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Having traced the history of the Temple, as far as
we have authentic information upon the subject, from
its first foundation to the removal of its remaining
sculptural decorations, their arrival in England, and
deposit in the British Museum, we proceed now to a
more detailed and critical examination of the sculp-
tures themselves, especially of those portions which
are the subjects of the engravings in the present work.
Of the form and dimensions of this Temple it is not
necessary here to enter into any detailed account, as
it has been already sufficiently described, in the pre-
ceding part of this work, by Mr. C. R. Cockerell,
whose accurate and minute examination of the remains
of this magnificent and interesting edifice has esta-
blished many curious and valuable facts respecting the
details of its arrangements, and admeasurements. All
the sixteen Metopes here represented, were parts of
the south side of the Temple. These sixteen alone
are the subject of the present volume, and it is there-
fore unnecessary to enter into any description of the
subjects commemorated upon the other Metopes of
the Temple ; and the general history of the contest of
the Lapithae and Centaurs has been already so fully
discussed by Mr. Combe, in the Fourth Part of this
Work, that it is only necessary to refer the reader to
Having traced the history of the Temple, as far as
we have authentic information upon the subject, from
its first foundation to the removal of its remaining
sculptural decorations, their arrival in England, and
deposit in the British Museum, we proceed now to a
more detailed and critical examination of the sculp-
tures themselves, especially of those portions which
are the subjects of the engravings in the present work.
Of the form and dimensions of this Temple it is not
necessary here to enter into any detailed account, as
it has been already sufficiently described, in the pre-
ceding part of this work, by Mr. C. R. Cockerell,
whose accurate and minute examination of the remains
of this magnificent and interesting edifice has esta-
blished many curious and valuable facts respecting the
details of its arrangements, and admeasurements. All
the sixteen Metopes here represented, were parts of
the south side of the Temple. These sixteen alone
are the subject of the present volume, and it is there-
fore unnecessary to enter into any description of the
subjects commemorated upon the other Metopes of
the Temple ; and the general history of the contest of
the Lapithae and Centaurs has been already so fully
discussed by Mr. Combe, in the Fourth Part of this
Work, that it is only necessary to refer the reader to