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to their full height. It was lighted from the portico by
a door and by two windows in the partition wall, which
for some reason were not placed symmetrically in relation
to the door (see Fig. 79). The door-sill is a large block of
Eleusinian limestone. Both without and within the chamber
a band of black Eleusinian limestone enlivened the surface

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Fig. 82.—West Front of Propylaea. Cross-sections and Parts.

1. West Front of the Propylaea as originally planned.

2. Plan of the South Wing as built, modified from Original Plan.

3. South Wing as seen from the North.

4. South Wing as seen from the West.

5. South Wing as seen from the South.

6. Cross-section of the Northeast Wing (not built) with Side Elevation of the

Central Part.
7- Part of the East Front. The Wing was not built.

of the wall. Around the walls of the portico, on a level
with the sill of the windows, a bench was built to provide
a resting place for visitors. This chamber is doubtless the
room referred to by Pausanias (i. 22, 6), in which were to
be seen the paintings described by him. Hence in modern
times the name Pinakothek, picture gallery, has been given