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#TBT to the #TroyExhibition at the @britishmuseum with this amazing painting of Aeneas, wounded, being treated by the surgeon Lapix, from the House of Siricus at #Pompeii & design of the painted wall from the triclinium it decorated (Nicolini 1854, t.II) #Archaeology #Roman
It's the Day of #Hermes aka Mercurius's Day aka #Wednesday!
#Mercurius at the Punishment of Ixion: Ixion is strapped to the wheel on his right and Nephele sits at his feet. Roman fresco from the triclinium in the Casa dei Vettii, Pompeii
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#DayOfHermes
les etrusques = le sang (gauche: tombe des léopards, droite: tombe du triclinium, tarquinia)
Archaeological #Illustration of the cena, or main meal with nine diners in the triclinium... the #Roman dining room. Nine was the socially acceptable number of diners. More was boastful and less showed a stingy host of meager means [credits CookitGallery].