crotales, castanets^ snappers

3. triclinium, word of Greek origin with a Latin ending, the dining room^ so called because there were generally three couches in it (rpt, three, K\lvr\^ couch) extending along each side and one end of

the table.

4. voie des tombeaux, thé Street of Tombs^ branching from the

Appian Way,by which Pompei is reached from the west. On either side the Street is bordered by tombs of ail styles.

Page 98. — i. villa de Diomède. See page 28, note i.

2. sépulcre de Mammia, the tomb of Mammia, the priestess; a very Ikrge and handsome tomb, the statues of which hâve been removed to Naples.

3. hémicycles funéraires. Thèse are deep semi-circular seats, on the side of the street, with a vaulted roof ornamented in front by pilasters. There are several of thèse hémicycles on the way of the tombs; some serve as funeral monuments.