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YALLET OF THE XANTHUS.
315
a*
similar, in |
and b
Mnonlycnti
s are in
0
• pole
^ beyond thei^;
other, and
■ pediment,
the barns
i slight pedii
form
5 itorehouse reji
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'orm the or
[which is ak
ones; uponfal.
- keep a i
, ws' M
roller cannot?.
■ :: ■■
k buildings t
.-neralvfe
• stillof ate
■■;e sketch; t
Turkish
ts cirvu:
he rtre: -
■ ,ffi the frames
.pright stems:
..to^
of wood is placed upon these posts, to support the ends of
the beams, which are the dentils in the frieze of this simple
little building.
In this portion of Asia Minor all the remains of the tem-
ples show a square chamber or cella, entered by an orna-
mented door of noble proportions; this is always within a
portico in antis, sometimes having two columns in front. I
have nowhere in Lycia seen any trace of temples that I could
say with certainty were of other construction. This form is
evidently seen in the huts here represented. Is it not highly
probable that these sketches may represent the huts and
storehouses of the people of three thousand years ago, which
at an after period were imitated in stone, and their forms cut
in the rocks, making the temple a large house, and the tomb
a durable receptacle for the dead? Time has witnessed
these changes; but the simple hut, which has served as the
abode of the peasants through successive generations to the
present day, has remained unaltered. This may at once ex-
plain the total absence of even the trace of the residence of
the people in the ancient Greek cities, as the materials would
not endure for half a century: the public buildings alone
remain to point out the extent of the cities. I think this
idea is borne out by the incidental testimony of history.
Herodotus speaks of the houses of the people of Sardis as
being of reeds and mud, and in still earlier days we know
that the whole of Athens was built of wood.
Our ride of about twenty-four miles from Hoorahn to
Dooveer was nearly due south; we crossed the smaller
muddy river, where it is divided into several streams, and
skirted the western side of the upper bay or enlargement of
the valley, until it became narrowed into a mere strait by
the green wooded hills flanking either range of mountains.
Near this point is the village of Satala Hiss# or Satala-cooe,
six hours to the east of Macry. Continuing our route, in
half an hour we arrived at a well-built bridge of five arches
p2
315
a*
similar, in |
and b
Mnonlycnti
s are in
0
• pole
^ beyond thei^;
other, and
■ pediment,
the barns
i slight pedii
form
5 itorehouse reji
..!) is skU
'orm the or
[which is ak
ones; uponfal.
- keep a i
, ws' M
roller cannot?.
■ :: ■■
k buildings t
.-neralvfe
• stillof ate
■■;e sketch; t
Turkish
ts cirvu:
he rtre: -
■ ,ffi the frames
.pright stems:
..to^
of wood is placed upon these posts, to support the ends of
the beams, which are the dentils in the frieze of this simple
little building.
In this portion of Asia Minor all the remains of the tem-
ples show a square chamber or cella, entered by an orna-
mented door of noble proportions; this is always within a
portico in antis, sometimes having two columns in front. I
have nowhere in Lycia seen any trace of temples that I could
say with certainty were of other construction. This form is
evidently seen in the huts here represented. Is it not highly
probable that these sketches may represent the huts and
storehouses of the people of three thousand years ago, which
at an after period were imitated in stone, and their forms cut
in the rocks, making the temple a large house, and the tomb
a durable receptacle for the dead? Time has witnessed
these changes; but the simple hut, which has served as the
abode of the peasants through successive generations to the
present day, has remained unaltered. This may at once ex-
plain the total absence of even the trace of the residence of
the people in the ancient Greek cities, as the materials would
not endure for half a century: the public buildings alone
remain to point out the extent of the cities. I think this
idea is borne out by the incidental testimony of history.
Herodotus speaks of the houses of the people of Sardis as
being of reeds and mud, and in still earlier days we know
that the whole of Athens was built of wood.
Our ride of about twenty-four miles from Hoorahn to
Dooveer was nearly due south; we crossed the smaller
muddy river, where it is divided into several streams, and
skirted the western side of the upper bay or enlargement of
the valley, until it became narrowed into a mere strait by
the green wooded hills flanking either range of mountains.
Near this point is the village of Satala Hiss# or Satala-cooe,
six hours to the east of Macry. Continuing our route, in
half an hour we arrived at a well-built bridge of five arches
p2