AN ITINERARY.
In order to render my work less lengthy and less confused, as well as easier to read, I have grouped together the curiosities of Pompeii, according to their importance and their purport, in different chapters. I shall now mark out an itinerary, wherein they will be classed in the order in which they present themselves to the traveller, and I shall place after each street and each edifice the indication of the chapter in which I have described or named it in my work.
In approaching Pompeii by the usual entrance, which is the nearest to the railroad, it would be well to go directly to the Forum. See [Chap. ii].
The monuments of the Forum are as follows. I have italicized the most curious:
| The Basilica. | See [Chap. ii]. |
| The Temple of Venus. | " |
| The Curia, or Council Hall. | " |
| The Edifice, or Eumachia. | " |
| The Temple of Mercury. | " |
| The Temple of Jupiter. | " |
| The Senate Chamber. | " |
| The Pantheon. | " |
From the Forum, you will go toward the north, passing by the Arch of Triumph; visit the Temple of Fortune (see [Chap. vi].), and stop at the Thermæ (see [Chap. v].).
On leaving the Thermæ, pass through the entire north-west of the city, that is to say, the space comprised between the streets of Fortune and of the Thermæ and the walls. In this space are comprised the following edifices:
The House of Pansa. See [Chap. vi].
The House of the Tragic Poet. [Chap. vii].
The Fullonica. [Chap. iii].
The Mosaic Fountains. [Chap. vii].
The House of Adonis. [Chap. vii].
The House of Apollo.
The House of Meleager.
The House of the Centaur.
The House of Castor and Pollux. [Chap. vii].
The House of the Anchor.
The House of Polybius.
The House of the Academy of Music.
The Bakery. See [Chap. iii].
The House of Sallust. [Chap. vii].
The Public Oven.
A Fountain. [Chap. iii].
The House of the Dancing Girls.
The Perfumery Shop. [Chap iii].
The House of Three Stories.
The Custom House. [Chap. iv].
The House of the Surgeon. [Chap. iii].
The House of the Vestal Virgins.
The Shop of Albinus.
The Thermopolium. [Chap. iii].
Thus you arrive at the Walls and at the Gate of Herculaneum, beyond which the Street of the Tombs opens and the suburbs develop. All this is described in [Chap. iv].
Here are the monuments in the Street of the Tombs:
| The Sentry Box. | See [Chap. iv]. |
| The Tomb of Mamia. | " |
| The Tomb of Ferentius. | " |
| The Sculptor's Atelier. | " |
| The Tomb with the Wreaths. | " |
| The Public Bank. | " |
| The House of the Mosaic Columns. | " |
| The Villa of Cicero. | " |
| The Tomb of Scaurus. | " |
| The Round Tomb. | " |
| The Tomb with the Marble Door. | " |
| The Tomb of Libella. | " |
| The Tomb of Calventius. | " |
| The Tomb of Nevoleia Tyché. | " |
| The Funereal Triclinium. | " |
| The Tomb of Labeo. | " |
| The Tombs of the Arria Family. | " |
| The Villa of Diomed. | " |
Having visited these tombs, re-enter the city by the Herculaneum Gate, and, returning over part of the way already taken, find the Street of Fortune again, and there see—
The House of the Faun. [Chap. vii].
The House with the Black Wall.
The House with the Figured Capitals.
The House of the Grand Duke.
The House of Ariadne.
The House of the Hunt. [Chap. vii].
You thus reach the place where the Street of Stabiæ turns to the right, descending toward the southern part of the city. Before taking this street, you will do well to follow the one in which you already are to where it ends at the Nola Gate, which is worth seeing. See [Chap. iv].
The Street of Stabiæ marks the limit reached by the excavations. To the left, in going down, you will find the handsome House of Lucretius. See [Chap. vii].
On the right begins a whole quarter recently discovered and not yet marked out on the diagram. Get them to show you—
The House of Siricus. [Chap. vii].
The Hanging Balconies. [Chap. iii].
The New Bakery. [Chap. iii].
Turning to the left, below the Street of Stabiæ you will cross the open fields, above the part of the city not yet cleared, as far as the Amphitheatre. See [Chap. viii].
Then, retracing your steps and intersecting the Street of Stabiæ, you enter a succession of streets, comparatively wide, which will lead you back to the Forum. You will there find, on your right, the Hot Baths of Stabiæ. See [Chap. v]. On your left is the House of Cornelius Rufus and that of Proculus, recently discovered. See [Chap. vii].
There now remains for you to cross the Street of Abundance at the southern extremity of the city. It is the quarter of the triangular Forum, and of the Theatres—the most interesting of all.
The principal monuments to be seen are—
The Temple of Isis. See [Chap. vii].
The Curia Isiaca.
The Temple of Hercules. [Chap. vii].
The Grand Theatre. [Chap. viii].
The Smaller Theatre. "
The Barracks of the Gladiators. [Chap. viii].
At the farther end of these barracks opens a small gate by which you may leave the city, after having made the tour of it in three hours, on this first excursion. On your second visit you will be able to go about without a guide.