PORTICUS EUROPAE
near the Saepta, mentioned only by Martial (ii. 14. 3, 5,
15;
iii. 20. 12;
vii. 32. 11; xi. I. 11). It derived its name from a
painting of Europa on its walls, or perhaps from a sculptured group by
Pythagoras (
Neapolis ii. 231-253;
AJA 1915, 483). Hulsen (HJ 458)
identifies it with the porticus Vipsania, apparently because there is little
room for a second porticus in this immediate vicinity. Martial's topographical descriptions show that it was not identical with the
PORTICUS POMPEI (q.v.).