CHAPTER XV.

GREEK SARCOPHAGI.

Discovery of sarcophagi at Sidon, 243. Archaic sarcophagi of Clazomenae, 243. Sarcophagus of the Satrap at Sidon, 245; its connexion with history, 246; and with Ionian art, 247. The Lycian sarcophagus, 248; ideal character, 248. The sarcophagus of the Mourning Women, 249; variety in expression of grief, 251; likeness to temple, 251; perhaps belongs to King Strato, 252. The Alexander sarcophagus, 252; dress of Greeks and Persians, 253; subjects of pediments, 253; the lion-hunt, 255; the battle, 256; perhaps belongs to Abdalonymus, 258; of uncertain artistic school, 258. The Amazon sarcophagus of Vienna, 258.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

WITH THEIR SOURCES