House Of The Tragic Poet Roof

A mosaic depicting a growling dog and the well known words of warning cave canem beware of the dog is the decoration found near the entrance of this medium sized imperial style house opposite the forum baths.

House of the tragic poet roof. But no the fear and let s cross the main door. The dog mosaic found in the vestibule of the domus of the tragic poet. Discovered in november 1824 by the archaeologist antonio bonucci the house of the tragic poet has interested scholars and writers for generations. The atrium leads into the cubicula bedrooms and the peristyle which was used as a sort of.

The reception is not the best of course it inspires some fear thinking that could break out suddenly from the triclinium a dog to greet us. The house of the tragic poet is one of the more notable houses in pompeii. The people were. The house of the tragic poet also called the homeric house or the iliadic house is a roman house in pompeii italy dating to the 2nd century bc the house is famous for its elaborate mosaic floors and frescoes depicting scenes from greek mythology.

The eruption of mount vesuvius was a devastating event that decimated the building and peoples that fell under its shadow. The excavators thought the scene represented a poet reciting. The house has a tuscan atrium and a peristyle with a lararium situated on the rear wall. The flat roof of the lower garden colonnade was carried on the outside by a wall and on the inside by square pillars pictured above and left.

Improvements at the archeological site of pompeii continue with the restoration of one of its most famous symbols. This fresco depicting the delivery to admetus of the oracle which declared he must die unless someone volunteered to die in his place was mistaken to be a poet reciting his verses. The mosaic picture of a domesticated dog leashed and chained with the words cave canem beware of the dog written under the animal greeted or well. The famous mosaic that warns us to beware of dog is to the income of a domus called house of the tragic poet.

They thought that the figure with the papyrus in the fresco must have been a tragic poet. Great beauty in small spaces. Thus the name of the house was born.