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TARQUINIA. 211
style of the pictures, though not the subjects, was
in some tombs thoroughly Egyptian, and in others
both style and subject—the dancing, for instance, re-
sembled early Greek. Libations were common to
all the early nations. The Triclinium of man and
woman together, is, I believe, in the early ages, pecu-
liar to Egypt and Etruria. Like the Greeks, they
had funeral feasts both at the home of the departed,
and, as would appear from some small side-chambers
attached occasionally to the sepulchre, at his grave.
I cannot recollect to which tombs those we saw
especially belonged. The corpse was laid with the
face uppermost, and the feet towards the door, ready
to walk out, as was shown us by the sarcophagi in
the Tifone. The emblems of their professions were
buried with them, and garlands were appropriated
to them; such as they had gained in life through
skill or valour, were also laid upon them in death,
to enter with them into immortality. The dress
of the Greeks, as well as of the Etruscans, was
of the richest and most expensive materials,
so as to require at last limitations by law.
The egg broken at the commencement of the
feast seems to have been an Etruscan custom,
afterwards borrowed by the Greeks, as it was in-
troduced very late amongst them. Funeral games,
and races of naked men on foot or on horseback,
were also practised in Greece, and were first
known at the death of Areas, the son of Azun, and
father of the Arcadians.
style of the pictures, though not the subjects, was
in some tombs thoroughly Egyptian, and in others
both style and subject—the dancing, for instance, re-
sembled early Greek. Libations were common to
all the early nations. The Triclinium of man and
woman together, is, I believe, in the early ages, pecu-
liar to Egypt and Etruria. Like the Greeks, they
had funeral feasts both at the home of the departed,
and, as would appear from some small side-chambers
attached occasionally to the sepulchre, at his grave.
I cannot recollect to which tombs those we saw
especially belonged. The corpse was laid with the
face uppermost, and the feet towards the door, ready
to walk out, as was shown us by the sarcophagi in
the Tifone. The emblems of their professions were
buried with them, and garlands were appropriated
to them; such as they had gained in life through
skill or valour, were also laid upon them in death,
to enter with them into immortality. The dress
of the Greeks, as well as of the Etruscans, was
of the richest and most expensive materials,
so as to require at last limitations by law.
The egg broken at the commencement of the
feast seems to have been an Etruscan custom,
afterwards borrowed by the Greeks, as it was in-
troduced very late amongst them. Funeral games,
and races of naked men on foot or on horseback,
were also practised in Greece, and were first
known at the death of Areas, the son of Azun, and
father of the Arcadians.