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Although the owner, and residence of this house have not been identified, it is clear from the subject matter of the frescoes that those that lived here were lovers of literature, philosophy and the arts.
This room is known as the Lion's Room after the mosaic on the courtyard floor featuring a lion attacking a ram.
The other floor mosaics in this house feature a Medusa and a bust of Dionysos, both like the lion mosaic remarkably well-preserved.
This room is known as the Lion's Room after the mosaic on the courtyard floor featuring a lion attacking a ram.
The other floor mosaics in this house feature a Medusa and a bust of Dionysos, both like the lion mosaic remarkably well-preserved.
On the walls we see paintings of 9 Muses, as well as depictions of Sappho, the renowned lyric poet of Lesbos, and Chilon [Kaylon] one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
The frescoes and mosaics in these houses grant as an insight into the sophisticated aesthetics of the period and present us with hint of the ancient world's notion of beauty.
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