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PREFACE.
About the middle of the last century the Society of Dilettanti, which had been founded
in 1734, determined to send a mission to explore the ancient sites and remains of archi-
tecture and sculpture in Greece and Asia Minor. This mission, which consisted of
Messrs. Chandler, Revett, and Pars, left England in 1764, and, after visiting Smyrna and
other places on the west coast of Asia Minor, proceeded to Athens. The results of this
first mission were recorded in The Antiquities of Ionia, Part I. published in 1769, and
Part II. in 1797. In 1812 the Society sent a second Mission to Greece and Asia Minor
under the direction of Sir William Gcll, who was accompanied by the architects John Peter
Gandy and Francis Bedford. The labours of this second Mission enabled the Society to
publish, in 1817, a volume on The Antiquities of Attica, and in 1840 a third part of The
Antiquities of Ionia. They also republished, in 1821, Part I. of the same work, with many
additions and corrections. In 1851 the Society published Mr. Penrose's work on The
Principles of Athenian Architecture, in which he has recorded his investigations as to the
optical refinements which the Parthenon and certain other buildings at Athens possessed.
The discovery of the Sminthium in the Troad, which was made by Captain (now
Admiral) Spratt in 1853, was one of the reasons which induced the Society to send a new
expedition to the west coast of Asia. It was, moreover, felt that, having regard to the great
advance in the knowledge of Ionic architecture which had been made since the first part
of the Ionian Antiquities had been published, it would be desirable to explore more thoroughly
the Temple of Athene Polias at Priene and that of Dionysos at Teos. Mr. R. P. Pullan, who
had been associated with Mr. Newton, by the Foreign Office, in the Budrum expedition to
assist him as an architect, was selected by the Society for this new mission, the results of
which are given in the present volume. Mr. Pullan explored Teos in 1862, and in 1866 was
again sent out to conduct excavations at Priene and the Sminthium. The Plates in the
present volume are engraved either from Mr. Pullan's drawings or from photographs, with
the exception of Plates III. and IV., the drawings for which have been kindly contributed to
the volume by Mr. E. L. Falkener.
The whole of the Plates of this work have been engraved by M. J. Penel, in Paris, under
the superintendence of M. Chevignard, and have been executed with great care and artistic
skill.
The text has been contributed by four members of the Society, and it will be understood
that each of them is responsible only for that portion of it which bears his signature.
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About the middle of the last century the Society of Dilettanti, which had been founded
in 1734, determined to send a mission to explore the ancient sites and remains of archi-
tecture and sculpture in Greece and Asia Minor. This mission, which consisted of
Messrs. Chandler, Revett, and Pars, left England in 1764, and, after visiting Smyrna and
other places on the west coast of Asia Minor, proceeded to Athens. The results of this
first mission were recorded in The Antiquities of Ionia, Part I. published in 1769, and
Part II. in 1797. In 1812 the Society sent a second Mission to Greece and Asia Minor
under the direction of Sir William Gcll, who was accompanied by the architects John Peter
Gandy and Francis Bedford. The labours of this second Mission enabled the Society to
publish, in 1817, a volume on The Antiquities of Attica, and in 1840 a third part of The
Antiquities of Ionia. They also republished, in 1821, Part I. of the same work, with many
additions and corrections. In 1851 the Society published Mr. Penrose's work on The
Principles of Athenian Architecture, in which he has recorded his investigations as to the
optical refinements which the Parthenon and certain other buildings at Athens possessed.
The discovery of the Sminthium in the Troad, which was made by Captain (now
Admiral) Spratt in 1853, was one of the reasons which induced the Society to send a new
expedition to the west coast of Asia. It was, moreover, felt that, having regard to the great
advance in the knowledge of Ionic architecture which had been made since the first part
of the Ionian Antiquities had been published, it would be desirable to explore more thoroughly
the Temple of Athene Polias at Priene and that of Dionysos at Teos. Mr. R. P. Pullan, who
had been associated with Mr. Newton, by the Foreign Office, in the Budrum expedition to
assist him as an architect, was selected by the Society for this new mission, the results of
which are given in the present volume. Mr. Pullan explored Teos in 1862, and in 1866 was
again sent out to conduct excavations at Priene and the Sminthium. The Plates in the
present volume are engraved either from Mr. Pullan's drawings or from photographs, with
the exception of Plates III. and IV., the drawings for which have been kindly contributed to
the volume by Mr. E. L. Falkener.
The whole of the Plates of this work have been engraved by M. J. Penel, in Paris, under
the superintendence of M. Chevignard, and have been executed with great care and artistic
skill.
The text has been contributed by four members of the Society, and it will be understood
that each of them is responsible only for that portion of it which bears his signature.
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