PELOPONNESUS. 565 
rather to the Romans than to the Greeks: whence CHAP. 
it may be proved that these excavations cannot 
be more antient than the restoration of Corinth 
by Julius Ctzsar, and in all probability they are 
of a much later age. 
In the second century the inhabitants of 
Corinth consisted entirely of the remains of that 
colony which had been sent thither by the Ro~ 
mans*. The original race, with all their customs 
and habits, had long been removed. In general, 
we found three niches, placed in a row, in every 
cave; but in some instances the caves were double; 
and within each of the chambers there appeared 
a double row of recesses of different forms, pro- 
bably adapted, in every instance, to the shape 
of the vessel intended to contain the ashes of a 
deceased person; many of them being little 
arched recesses, and others oblong rectangular 
cavities suited to the shape of those cinerary 
receptacles which have been occasionally found, 
made of marble or of terra-cotta, modelled after 
the form of a Grecian Soros, but of a diminu- 
tive size. Several of these caves remain yet 
(2) K0j4 Si tltttufi KtoitCiat ftiv tvbiii in r i(>%*it>i, Irtixet 2 if 
*rX*yr{ !* 'Pwpauw. Pausan, Corinthiaca, c. 1. p. 111. ed. Fuhnii. 
