House of Greek epigrams

The Casa degli Epigrammi is a Roman residential house in Pompeii (Insula V.I.18), first encountered in 1748 but not fully excavated until 1875–76. It takes its modern name from Greek epigram inscriptions painted alongside figurative wall scenes in one of its rooms — an unusual marker of Greek literary culture within a Pompeian household, with a seal pointing to one L. Val(erius) F(laccus?) as a likely last owner. The wall paintings belong to the Second Style, characterized by illusionistic architectural vistas designed to dissolve the wall surface into painted colonnades and receding spaces. Allied bombing in 1943 caused severe damage, and while several restoration campaigns have been carried out, much of the painted decoration survives only in fragmentary condition. The house is classified as an Italian national monument and falls within Pompeii's UNESCO World Heritage boundary.