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In this image, a cross Apollo leans on his kithara, and Kassandra grieves, sitting on the omphalos at Delphi, seat of Apollo's priestess, the Pythia. The incredibly rich colors really pop against the black background, a color used in dining rooms to hide lamp soot. 🏺 2/
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Fresco of Apollo and Kassandra from the Black Room (large banqueting triclinium), Pompeii
Pompeii’s newly uncovered Black Room, a 15 meter long, six meter wide banqueting triclinium (dining room), is decorated with Third Style fresco characters and subjects inspired by the Trojan War. Here...
