I.6.4 Pompeii. Casa del Sacello iliaco or Casa
del Larario di Achille
or House of the ilion sanctuary or House of the Lararium of Achilles.
Excavated 1913 and 1929.
Quick Outline
This page has been created to give an appreciation of the main rooms and areas of the beautiful House of the Lararium of Achilles.
Detail
If you are then interested to see the house in more detail, the rooms are shown in greater detail in the subsequent parts.
Entrance doorway,
looking south on Via dell’Abbondanza. Photo courtesy of Aude Durand.
I.6.4 Pompeii.
December 2018.
Looking south
across impluvium in atrium towards tablinum, from entrance corridor.
The Lararium of
Achilles, from which the house is named, is seen on the right.
Photo courtesy of
Aude Durand.
I.6.4 Pompeii. September 2019.
Room 15, looking south across tablinum through window to garden. Photo courtesy of Klaus Heese.
I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Room 16, looking south-west across atrium towards sacellum. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
Achilles
moving to fight Hector.
Hector
fighting and killed by Achilles and dragged behind a chariot.
Priam
at the feet of Achilles pleading for the recovery of the body of Hector and
taking it back to Troy.
I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 16, sacellum. East
side. Frieze showing scenes from the Iliad.
I.6.4 Pompeii, 1968.
Detail from south wall. Photo by Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina
and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special
Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Non Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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I.6.4 Pompeii. March
2009. Room 16, sacellum. West side. Frieze showing scenes from the Iliad.
I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Room 16, detail of frieze from west wall of sacellum. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
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Pompeii. December 2021.
Room 2, a triclinium, looking east along north wall, towards north-east corner. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
In this room are paintings of a still life, of silver vases, a still life with figs, birds with fruit, and a maritime landscape.
I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Room 4, looking towards east wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
I.6.4 Pompeii. March
2009. Doorway to room 5.
I.6.4 Pompeii. 1968.
Room 5, black zoccolo
with painted plants and birds in south-west corner near doorway. Photo by
Stanley A. Jashemski.
Source: The Wilhelmina
and Stanley A. Jashemski archive in the University of Maryland Library, Special
Collections (See collection page) and made available under the Creative Commons
Attribution-Non-Commercial License v.4. See Licence and use details.
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I.6.4 Pompeii. December 2021. Room 5, east end of south wall. Photo courtesy of Johannes Eber.
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March 2009. Room 5, mosaic floor.
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March 2009. Room 6, south wall showing the incomplete painted wall.
The upper wall is
finished, but the lower area only shows the plaster, which is still waiting for
its decoration.
The north wall is
similar. The painters were interrupted.
See De Carolis, E.,
2001. Gods and Heroes in Pompeii. Roma:
Bretschneider. (p.31, T:27, 28).
I.6.4 Pompeii. March 2009. Room 8, east wall with
hearth, on left, and latrine, on right.
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March 2009. Room 9, small garden area. In the middle of the garden was a small
pool, enclosed by a double wall.
In the space
between, flowers and plants would have been planted.
See Jashemski, W.
F., 1993. The Gardens of Pompeii, Volume II: Appendices. New York: Caratzas.
(p.35)
Piles of ancient
building material can also be seen in and around the garden.
The room has a fine mosaic floor.
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March 2009. Room 13, looking south. In the south-east corner is a
structure for industrial activity.