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486 PERUGIA.—The Cemetery. [chap. lvhi.
lid is a female. Probably the Etruscan young ladies were
as fond of old tales of woe, as those of modern days, and
"The sorrows of Iphigenia" may have been as popular a
lay with them, as those of Werter and Charlotte were with
our grandmothers. Here is an urn with warriors marching
to the assault of a tower—a round tower too !—men of
Ulster, look to this!—behold a new bond of affinity
between Btruria and the Emerald Isle—a fresh proof that
the ancient people of Italy were worshippers of Baal or of
Budclh; and pardon my common-place opinion that the
scene may represent the " Seven before Thebes." One of
the urns has a Latin inscription.7
Ipogeo begli Acsi.—In the name so spelt in Etruscan
letters it is not difficult to recognise the Accius, or Axius,
of the Romans.8 This is a large square tomb, whose roof
has fallen in ; it contains many urns. One has the sacrifice
of Iphigenia, finely executed in high relief. Another bears
the favourite scene of the death of Polites.9 The most
singular urn in this tomb is one of cylindrical form, with
a conical lid ; it is said to have been coated with lead.
Ipogeo be' Paei.—Spelt " Pharu " or Pharus in Etrus-
can, and answering to the Barrus or possibly to the
7 This inscription is L . petronivs . 1841, pp. IS, 67. For notices of this
l . f . nofobsinia . Most of the other tomb see Bull. Inst. 1843, pp. 18, 23 ;
inscriptions are singular in this respect, 1844, p. 136 ; 1845, pp. 106—8.
that the name Tite, or Titus, precedes 8 This name is sometimes spelt
that of Petruni, not as the prcmomen, " Achsi " in Etruscan,
but as the nomen; e. g.—" Aule Tite 9 Here there is a little variety. The
Petruni," in which case it seems to young man kneeling on the altar, grasps
answer to the gens in Latin names, the wheel also held by the woman, and
though such a distinction has been sup- the warrior rushes on to slay him, as
posed not to have existed among the usual; but behind the woman is a snake
Etruscans. In the same way, in others or dragon ; and in a doorway at each
of these epitaphs of Perugia, we find a end of the scene stands a Fury with a
recurrence of an union between two torch. A notice of this tomb is given
names—such as « Vibi Alpha," « Acuni in Bull. Inst. 1844. p. 140.
Casni," " Cestna Sminthi." Bull. Inst.
lid is a female. Probably the Etruscan young ladies were
as fond of old tales of woe, as those of modern days, and
"The sorrows of Iphigenia" may have been as popular a
lay with them, as those of Werter and Charlotte were with
our grandmothers. Here is an urn with warriors marching
to the assault of a tower—a round tower too !—men of
Ulster, look to this!—behold a new bond of affinity
between Btruria and the Emerald Isle—a fresh proof that
the ancient people of Italy were worshippers of Baal or of
Budclh; and pardon my common-place opinion that the
scene may represent the " Seven before Thebes." One of
the urns has a Latin inscription.7
Ipogeo begli Acsi.—In the name so spelt in Etruscan
letters it is not difficult to recognise the Accius, or Axius,
of the Romans.8 This is a large square tomb, whose roof
has fallen in ; it contains many urns. One has the sacrifice
of Iphigenia, finely executed in high relief. Another bears
the favourite scene of the death of Polites.9 The most
singular urn in this tomb is one of cylindrical form, with
a conical lid ; it is said to have been coated with lead.
Ipogeo be' Paei.—Spelt " Pharu " or Pharus in Etrus-
can, and answering to the Barrus or possibly to the
7 This inscription is L . petronivs . 1841, pp. IS, 67. For notices of this
l . f . nofobsinia . Most of the other tomb see Bull. Inst. 1843, pp. 18, 23 ;
inscriptions are singular in this respect, 1844, p. 136 ; 1845, pp. 106—8.
that the name Tite, or Titus, precedes 8 This name is sometimes spelt
that of Petruni, not as the prcmomen, " Achsi " in Etruscan,
but as the nomen; e. g.—" Aule Tite 9 Here there is a little variety. The
Petruni," in which case it seems to young man kneeling on the altar, grasps
answer to the gens in Latin names, the wheel also held by the woman, and
though such a distinction has been sup- the warrior rushes on to slay him, as
posed not to have existed among the usual; but behind the woman is a snake
Etruscans. In the same way, in others or dragon ; and in a doorway at each
of these epitaphs of Perugia, we find a end of the scene stands a Fury with a
recurrence of an union between two torch. A notice of this tomb is given
names—such as « Vibi Alpha," « Acuni in Bull. Inst. 1844. p. 140.
Casni," " Cestna Sminthi." Bull. Inst.