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 Bk. IV. Ch. Ill, TEMPLES. 313 far surpassed by the gi-e.it Temple of Jupiter Olyrapius at Athens, which, though probably not entirely erected, was certainly finished, by that emperor. It was decastyle in front, with a double range of 20 columns on each flank, so that it could not well have had less than 120 columns, all about 58 ft. in height, and of the most elegant Corinthian order, presenting altogether a group of far greater mag- nificence than any other temple we are acquainted with of its class in the ancient world. Its lineal dimensions also, as may be seen from the plan (Woodcut No. 154), were only rivalled by the two great Sicilian temples at Agrigentum and Selinus (Woodcuts Nos. 148, 149). 19.5. Ruins of the Temple of Jupiter Olympius at Athens. It was 171 ft. M-ido by 354 in lengtli, or nearly the same dimensions as the great Hypostyle Hall at Karnae, from Avhich, however, it differs most materially, that being a beautiful example of an interior, tliis de])ending for all its magnificence on the extei-nal arrangement of its columns. Nothing now remains from which to restore its internal arrangement with anything like certainty; but it appears ])robable that the outer part of the cella Avas arranged as a pei-istylar court open in the centre, as shown in the plan (Woodcut No. 154), probably of two stories, so as to admit light into the interior. This arrange- ment became so common in the eai-ly Cln-istian world that there must have been some precedent for it ; which, in addition to other reasons,^ ^ See " The True Principles of Beauty j this arrangement will be found stated at in Art," p. 392, where the reasons for | length.