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unoccupied hand. These two dignified men appear to be the
heroes to whom the tomb belongs; and the Siren represents
the mourning of the survivors. Here, even more than in the
Harpy Tomb, we seem within the range of Greek conceptions
and Ionic art.
FIG. 28. GABLE OF LYCIAN TOMB.
Another monument1, probably not much later than 500 B.C.,
was adorned with what appears to be a funeral procession—
old men in chariots, young horsemen, and armed men marching.
One of the venerable figures in the chariots holds in one hand
a flower, in the other apparently a cup, symbols which we shall
presently see to have a decidedly sepulchral signification.
1 Brit. Mus. Cat. of Sculpture, i. No. 86. Engraved in Murray, Hist.
Sculpture, i. pi. iii-v; Cesnola, Cyprus, pi. 16, 17; Brunn, Denkmaler, pi. 102.
ASIA MINOR : EARLY
unoccupied hand. These two dignified men appear to be the
heroes to whom the tomb belongs; and the Siren represents
the mourning of the survivors. Here, even more than in the
Harpy Tomb, we seem within the range of Greek conceptions
and Ionic art.
FIG. 28. GABLE OF LYCIAN TOMB.
Another monument1, probably not much later than 500 B.C.,
was adorned with what appears to be a funeral procession—
old men in chariots, young horsemen, and armed men marching.
One of the venerable figures in the chariots holds in one hand
a flower, in the other apparently a cup, symbols which we shall
presently see to have a decidedly sepulchral signification.
1 Brit. Mus. Cat. of Sculpture, i. No. 86. Engraved in Murray, Hist.
Sculpture, i. pi. iii-v; Cesnola, Cyprus, pi. 16, 17; Brunn, Denkmaler, pi. 102.