Banquet scene, a young man and a courtesan
Roman fresco of the fourth Pompeian style from the site of Ercolano (Herculaneum) 60-80 AD.
Mural depicting a banquet. A man drinks from a two-spooned vessel called a rhyton. His companion wears a transparent garment and a golden hairnet. A maid waits on the couple and offers them a small box. On the table in front of them is a set of silver vessels for mixing the wine. The entire scene represents an idealized Greek feast, a pleasing spectacle for the guests of this first-century Roman house.
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