The Open court . Hegesos Tombstone. In the ancient cemetery on the Dypylon in Athens. 684 THE OPEN COURT. felt as a^disturbance in the enjoyment of life. The sesthetic senseof Greek artists shrunk from picturing death in its ugly features,and death is depicted on the tombstone of an Athenian cemeteryas a ^^^ 7t V The Tombstone of Amemptus, a to Lessings interpretation Death as a Genius Holding an UrnAND Turning Down the soul is represented as a butterfly.(After an ancient gem, reproduced from probably a musician. (From Lessing.) Lessing.

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