The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . feet, and with their hair hanging in long curls on their shoulders. This 2 Micali, Ant. Pop. Ital. tav. 52, 1. 5 Micali, op. cit. tav. 52, 4 ; Mus. (Mus. Chius. tav. 1) takes them tav. 30. Beneath him is an inscription,for Castor and Pollux ; but without reason, 6 Micali, Mon. Ined. tav. 24, 2. Thethinks Gerhard. Bull. Inst. 1831, p. 54. aurif/cc have the reins round their bodies ; 3 Micali, Mon. Ined. tav. 24, 1. Helbig the horsestails are knotted ; and the trees(Ann. Inst. 1864, p. 52) puts a funereal which are introduced are as much lik
The cities and cemeteries of Etruria . feet, and with their hair hanging in long curls on their shoulders. This 2 Micali, Ant. Pop. Ital. tav. 52, 1. 5 Micali, op. cit. tav. 52, 4 ; Mus. (Mus. Chius. tav. 1) takes them tav. 30. Beneath him is an inscription,for Castor and Pollux ; but without reason, 6 Micali, Mon. Ined. tav. 24, 2. Thethinks Gerhard. Bull. Inst. 1831, p. 54. aurif/cc have the reins round their bodies ; 3 Micali, Mon. Ined. tav. 24, 1. Helbig the horsestails are knotted ; and the trees(Ann. Inst. 1864, p. 52) puts a funereal which are introduced are as much likeinterpretation on this scene. paddles as those in the painted tombs of * Micali, Ant. Pop. Ital. tav. 58, 1 ; Chius. tav. 3S. 7 Micali, Mon. Ined. tav. 25, 1. 316 CHIUSL—The City. [chap. liii. is one of the earliest sculptures in this collection, of truly archaic character,the drapery showing no folds, and the figures being mere outlines; yet thereis a charming simplicity and grace about the group. This was a favourite. ETRUSCAN WARRIOR, MUSEO CASUCCINI. subject on these early monuments. On one cippus is a dance of nymphs, alldraped, four on each side ; on another, a similar dance, but with only three ;in both cases the dance is regulated by the music of the lyre and tibice paresplayed by the women themselves. One of these monuments is surmountedby a pine-cone ; the other by a lion or sphinx couchant at each angle. Another relief shows a man reclining with a pldala in one hand, and a pen•or feather in the other ; though this has been taken for a sacred bough. 8 One of the most remarkable monuments in this collection is a largesarcophagus of marble, bearing on its lid the headless figure of a lady,richly draped and ornamented, holding a pomegranate in her left hand, andin too good a style to be of early date. The jewelry about her neck is veryrich and curious, and its counterpart in gold has been found in the tombsof Chiusi. The relief on the body of the monumen
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