were the foundations of ancient Troy, I wondered then that fo much remained, though Mr. Bryant is disappointed at finding so little. On the form and fituation of the tombs fell during the war The heroes of the Grecian army, who are particularly mentioned as having fallen during the fiege, are Achilles, Ajax, Patro- of thofe warriors who clus, Antilochus, Peneleus and Protefilaus; of the Trojans many were flain, Hector particularly and Paris. We find the tombs of most of these warriors celebrated by later writers, and attracting the attention and veneration of the neighbouring towns, and of many illustrious* vifitors. Alexander facrifices at Achilles's tomb; and the Thebanst, obeying the voice of the oracle, carry off the afhes of Hector, and confecrate them in a temple at Thebes. From Homer we may easily learn what was the nature of these monuments. The structure ‡Batieia, or the tomb of Myrinna was, we find, ama xoλwvn, a high hill. Homer alfo mentions the funeral ceremonies of Patroclus. "They (the Greeks) marked out his tomb in a circle, and laid the foundation of it round the funeral pyre, and then threw upon it heaped earth; and, having thus heaped up the monument, returned." The monument therefore was made of heaped earth, and was circular. This was a Cenotaph; || for Achilles gathered the bones of his friend into a golden vafe, till his own should be mixed with them. Achilles's tomb alfo was of the fame nature, but larger; for, in the fame speech, after mention NOTES. Arrian, 1. i. p. 32. Q. Curtius, 1. ii. ch. 4. + Paufanias Baotica. p. 295. 1. 37. (Edit. Francofurti. A. D. 1585.) See above, p. 15. "the ing Patroclus's tomb, he adds, " afterwards, the Greeks* who fhall NOTES. * Hom. Il. xxiii. ver. 246. + "Hom. II. xxiii. ver. 125.-‡ Hom. Odyff. xxiv. ver. 80. § Hom. II. vii. ver, 86.—|| Hom. Il. xxiv. ver. 797. and feq.-** Hom. II. xxiv. ver. 778. but |