ocr: predilections for the Greek theater) had a portrait of the Greek dramatist painted - - in a sort of chapel sacred to the Muses, along with other paintings of major poets. After the damaging earthquake of A.D. 62, some owners of the great mansions, overwhelmed by the costs of restoration and by the city's economic crisis, were induced to sell or rent part of their houses for shops to help restore the city's commercial life. Among these patricians was a singular woman named Giulia Felix, who had a rich villa with a vast orchard on the outskirts of town. She converted part of her home into a payi ...
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