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 Bk. II. Ch. VII. LYCIAN TOMBS. 229 Asiatic forms. It thus became essentially a stone architecture with ex- ternal columns, instead of a style indulging only in wooden j^illars, and those used internally, as there is every reason to suppose was the earlier form of the art. The Ionic style, thus composed of two elements, took the arrangement of the temples from the Doric, and their details from the Asiatic original. The Roman temples, on the contrary, which have been erected in this part of the world, in their columns and other details exactly follow the buildings at Rome itself : while, as in the instances above quoted of Jerusalem, Palmyra, Kangovar, and others, the essential forms and arrangements are all local and Asiatic. The former are Greek temples with Asiatic details, the latter Asiatic temples with only Roman masonic forms. The Greeks in fact were colonists, the Romans only conquerors ; and hence the striking differ- ence in the style of Asiatic art executed under their respective influ- ence. We shall have frequent occasion in the sequel to refer to this difference. 120. Elevation of the Mouument and Section of the Tomb at Amrith. (From Renan.i) Though not strictly within the geographical limits of this chapter, there is a group of tombs at Amrith — the ancient Marathos, on the coast of Syria — which are too interesting to be passed over ; but so ' In reality the monument stands ex- 1 fore, be understood to be carried back actly over the centre of the rock-cut about 10 feet from the face of the monu- sepulchre. The section-Une must there- I ment.