. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . liliick Vase „f fli Ialjiii from XocM diS ^/ffv. plv. xvii. wtir. and xix. Sec tin inn oftlifse culs on pp. 1:.-11 cif llie same \voil;. [Hut it is iKif iinlilicly tliat tlic saniifaNliimi cxisliil in (irrcpi licfiirc llii\ liad Iraiiiiilto car\f in rlcip ndicf or set up iiia)l)li fiLnris in llic pcdiinent /?>/.] THE ETRUSCANS. Ixxxix seeu iipou tlioin—sphinxes, winged horses, griffins, and sirens—recallsubjects familiar to Oriental artists, and lead us to th
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . liliick Vase „f fli Ialjiii from XocM diS ^/ffv. plv. xvii. wtir. and xix. Sec tin inn oftlifse culs on pp. 1:.-11 cif llie same \voil;. [Hut it is iKif iinlilicly tliat tlic saniifaNliimi cxisliil in (irrcpi licfiirc llii\ liad Iraiiiiilto car\f in rlcip ndicf or set up iiia)l)li fiLnris in llic pcdiinent /?>/.] THE ETRUSCANS. Ixxxix seeu iipou tlioin—sphinxes, winged horses, griffins, and sirens—recallsubjects familiar to Oriental artists, and lead us to the conclusionalready propouuded on the diverse sources of Etruscan of these Aases might even be taken for Egvptian caunpcs, thosenrns of Avhich the cover is formed by a mans head. Among thespecimens Avliich we give is a ewer in the shape of a fish; theCampana Museum has another in the form of a bird. Thelearned are agreed to consider (hcse black vases as very ancient,and Juvenal asserted that good king Xuma had no others— quis Simpmiiim videre XuiiiiT, nignimque catinum
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