The theme of wall paintings in the Villa of Mysteries is probably:
a. a Roman orgy.
b. divine justice.
c. initiation into the cult of Bacchus.
d. the Greek play Oedipus Rex.
Ans: c. initiation into the cult of Bacchus.
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