Tristia Tresunus - eighth stop

If this is your first encounter with Tristia Tresunus, please go to the Prima Porta VRomana so you can meet him properly before starting on his journey through Rome.

Ovid, Tristia 3.1

I saw the portico, where statues alternate with columns of foreign marble, the Danaids and their barbarian father with drawn sword.

I saw the library, where all the works that ancient or modern men of great learning have conceived are accessible for study by readers. I looked there for my brothers--with the exception of those whom my father wishes he had never begotten. While I was vainly searching for them, the guardian in charge of this holy place ordered me to leave this abode.

This itinerary shows you the route, and it's quite a long way to the next stop. If you take my hand (click on me), I will magically teleport you to our next stop. If you would rather walk, retrace your steps through the Bibliotheca Colonnade and the Porticus to the Temple of Palatine Apollo, go through the Area Sacra, climb down the Scalae Caci, walk all the way through the Forum Boarium, enter Region 9 South near the Pons Fabricius, and go through the Portico of Octavia to the Peristyle; you will see the exits after you click on view room in web frame.