The Lady Maket’s flutes are the true representatives of the double pipes, called by the Greeks _diaulos_, and by the Romans _tibiæ pares_ and _tibiæ geminæ_,—the latter a very appropriate name. These twin flutes are profusely depicted upon Etruscan vases, being introduced almost invariably in banquet scenes: wine and music inseparable. The master and guests recline on couches; but the flute player is always shown standing, as in attendance for their pleasure. [Illustration: _Fig. 8._ _Egyptian Player on the Double Pipes._ _The chaining at the ankles indicates that the players are performing some act of homage._] With the Egyptians it was different; with them chiefly the domestic alliance was dancing and music, and no doubt this difference in custom affords us an index of the characters of the two peoples. How great the contrast; the wine-loving, laughter-loving, Greeks, living in the open day, buoyant of life, and always eager for contest whether of muscle or of brain; and the Egyptians, shadowed through day and night by the colossal calm of their temples, secluded in family life, adding store to store, possession to possession, and placidly working for the day that is, yet ever caring for the morrow after death. This player has pipes of unequal length, is evidently taking part in some ceremonial, and is wearing a trailing scarf of vine leaves, which had its significance in the sacred rites. The long pipe seen in this ancient example of use is possibly the prototype of the later form seen in the Arab arghool, with its long drone pipe, and it has therefore a very interesting significance. [Illustration: _Fig. 9._ _Player upon Unequal Pipes._] [Illustration: _Fig. 10._ _From the Wall Painting to be seen at the British Museum._]