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Audio guide House of Octavius Quartio in English
In this audio guide, Emily Thompson takes you through House of Octavius Quartio telling the story as you walk. In your accent, no need to read signs — just let your eyes take in what's in front of you.
What you'll hear inside House of Octavius Quartio:
- 1Euripus superior
The Euripus superior is a water channel running east to west through the garden of the Casa de Octavius Quartio, lined with six plinths that once held statues of the Muses.
- 2Euripus Inferior
The Euripus Inferior is a water channel running north to south that bisects a formal garden of fruit trees and acanthus plants arranged in rows with pergolas.
- 3Summer Triclinium
The Triclinio de Verano is an open-air dining room at the far end of the garden's upper canal.
- 4Oecus 'f' (Possible Sacellum)
The oecus 'f' is among the finest rooms in the Casa di Octavius Quartio in Pompeya, adorned with frescoed wall paintings featuring white panels bordered in cinnabar red and a black plinth decorated…
- 5Triclinium 'h' with Frescoes of the Iliad
The triclinium 'h' in the Casa di Octavius Quartio ranks among Pompeii's finest dining rooms, adorned with two continuous fresco bands depicting scenes from ancient epic and mythological cycles.
- 6Columned Nymphaeum
The Ninfeo columnado, a columned nymph house with a stepped fountain, marks the northern end of the house's lower canal and serves as the water source for the entire garden's channel system.
- 7Tetrastyle Shrine of the Garden
This small four-columned temple at Pompeya sits at the intersection of two ornamental water channels, or euripi, in the garden.
- 8Atrium with Impluvium
The atrium of the House of Octavius Quartio is a substantial rectangular space accessed from the entrance hall, featuring a central impluvium that was converted into a fountain surrounded by masonry…
- 9Garden with Pergola and Fruit Trees
This substantial garden behind the Casa di Octavius Quartio in Pompeya features a pergola-covered layout with fruit-bearing trees arranged in neat rows alongside aromatic shrubs.
- 10Pseudo-peristilo
The pseudo-peristyle is a modest columned space linking the atrium to the inner rooms of the house in Pompeya.
- 11Caupona of Astylus and Pardalus
The Caupona di Astylus e Pardalus is one of two taverns flanking the main entrance of the Casa di Octavius Quartio on Via dell'Abbondanza in Pompeii.
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Practical information
- 1.Euripus superior
- 2.Euripus Inferior
- 3.Summer Triclinium
- 4.Oecus 'f' (Possible Sacellum)
- 5.Triclinium 'h' with Frescoes of the Iliad
- 6.Columned Nymphaeum
- 7.Tetrastyle Shrine of the Garden
- 8.Atrium with Impluvium
- 9.Garden with Pergola and Fruit Trees
- 10.Pseudo-peristilo
- 11.Caupona of Astylus and Pardalus
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