_Style and Period._--In the Harpy Tomb we have a fine example of the work by the Ionian School of Asia Minor, whose chief characteristic is a certain voluptuous fulness of form, and languor of expression, contrasted with the muscular vigour of the Doric sculpture, and the delicate refinement characteristic of a part of the early Attic work (cf. Brunn, _loc. cit._, p. 205, and Rayet, _Monuments_, No. 13). It is uncertain whether the tomb is later than the Persian conquest of Xanthos (545 B.C.). It has a remarkable resemblance to the tomb of Cyrus at Pasargadae as described by Arrian (vi., 29) and Strabo (xv., 3, 7), although the force of the parallel is rather diminished if Fergusson (_Nineveh and Persepolis_, p. 215) has correctly identified the tomb. The Harpy reliefs are usually assigned to the close of the sixth century; but a comparison with the sculptures of Ephesus points to a date nearer 550 B.C. The Harpy tomb is of marble. The reliefs measure 3 feet 4-1/2 inches in height; 8 feet 2 inches in length on the east and west sides; 7 feet 6 inches on the north and south sides. Fellows, _Lycia_, p. 170, and pl.; Birch, _Archæologia_, XXX., p. 185; Braun, _Annali dell' Inst._, 1844, p. 133; _Mon. dell' Inst._, IV., pl. 3; _Rhein. Mus._, N.F., III., 1845, p. 481; Curtius, _Arch. Zeit._, 1855, p. 2, pl. 73; Overbeck, _Gr. Plast._, 3rd edit., I., p. 171; Murray, I., p. 116, pl. 3, and figs. 22-25; Rayet, _Monuments_, Nos. 13-16; Mitchell, p. 187, fig. 88 (west and south sides); Wolters, Nos. 127-130. [Sidenote: =95.=] Fragment of relief, with parts of two female figures, draped and having sandals, moving to the right in a dance. The relief appears to have been on the face of a lintel, panelled on its lower side.--_Xanthos._ Limestone; height, 1 foot 3-1/2 inches. Prachov, pl. 6B, fig. _i._; Murray (2nd ed.), I., p. 125. [Sidenote: =96-98.=] The following sculptures illustrate the way in which the simplicity of an archaic statue is sometimes preserved in later sculptures serving an architectonic purpose:-- [Sidenote: =96.=] Torso of female figure, wearing a long dress with diploïdion, falling in flat surfaces with few folds. The left leg is advanced, the right hand gathered up a part of the drapery. The head and arms are wanting.--_Xanthos._ Marble; height, 4 feet 1/4 inch. Prachov, pl. 2, fig. 5. [Sidenote: =97.=] Torso of female figure, nearly similar to preceding, but with surface much mutilated.--_Xanthos._ Marble; height, 2 feet 4-1/2 inches. Prachov, pl. 2, fig. 6. [Sidenote: =98.=] Torso of female figure treated like No. 96, but holding the fold of drapery with the left hand.--_Xanthos._ Marble; height, 3 feet 10-1/2 inches. Prachov, pl. 2, fig. 4. SCULPTURES FROM NAUCRATIS.