322 ITALO-GKEEK VASES. 



HENRIETTA. 



What else does the sepulchre contain"? 



MRS. F. 



On a patera, or dish, is placed the sop for Cerberus; and 

 numbers of vases are arranged about the tomb, either stand- 

 ing on the floor, or attached with bronze nails to the walls.' 

 Men were buried with their arms, armor, dice, styles and 

 tablets for writing, &c., according to their profession. Mir- 

 rors, rouge, combs, ivory and bone pins for the hair, orna- 

 ments, &c., are found in the tombs of the women; and 

 children were interred with their dolls, marbles, and play- 

 things. 



HENRIETTA. 



Of what were the mirrors made? 



MRS..F. 



Of bronze: but Pliny mentions mirrors of green glass; and 

 Nero had an emerald mirror. The Roman ladies always 

 carried their mirrors about with them; and it appears that 

 they were acquainted with all the false additions of the 

 modern toilet, and wore false hair, false\eeth, false eyebrows 

 and eyelashes, white paint and rouge; and sometimes they 

 dyed their hair. 



HENRIETTA. 



What are the other contents of the sepulchre? 



MRS. F. 



It would be endless to enumerate all the various substances 

 which they contain; amber, gold, silver, iron, copper, mother- 

 o'-pearl, glass and rock crystal are of the number, besides 

 several kinds of food, such as eggs, shell-fish, Crustacea, 

 wine, and the bones of birds. 



HENRIETTA. 



But were these beautiful vases only painted to place in the 

 tombs? 



