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

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THE CELEBRATED TEMPLE. 255

and among the Lacedaemonians there is still re-
maining a Temple of Minerva, which., from its
being built of (or lined with) brass, is called
Chalcicecus. Among the Romans, too, there is a
forum, (that of Trajan,) Avhich is admirable for its
magnitude and ornaments, and which has a brazen
roof."1 In this Temple of Minerva ChalciaBcus
were " many of the labours of Hercules repre-
sented in brass."3 The subterranean chamber at
Mycsense is stated by Mr. Donaldson to have been
lined with plates of metal, and the learned pro-
fessor refers to a passage in Diodorus, where
Eurystheus is said to have secretly constructed a
brazen vessel under ground to secure a safe re-
treat, when terrified by the return of Hercules.8
Another instance of a brazen sepulchre is given us by
Pausanias.'4 The Temple of Cyzicus had the joints
of its masonry ornamented with gold fillets; the
effect of which, says Pliny, was to create harmony
between the architecture of the temple and the
sculpture which decorated it.5 Of the Temple of
Solomon, we read that " he garnished the house with
precious stones for beauty; and the gold was gold
of Parvaim. He overlaid also the house, the beams,
the pillars, and the walls thereof, with gold; and

graved cherubims on the walls......and he

overlaid the work with fine gold, amounting to

1 Pans. x. 5. a Id. iii. 17.

3 Ant, o/Alh. vol. iv. l>k. iii. 27. 4 Pans. ix. 2.

6 Plin. //. N. xxxvi. 15.
 
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