The Villa of Good Fortune at Olynthos Author(s): David M. Robinson Reviewed work(s): Source: American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 38, No. 4 (Oct. - Dec., 1934), pp. 501-510 Published by: Archaeological Institute of America Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/498185 . Accessed: 16/03/2012 19:33 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact
[email protected]. Archaeological Institute of America is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to American Journal of Archaeology. http://www.jstor.org ARCHAEOLOGICALNOTES THE VILLA OF GOOD FORTUNE AT OLYNTHOS PLATESXXVIII-XXXI THE finest single discovery of the 1934 campaign at Olynthos was that of the Villa of Good Fortune (Fig. 1). The discovery of the Villa was occasioned by the finding on its site of an inscription recording the sale of a house to a certain Thyneainetos. Not only is the house the largest and architecturally the most interesting of the houses discovered at Olynthos, but the mosaic floors in four of the rooms should rank as the most important Hellenic (I do not say Hellenistic) mosaics known. The house is of the usual width, approximately 17 m.