artifex artifex ad vīllam venit. artifex est Clāra. Clāra iānuam pulsat. Clēmēns artificem nōn audit. servus est in hortō. Clāra clāmat. canis Clāram audit et lātrat. Quīntus canem audit. Quīntus ad iānuam venit. fīlius iānuam aperit. Clāra Quīntum salūtat et vīllam intrat. Metella est in culīnā. Quīntus mātrem vocat. Metella ātrium intrat. artifex Metellam salūtat. Metella artificem ad triclīnium dūcit. Clāra in triclīniō labōrat. Clāra pictūram pingit. magnus leō est in pictūrā. Herculēs quoque est in pictūrā. leō Herculem ferōciter petit. Herculēs magnum fūstem tenet et leōnem verberat. Herculēs est fortis. Caecilius ad vīllam revenit et triclīnium intrat. Caecilius fīliam vocat. fīlia triclīnium intrat. Lūcia pictūram videt. Lūcia artificem laudat. Roman painters were often very skilled: (left to right) shepherd boy with pipes; a cupid catching a rabbit; a portrait, possibly of a poet.
ad vīllam to the house iānuam pulsat knocks on
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ad iānuam to the door aperit opens vocat calls dūcit leads pictūram pingit paints a
picture magnus big, large leō lion ferōciter fiercely petit is attacking fūstem club tenet is holding verberat is striking fortis brave, strong revenit returns
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