. The life of the Greeks and Romans. (see- Fig. 318—a vase-painting representing the adorningof the dead Archemoros). The luxury of later times changed thewreaths of flowers, for golden ones, with regard to the dead of thericher classes. Wreaths made of thin gold have repeatedly beenfound in graves. The barrows of the old Pantikapaion haveyielded several beautiful wreaths of ivy and ears of corn (Ouvarofi, Antiquites du Bosphore Cimmerien, PI. IV.) ; a gold imitation n2 i8o JEWELLERY. of a crown of myrtle has been found in a grave in Ithaka(Stackelberg, Graber der Grieehen, Taf. 72). Other spe
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. (see- Fig. 318—a vase-painting representing the adorningof the dead Archemoros). The luxury of later times changed thewreaths of flowers, for golden ones, with regard to the dead of thericher classes. Wreaths made of thin gold have repeatedly beenfound in graves. The barrows of the old Pantikapaion haveyielded several beautiful wreaths of ivy and ears of corn (Ouvarofi, Antiquites du Bosphore Cimmerien, PI. IV.) ; a gold imitation n2 i8o JEWELLERY. of a crown of myrtle has been found in a grave in Ithaka(Stackelberg, Graber der Grieehen, Taf. 72). Other specimensfrom Greek and Roman graves are preserved in our golden crown of Greek workmanship, found at Armento, avillage of the Basilicata (at present in Munich), is particularlyremarkable (Fig. 225). A twig of oak forms the ground, fromamongst the thin golden leaves of which spring forth asters withchalices of blue enamel, convolvulus, narcissus, ivy, roses, andmyrtle, gracefully intertwined. On the upper bend of the crown. Tig. 225. is the image of a winged goddess, from the head of which,amongst pieces of grass, rises the slender stalk of a rose. Fournaked male genii and two draped female ones, floating over theflowers, point towards the goddess, who stands on a pedestalbearing this inscription:— KPEIOnNIOS HOHKH TON ETHANOIM. Earrings (evwria, eWofiia, eAt/rra/pes) were, in Greece, onlyworn by women; while amongst the Persians, Lydians, and ORNAMENTS. 181 Babylonians they were common to both, sexes. Their form variesfrom simple rings to elaborate, tasteful pendants. Fig. 226, b,shows a pendant, found in Ithaka, in the shape of a siren, holdinga double pipe in her hand. Fig. 226, /, shows an earring trimmedwith garnets, found in the same place, with the head of a lionat one end, and that of a snake at the other. Fig. 226, c, is an
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