Farces.--The Mimes.--Jugglers, etc.--A
Remark of Cicero on the Melodramas.--The Barrack
of the Gladiators.--Scratched Inscriptions, Instruments
of Torture.--The Pompeian Gladiators.--The Amphitheatre:
Hunts, Combats, Butcheries, etc. 199