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Falkener, Edward
Ephesus and the temple of Diana — London, 1862

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THE CELEBRATED TEMPLE. 249

the Temple of Teos, as described by Vitruvius, Ave
shall find this intercolumniation to be 16-363575 feet,
which, multiplied by 9, the number of intercolumns,
gives 147-2721 ; to which, if we add 72-727 for
the ten columns of the decastyle front, we obtain
219-999 ; the dimension of the front given by Pliny
being 220 feet. These dimensions correspond with
such extraordinary precision, that we must consider
these two points as fixed, viz., that the height of
the columns was 84; diameters, and the inter-
columniation eustylos. The length of the Temple
being less than the double of its breadth, we may
expect to find the side intercolumniations reduced,
in order to get in a sufficient number of columns,
in the same manner that in the temples of Selinus,
which have an unusual number of columns in the
flanks, the intercolumniations are reduced, to pre-
vent the temples being too long.

Supposing, then, the Temple to have had nine-
teen columns at the sides, which would be equal to
138-182 feet; this number, deducted from 425 feet,
will give 28C-818 feet remainder, which, divided into
eighteen parts, will give for each side intercolumnia-
tion 15-934 feet, which will be in a very good propor-
tion with the front intercolumniation of 1G-3C3. If
we suppose twenty columns at the sides, the inter-
columniation would be 14-713, which is too small ;x

Col. Leake gives twenty-one columns to the sides, which would
create a manifest disproportion.

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