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This iconographic and iconological research about the wall mosaic of Achilles and Agamemnon from the Casa di Apollo in Pompeii also concerns another wall mosaic depicting Achilles on Skyros from the same domus, that is the cubiculum (25). This analysis throws light on the decorative, historical and ideological context regarding the entire ornamental scheme, both mosaics and paintings, from the cubiculum (25). This ornamental scheme dates back to the Neronian age. A comparative examination involving other archaeological data, such as paintings from Pompeii and Rome (Domus Aurea), dating back to the Neronian age, has shown that the dominus customer (A. Herennuleius Communis) was a supporter of the Neronian political program, as were other domini customers in Pompeii, especially in Regio VI (cfr. Casa dei Dioscuri and Casa dell’Argenteria in Via di Mercurio). Neronian propaganda used the power of images mostly in architectural, artistic and decorative contexts, as in the imperial palace in Rome (Domus Aurea). It was a radiating center of models which came from as far as Pompeii. These models concern in the decorative scheme of the cubiculum (25) especially the myth of Achilles and Agamemnon both dear to Neronian propaganda, the first hero, evoking the epic of Alexander the Great and the second, king Agamemnon, symbolising absolute power, threatened by Clytemnestra who becomes his mother Agrippina in Nero’s imagination. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
