. The life of the Greeks and Romans. tion, was the heroon of Charmylos and his family. A grave at Lindos, in the isle of Rhodes, is entirely workedinto the rock. It is one of the most perfect specimens of this style, imitated most likely from the monu-ments of the opposite Lykian of the above-mentioned Lykianwood - imitations we here, however,find the forms of Greek architecturein the decoration of the fagade. gives an illustration of the grave,which unfortunately is in a verydecayed condition. The facade re-sembles a Greek portico, with Doriccolumns, an architrave, friez
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. tion, was the heroon of Charmylos and his family. A grave at Lindos, in the isle of Rhodes, is entirely workedinto the rock. It is one of the most perfect specimens of this style, imitated most likely from the monu-ments of the opposite Lykian of the above-mentioned Lykianwood - imitations we here, however,find the forms of Greek architecturein the decoration of the fagade. gives an illustration of the grave,which unfortunately is in a verydecayed condition. The facade re-sembles a Greek portico, with Doriccolumns, an architrave, frieze, andcornice. Of these columns, originallytwelve in number, four are said tohave been detached, while the othersprotruded from the surface of the wall9 by halves or a little structures of thekind have been discoveredin Cyprus. The one dis-covered by Ross shows theform of a court surroundedby columns (see view, , andtheplan, Fig. 119).Finally, we mentionthe beautiful graves at Kyrene, on the north coast of tig. 116.
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