ocr: Pompeii that have become famous for their richness and sumptuousness. Among these, ofc course, is the House of the Vetti, built in the first century of the Roman empire by a member of the nouveaux riches who poured his wealth into a joyful and ostentatious abode. His theatrical house was opulent in color, in works of art and in the play of water in nymphean nooks and fishponds. In the same genre is the House of the Gilt Cupids, with a peristyle raised like the stage ofa theater above a garden strewn with statuettes and reliefs. There is also the House of Menander, SO called because its owner ( ...
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