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Chap, ix.]
RUINS OF BLAUNDUS.
129
A short distance within the walls on the left, amongst a
heap of ruined buildings, are the foundations of a massive
edifice of an oblong shape, immediately below which are
the remains of what may have been a stadium. Somewhat
further in, a little to the right of the axis of the gate, are
the prostrate ruins of a beautiful temple, where fragments
of architraves, friezes, and pediments, with broken shafts
of columns, heaped together in rude confusion, prove a
sudden rather than a gradual overthrow. Amongst them
we found the headless statue of a Roman senator or em-
peror, and several fragments of inscriptions,* some of which
have been imperfectly given by Arundel. We copied
No. 41 from portions of the architraves, and there can be
little doubt that they belonged to the temple, the orna-
ments of which resembled those of the Erechthcum at
Athens, and the temple of Jupiter at Azani.
South of the temple are the remains of a rude Doric
portico with square pilasters, four of which with the archi-
trave were still standing, while others were lying on the
ground near the spots where they once stood. Farther on
is another portico or colonnade of curious oblong columns,
formed by the addition of two half-columns to the opposite
sides of a square pilaster. Six of these were standing, and
the fragments of others were lying on the ground. The
direction of the portico is nearly E. and W., and may mark
the site of a Byzantine church.
Near the southern extremity of the Acropolis arc the
remains of an apparently very ancient building, but the
side-posts of the doors, and window-cases of the two sides,
are alone standing. The spaces between these large blocks
were probably filled up with smaller stones, which have
fallen away, leaving nothing but a gigantic skeleton. The
form of the building is oblong, and it may have been the
cella of a temple. The whole area of the city is covered
with fragments, many of which have been used as the
VOL. I.
See Appendix, Nos. 11 arid 12.
K
RUINS OF BLAUNDUS.
129
A short distance within the walls on the left, amongst a
heap of ruined buildings, are the foundations of a massive
edifice of an oblong shape, immediately below which are
the remains of what may have been a stadium. Somewhat
further in, a little to the right of the axis of the gate, are
the prostrate ruins of a beautiful temple, where fragments
of architraves, friezes, and pediments, with broken shafts
of columns, heaped together in rude confusion, prove a
sudden rather than a gradual overthrow. Amongst them
we found the headless statue of a Roman senator or em-
peror, and several fragments of inscriptions,* some of which
have been imperfectly given by Arundel. We copied
No. 41 from portions of the architraves, and there can be
little doubt that they belonged to the temple, the orna-
ments of which resembled those of the Erechthcum at
Athens, and the temple of Jupiter at Azani.
South of the temple are the remains of a rude Doric
portico with square pilasters, four of which with the archi-
trave were still standing, while others were lying on the
ground near the spots where they once stood. Farther on
is another portico or colonnade of curious oblong columns,
formed by the addition of two half-columns to the opposite
sides of a square pilaster. Six of these were standing, and
the fragments of others were lying on the ground. The
direction of the portico is nearly E. and W., and may mark
the site of a Byzantine church.
Near the southern extremity of the Acropolis arc the
remains of an apparently very ancient building, but the
side-posts of the doors, and window-cases of the two sides,
are alone standing. The spaces between these large blocks
were probably filled up with smaller stones, which have
fallen away, leaving nothing but a gigantic skeleton. The
form of the building is oblong, and it may have been the
cella of a temple. The whole area of the city is covered
with fragments, many of which have been used as the
VOL. I.
See Appendix, Nos. 11 arid 12.
K