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chasm into which the waters of Deucalion's de-
luge were believed to have subsided; but Pisis-
tratus conceived the plan of the mighty edifice
on the same site, described by Pausanias,which
he did not live to execute, and which re-
mained uncompleted till the age of Hadrian.
Antiochus Epiphanes made considerable pro-
gress in the work, and it was continued in the
time of Augustus. The treasures were plun-
dered by Sylla, and the image of Jupiter was
removed to the Capitol at Rome by Caligula.
It is scarcely possible to form an idea of the
splendour of the building in its perfect state:
we are told that " the ruin of the Temple of
Jupiter Olympius consists of prodigious co-
lumns, tall and beautiful, of the Corinthian
order, fluted; some single, some supporting
their architraves; with a few massive marbles
beneath, the remnant of a vast heap, which
only many ages could have consumed and re-
duced into so scanty a compass. The columns
are of very extraordinary dimensions, being
about six feet in diameter and nearly sixty in
height." Sixteen were standing in 1765.
" The disposition of their plan," says Stuart,
chasm into which the waters of Deucalion's de-
luge were believed to have subsided; but Pisis-
tratus conceived the plan of the mighty edifice
on the same site, described by Pausanias,which
he did not live to execute, and which re-
mained uncompleted till the age of Hadrian.
Antiochus Epiphanes made considerable pro-
gress in the work, and it was continued in the
time of Augustus. The treasures were plun-
dered by Sylla, and the image of Jupiter was
removed to the Capitol at Rome by Caligula.
It is scarcely possible to form an idea of the
splendour of the building in its perfect state:
we are told that " the ruin of the Temple of
Jupiter Olympius consists of prodigious co-
lumns, tall and beautiful, of the Corinthian
order, fluted; some single, some supporting
their architraves; with a few massive marbles
beneath, the remnant of a vast heap, which
only many ages could have consumed and re-
duced into so scanty a compass. The columns
are of very extraordinary dimensions, being
about six feet in diameter and nearly sixty in
height." Sixteen were standing in 1765.
" The disposition of their plan," says Stuart,