A Gallery of Daily Life in Classical Antiquity (Image Gallery) p. 3

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by Jan van der Crabben
published on 22 January 2024

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Pompeii Fresco of a Woman Playing a Lyre

by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 12 November 2018

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Pompeii Fresco of a Woman Playing a Lyre — View Full-Size Image

This panel, once identified as a music lesson, probably depicts a scene of love, set inside a house. A woman playing a kithara (a type of lyre) sits with her lover who gazes adoringly at her. From Pompeii, in modern-day Italy. Roman period, 50-79 CE. (The British Museum, London).

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