This paper investigates the mythological wall paintings decorating the room known as the tablinum in atrium houses at Pompeii and Herculaneum. Scholars have considered the tablinum part of the “public” section of the house and have linked this room to the formal morning greeting, or salutatio, despite the fact that no ancient literary source mentions the tablinum in connection with this daily ritual. These assumptions have conditioned the way in which scholars have interpreted the decoration, which is analyzed in relation to the social activities supposedly associated with this type of room or discussed in terms of moral ideals and social values. This study demonstrates that the figurative imagery within the tablinum does not necessarily relate to social practices in that space but instead informs us about a common visual vocabulary shared by different strata of society.

本文研究了装饰庞贝和赫库兰尼姆中庭房屋中被称为tablinum的房间的神话壁画。学者们考虑了房子“公共”部分的桌布部分，并将这个房间与正式的早晨问候或敬礼联系起来，尽管事实上没有古代文学资料提到与这种日常仪式有关的桌布。这些假设决定了学者们对装饰的解释方式，这种装饰被分析与据称与此类房间相关的社会活动或根据道德理想和社会价值观进行讨论。