Gardner, Percy: Sculptured tombs of Hellas (London, 1896)

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GREEK SARCOPHAGI

tomb was wholly absent from his mind. The wine which the
hero drinks may very well be that poured in libation at his
grave.

At the opposite end of the sarcophagus are represented four
of the body-guard, conversing one with the other. On one
of its sides is a scene of leave-taking. The hero sits on a throne,
resting his arm Zeus-like on a sceptre, while behind him stand
two of the women of his household. Before him is a young

FIG. 80. SARCOPHAGUS OF THE SATRAP : END.

man, no doubt a son, stepping into a chariot to which four
horses are already yoked, and of which he holds the reins.
He turns to say a word of farewell to his father. Two other
young men are present: one holds in the horses of the chariot,
the other stands ready to mount a horse, and to ride beside it.
Here again we have a scene to which abundant parallels may
be found among the Attic grave-reliefs. The departure of
a warrior or a horseman is, as we have already seen ', an

1 Chaps. IX, X.