Falkener, Edward: Ephesus and the temple of Diana (London, 1862)

VI.

THE ACCESSORIES AND APPENDAGES TO THE TEMPLE.

The Portico of Damianus— The Banqueting-Hall— The Sacred
Grove—The Cave of the Syrinx, and tlie Temple of Hecate.

1. The Portico of Damianus.

Part of the road which connected the Temple
with the city was ornamented with a stone portico.
It was erected by Damianus, about 200 A.D.
Philostratus thus speaks of it :—" (Damianus)
also joined the Temple of Diana to the city, com-
mencing from that way which leads down to Mag-
nesia : the portico, which is about one stadium in
length, is built of stone : (sott] %\ oujrr] a-roa e7r)
(rrd^tov, x/Sov irao-a). This structure was intended
that worshippers might not be prevented going to
the Temple, even when it rained. On the com-
pletion of the sumptuous work, he called it after
the name of his wife."1

2. The Banqueting-Hall.

Another appendage to the Temple was a Coena-
culum, or banqueting - hall, built by the same
Damianus, and which Philostratus goes on to

1 Philost. de Vitis Soph. ii. 23.