File:Wall painting - man on throne with maid and mistress - Pompeii (VI 9 2) - Napoli MAN 9543.jpg

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English: - object type: wall painting (fresco)

- description: unidentified mythological scene: man on throne with lyra gets his shoes put on by a kneeling maid; next to him sits a woman; in the background two standing figures; one thinks of Odysseus, the nurse (after having washed his feet) and Penelope, but the lyre does not fit the story; another possibility would be Aeneas and Dido (compare the other picture with the same subject from the atrium of the house of Meleager), but the exact episode is unclear - period / date: fourth style of pompeian wall painting - findspot: Pompeii, VI, 9, 2, house of Meleager, atrium (2), south wall, west end - museum / inventory number: Napoli, Museo Archeologico Nazionale 9543

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