ALEXANDRIA. 361 
upon the Mausoleum of Hadrian, was perhaps ciiap, 
intended to contain the ashes of that Emperor : v 
and in the examination of ihe, jilexandrian Column^ 
we find the extraordinary coincidences, first, of 
the workmanship, which is decidedly Roman; 
secondly, of its form, which is that of a Stele or 
sepulchral pillar; thirdly, of a circular cavity dis- 
covered upon its capital, as for the reception of 
an urn; all agreeing with its remarkable tradi- 
tionary appellation of Pompey's Pillar. Some 
little variety, as might be expected, appears in 
the accounts given by writers of different ages, 
with regard to the manner in which funeral 
honours were rendered to Pompeys head by 
Julius C^sar. Lucans allusion to an urn is 
however consistent with the Roman custom of 
burning instead of burying the dead ; and it is 
supported by the earlier testimony of Valerius 
Maximus. Appian, who flourished during the 
subsequent reigns of Trajan and Hadrian, says 
the head was buried; but he adds the remarkable 
fact of a shrine constructed over it^ in a situation 
(7) T^» S5 xi^aXiif rou Tlofjcv^'iov fr^ij(rip!^>fiiv/iv eu^ vrritrrn, aXXa rr^eftrcc^i 
ra^sj»a/j xai n awri? TEMEN02 /3ja;^u, "proo Tri; ToXiui ■pfl^trifiv, NEME2EI1S 
TEMENOS IxaXiiro' o-^ip lor' if/.o'O xara. 'Pcofin'icav aliToxoareoa. T^aixvof, 
l|«XXJvTa TO it Aiyi^TM 'lovSaiat yivo;, VTO tuv 'louoaiat I; Ta; roj TeXtftpv 
Xiiitl xiirn^ii<ph. " Caput autem rompeii oblatum aversatur Cas<\r, 
sepeliri 
