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The House of the Masks
The mosaic pavement from the huge central hall (Oecus Major) in the House of the Masks is decorated with patterns of lozenge and zigzag motifs that give the impression of relief cubes. On two sides are bands with interlaces of ivy framing a row on ten masks - five down each side - representing typical characters from New Comedy which was much in vogue during the Hellenistic period. The house was given its conventional name from these masks. The walls of the typical Delos home, such as this one, are built of schist slabs and more rarely of sun-dried bricks and covered with lime plaster (stucco) which sometimes had architectural features and painted representations.
The House of the Masks
The mosaic pavement from the huge central hall (Oecus Major) in the House of the Masks is decorated with patterns of lozenge and zigzag motifs that give the impression of relief cubes. On two sides are bands with interlaces of ivy framing a row on ten masks - five down each side - representing typical characters from New Comedy which was much in vogue during the Hellenistic period. The house was given its conventional name from these masks. The walls of the typical Delos home, such as this one, are built of schist slabs and more rarely of sun-dried bricks and covered with lime plaster (stucco) which sometimes had architectural features and painted representations.