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| - | The '''"House of the Vettii"''' is ''[[domus]]'' or [[Roman villa|villa]] in [[Pompeii]], one of its luxurious residences. It was preserved, like the rest of the Roman city, by the [[Vesuvius|eruption of Vesuvius]] in 79 AD. The house is named for its owners, two successful [[Freedman|freedmen]]: Aulus Vettius Conviva, an Augustalis, and Aulus Vettius Restitutus. Its careful excavation has preserved almost all of the wall [[fresco]]s, which were completed following the earthquake of 62 AD, in the manner art historians term the "[[Pompeian Styles#Fourth Style|Pompeiian Fourth Style]]." | + | ===Noun=== |
| + | # A long [[firearm]] firing a single projectile, usually with a [[rifled]] barrel to improve [[accuracy]]. | ||
| - | Frescoes include Prapius weighs his phallus, baby [[Hercules]] and the serpents, [[Pentheus]] being torn limb from limb by the [[Bacchantes]] and [[Daedalus]] showing [[Pasiphae]] the wooden bull. | + | ===Verb=== |
| + | {{en-verb|rifl|es}} | ||
| - | One of the most famous [[history of erotic depictions|images]] of [[Priapus (House of the Vettii)|Priapus]] is that from the House of the Vettii in [[Pompeii]]; it is a wall fresco in which Priapus is weighing his [[phallus]] against a bag full of money and it appears that his phallus is heavier. | + | # to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder. |
| + | # To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, [[quickly]]. ''(See also [[riffle]]<sup>[http://verbmall.blogspot.com/2008/05/riffle-or-rifle.html]</sup>)'' | ||
| + | #: ''She made a mess when she '''rifled''' through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.'' | ||
| + | # To add a [[spiral]] to the interior of a [[gun]] [[bore]] to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve [[range]] and [[accuracy]]. | ||
| + | # To [[strike]] something with great power. | ||
| + | #: ''He '''rifled''' a shot past the goalkeeper into the goal.'' | ||
| - | The House of the Vettii was not one of the eighteenth-century discoveries, which were [[rifle]]d for their museum-worthy objects. It was excavated between September 1894 and January 1896. There is evidence that the house was disturbed, perhaps looted, shortly after the eruption. | ||
| - | ==Topography== | ||
| - | The House of the Vettii is located on a back street, opposite a bar. The house is built round two centers open to the sky, a dim [[Atrium (architecture)|atrium]] into | ||
| - | which a visitor would pass, coming from a small dark vestibule that led from the street entrance, and beyond— perpendicular to the entrance axis— a daylit [[peristyle]] of [[Doric order|fluted Doric columns]] surrounded on all sides by a richly frescoed [[portico]], with the more formal spaces opening onto it. Servants' quarters are to one side off the atrium, ranged round a small atrium of their own. The major fresco decorations enliven the peristyle and its living spaces (''[[oecus|oeci]]'') and the ''[[triclinium]]'' or dining hall. | ||
| - | ==Decorations== | ||
| - | Throughout the house, the decor is unified by the black backgrounds of its large frescoed panels, in "Pompeiian" red and yellow framing, with fanciful architectural surrounds. | ||
| - | ===Priapus=== | ||
| - | :''[[Priapus (House of the Vettii)]]'' | ||
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| - | One of the most famous [[history of erotic depictions|images]] of [[Priapus]][http://jahsonic.tumblr.com/post/181414016/priapus-house-of-the-vettii-one-of-the-most] is that from the entrance [[foyer]] of the [[House of the Vettii]] in [[Pompeii]]; it is a [[wall fresco]] of an almost [[life-size]] Priapus who weighs his [[erection]] which protrudes from beneath his [[tunic]] against a bag overflowing with coins in a set of scales that he holds. It appears that his phallus is heavier than the coins. | ||
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| - | === Hermaphrodites === | ||
| - | Throughout the house were images of hermaphrodites with the intention to ward off the [[Evil Eye]] of envy from those who entered the home. | ||
| - | ===Putti and infant=== | ||
| - | In one ''[[oecus]]'', a frieze at sitting height, in monochrome against black grounds, show [[putti]] and infant [[psyche (psychology)|psyche]]s engaged in various trades, wine-making, goldsmithing, perfume-pressing and similar occupations. The most richly-decorated room is a virtual picture gallery, with [[trompe l'oeil]] views of architecture. | ||
| - | ===Peristyle=== | ||
| - | The peristyle was laid out symmetrically for an elaborate water display (Allison). It had basins and fountains where carved heads spat water into basins, and other sculpture, both marble ones of Bacchus and satyrs and [[Paris (mythology)|Paris]] carrying a lamb and three bronzes of cupids, each holding a goose and a bunch of grapes. The statues were connected to lead piping and spouted water. There are 14 jets of water. | ||
| - | ==See also== | ||
| - | *[[Pompeian erotica]] | ||
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Verb
- to search with intent to steal; to ransack, pillage or plunder.
- To scan many items (especially papers) in a set, quickly. (See also riffle[1])
- She made a mess when she rifled through the stack of papers, looking for the title document.
- To add a spiral to the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy.
- To strike something with great power.
- He rifled a shot past the goalkeeper into the goal.
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