Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . > ^ \ > TARQUINIA. 199 the exclusive possession of him. In the eagernessof dispute the car stops, they cannot draw it on, butremain stationary to mark the uncertain reputationof the deceased. The evil genii are represented asblack, and all the spirits wear a cothurnus, or buskinof that form, which was sacred amongst the Etrus-cans to immaterial existences, especially the genii ofdarkness, death, and sleep. It is not winged, butpeaked like wings in a sheath, and reaches midwayup the leg. The genii are all winged; and thesouls, of which there ar
Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839 . > ^ \ > TARQUINIA. 199 the exclusive possession of him. In the eagernessof dispute the car stops, they cannot draw it on, butremain stationary to mark the uncertain reputationof the deceased. The evil genii are represented asblack, and all the spirits wear a cothurnus, or buskinof that form, which was sacred amongst the Etrus-cans to immaterial existences, especially the genii ofdarkness, death, and sleep. It is not winged, butpeaked like wings in a sheath, and reaches midwayup the leg. The genii are all winged; and thesouls, of which there are many, have no wings. Onlytwo are represented in the plate, because only asmall part of the subject is given ; but in the tombthere was a long procession, each bearing some in-strument as a symbol of his profession. Only asmall part remains, travellers having thought properto break off and carry away the stucco, and, nodoubt, what we saw will soon follow. It was theidea of the Etruscans that the soul preserved afterdeath the likeness of th
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