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 2(38 GRECIAN ARCHITECTURE. Pakt I. as well as one under the north portico, the use of which it is impos,. sible to explain unless we assume that this enclosure was really of exceptional importance. Temple of Diana at Ephesus. A history of Grecian architecture can hardly be considered as complete without some mention of the great Ephesian temple, which was one of the largest and most gorgeous of all those erected by the Greeks, and considered by them as one of the seven wonders of the world. Strange^ to say, till very recently even its situation was utterly unknown ; and even now that it has been revealed to us by the energy and in- telligence of Mr. Wood, scarcely enough remains to enable him to restore the plan with anything like certainty. Tliis is the more remarkable, as it was found buried under 17 to 20 feet of mud which must have been the accumulation of centuries, and might, one would have thought, have preserved consid- erable ])ortions of it from the liand of the spoilei'. Till Mr. Wood pub- lishes the result of his researches, we shall not know all we desire of what remains of the once celebrated temple ; but in the meanwhile the annexed ])lan, comjuled from preliminary sketclies by him, embodies, I believe, all the information he has been able to obtain u]t to this time. The dimensions of the double peristyle, and the uumlici- and jiosition of its 96 columns are quite certain. So are the positions of the north, south, and west walls of the cella ; so that 150. Plan of the Temple of Diana at Ephesus, embody- ing Mr. T. Wood's discoveries. Scale 100 ft. to 1 in.