A dictionary of Greek and Roman . fallen in battle were buried at the public ex-pense in the outer Cerameicus, on the road leadingto the Academia. (Thuc. ii. 34 ; Paus. i. 29.§4.) The tombs were regarded as private property,and belonged exclusively to the families whose re-latives had been buried in them. (Dem. c. 1307, c. Macart. p. 1077 ; Cic. de Leg. ii. 26.) Tombs were called &Tji<ai, t<x<£oz, [xvr),fivrifieia, ai\ixara. Many of these were onlymounds of earth or stones (xa^ara, noXoovcu,rv/jiSoi). Others were built of stone, and frequentlyornamented wit
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . fallen in battle were buried at the public ex-pense in the outer Cerameicus, on the road leadingto the Academia. (Thuc. ii. 34 ; Paus. i. 29.§4.) The tombs were regarded as private property,and belonged exclusively to the families whose re-latives had been buried in them. (Dem. c. 1307, c. Macart. p. 1077 ; Cic. de Leg. ii. 26.) Tombs were called &Tji<ai, t<x<£oz, [xvr),fivrifieia, ai\ixara. Many of these were onlymounds of earth or stones (xa^ara, noXoovcu,rv/jiSoi). Others were built of stone, and frequentlyornamented with great taste. Some of the mostremarkable Greek tombs are those which havebeen discovered in Lycia by Sir C. Fellows. In theneighbourhood of Antiphellus the tombs are verynumerous. They all have Greek inscriptions, whichare generally much destroyed by the damp seaair. The following woodcut, taken from Fellowsswork {Excursion in Asia Minor, p. 21 9), containsone of these tombs, and will give an idea of thegeneral appearance of the At Xanthus the tombs are still more are cut into, or are formed by cutting away,the rock, leaving the tombs standing like works ofsculpture. {Ib. p. 226.) The same is the case atTelmessus, where they are cut out of the rock inthe form of temples. They are generally approachedby steps, and the columns of the portico stand outabout six feet from the entrance to the cella ; theinteriors vary but little; they are usually aboutsix feet in height and nine feet by twelve in side is occupied by the door, and the othersides contain benches on which the coffins or urnshave been placed. {Ib. p. 245.) Some Greek tombs were built under ground, andcalled hypogea {inroyaia or virSysta). They cor-respond to the Roman conditoria. (Petron. c. 111.) At Athens the dead appear to have been usuallyburied in the earth ; and originally the place of theirinterment was not marked by any monument. ( Leg. ii. 25.) Afterwards, however, so muc
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