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pedestals supporting equestrian statues*. Pau-
sanias tells us, that the vestibules were deemed
superior to any other works, even in his age,
both on account of their decoration, and the
magnitude of the stones with which they were
constructed. Two Doric porticoes, each of six
columns, nearly twenty-nine feet high, formed
the western and eastern fronts of the building,
and between them at right angles were erect-
ed two rows of Ionic columns, three in each,
to support the " white marble ceiling." In
the wall which crossed these interior ranges
were suspended the five gates closing the pas-
sage into the Acropolis. Through the central
gate, thirteen feet in width, were probably
admitted the carriages which attended the
processions, and those which conveyed the
materials for any buildings constructed in
the Acropolis subsequently to the Propylaea.
* Dr. Chandler infers from an inscription discovered upon
one of the pedestals," The people have erected Marcus Agrippa,
son of Lucius, thrice consul, the friend of Caius," that the sta-
tue of Agrippa was placed on the left side, and one of Caius af-
terwards entitled Augustus, on the right. Pausanias says, that
" he knows not whether they were the sons of Xenophon, or
only made for ornament."
pedestals supporting equestrian statues*. Pau-
sanias tells us, that the vestibules were deemed
superior to any other works, even in his age,
both on account of their decoration, and the
magnitude of the stones with which they were
constructed. Two Doric porticoes, each of six
columns, nearly twenty-nine feet high, formed
the western and eastern fronts of the building,
and between them at right angles were erect-
ed two rows of Ionic columns, three in each,
to support the " white marble ceiling." In
the wall which crossed these interior ranges
were suspended the five gates closing the pas-
sage into the Acropolis. Through the central
gate, thirteen feet in width, were probably
admitted the carriages which attended the
processions, and those which conveyed the
materials for any buildings constructed in
the Acropolis subsequently to the Propylaea.
* Dr. Chandler infers from an inscription discovered upon
one of the pedestals," The people have erected Marcus Agrippa,
son of Lucius, thrice consul, the friend of Caius," that the sta-
tue of Agrippa was placed on the left side, and one of Caius af-
terwards entitled Augustus, on the right. Pausanias says, that
" he knows not whether they were the sons of Xenophon, or
only made for ornament."