This extremely large building (approximately 2,700 square metres) was created by joining together two residential complexes which covered an area nearly equal to that of the whole Insula. The house can be entered both from Via dell'Abbondanza and from Via Stabiana.
The house is arranged around two atria and three peristyles. Its name derives from a bronze statue of Apollo playing the lyre that is today housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Magnificent paintings and bronze portraits of famous personalities, such as Marcellus, the nephew of Augustus and patron of Pompeii, were also found in it and are now on shown in the same museum.
As is inferred from electoral propaganda and a number of examples of graffiti, it belonged to the Popidius family. Today the building is used to store a collection of Spanish, Greek and African amphorae which were found in various parts of the town.
This extremely large building (approximately 2,700 square metres) was created by joining together two residential complexes which covered an area nearly equal to that of the whole Insula. The house can be entered both from Via dell'Abbondanza and from Via Stabiana.
The house is arranged around two atria and three peristyles. Its name derives from a bronze statue of Apollo playing the lyre that is today housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Naples. Magnificent paintings and bronze portraits of famous personalities, such as Marcellus, the nephew of Augustus and patron of Pompeii, were also found in it and are now on shown in the same museum.
As is inferred from electoral propaganda and a number of examples of graffiti, it belonged to the Popidius family. Today the building is used to store a collection of Spanish, Greek and African amphorae which were found in various parts of the town.
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