Dennis, George: The cities and cemeteries of Etruria: in two volumes (Band 2) (London, 1848)

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Warrior in the Palazzo Bonarroti—Singular discovery of bronzes on
Monte Falterona—Lake full of antiquities—Votive offerings—Mystery
of the lake explained—Style of the bronzes—Singular tomb at Figline—

Etruscan relics in the neighbourhood of Florence.....92

Appendix. The Francois Vase..........115

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

FIESOLE—FMSUL&.

Interest of Fiesole—The Etruscan walls—Character of the masonry—Ancient
pavement, and sewers—Fascinum—Roman Gateway—Extent of the city-
walls—Faesulae not a first-rate city—"The top of Fesole"—Roman
Theatre—The Fairies' Dens—Fonte Sotterra—Another ancient reservoir
—No tombs open around Fiesole—History of Ftesulse—La Badia—
Inghirami............118

CHAPTER XXXIX.

SIENA—SENA.
Siena, not an Etruscan site—Etruscan tombs in this district—Alphabetical
tomb, near Colle—Pelasgic alphabet and horn-book—Tomb of the Cilnii—
Montalcino, its tombs and wine ........135

CHAPTER XL.
VOLTERRA— VOLA TERRM
The City.
Commanding position of Volterra—Size and importance of the ancient city
—History of Volaterree—Locanda Callai—Modern Volterra—Porta all'
Arco—Is Etruscan—Three mysterious heads—Masonry—Portcullis-
Walls of the ancient city—Porta di Diana—Fragments of the city-walls—
Extent of the ancient city—The necropolis—Grotta de' Marmini—Tombs
of the Csecinse—Tholi, or domed sepulchres—Amphitheatre—Piscina—
Baths—Scenery around Volterra—Buche de' Saracini—Mysterious passages
in the rock............141

CHAPTER XLI.

VOLTERRA— VOLA TERRM.

The Mbseoh.

The Museum of Volterra, and its treasures—Ash-chests of Volterra—Condi-
tion of woman in Etruria—-Mythological urns—Myths of Thebes—Myths
of the Trojan war—Myths of Ulysses, and Orestes—Etruscan marine
divinities—Scylla—Glaucus—Echidna—Typhon—Monsters of the sea,
earth, and air—Scenes of Etruscan life—Boar-hunts—Games of the circus