Pompeii, popular and practical; an easy book on a difficult subject

by Eustace Neville-Rolfe

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 ...with steps leading down into what may have been a cellar in the basement of the temple. The square brick building beneath which Fontana's acqueduct now runs, was formerly the place where the remains of the sacrifices used to be thrown, and many burnt fruits and similar objects were found in it. The handsome hall at the back of the shrine served no doubt for initiations, and led to the priests' apartments at the back. The legend which asserts that the skeleton of a priest who was having his dinner, and that of another who had cut his way through the wall were found here, is one of the many little romances which have grown up around the ruins. The Temple of /Esculapius (1766) is by far the smallest of the public buildings of Pompeii, but it is not wanting in interest, especially to the architect, on account of the grotesque character of its stonework. Its dedication to Esculapius is extremely doubtful, and if it derived its name only from the terracotta statue now in the Naples Museum the name is certainly wrong, as the statue represents Jupiter, and the companion statue Juno. They are we believe the largest ancient terraJ cotta statues extant in perfect condition, but there can be little doubt that they do not represent Esculapius and his daughter Hygieia. In our The legend of Esculapius is so little known that it may be worth while to mention that he was supposed to be the son of Apollo, who sent him to the Centaur description of the Stabian Gate we shall show pur reasons for conjecturing that this is the shrine of the Meilichian Jupiter which is mentioned in the inscription found under that Gate. Fiorelli mentions a shrine of the Meilichian Jupiter built by the Greeks in the purest Doric style, but does not tell us where it is; and we confess our inability...

64 pages, Paperback

First published August 4, 2015