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THE ERECHTHEION
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES
PLATE I. ELEVATION OF THE WESTERN FRONT OF THE TEMPLE, AS IT
REMAINED IN 1819.
The two capitals of the semi-columns nearest the portico of statues, have the lower additional
tendrils under the ornaments of the necking in a separate small slip of marble each ; in the other
two semi-columns the ornaments resembling eggs, over the necking, are a separate slip of marble
each. The parts unfinished on this front are : the base of one of the semi-columns, and the base
between the intercolumniation, the capital of the antas behind the statues, the ornaments apparendy
intended on the epistylium over the statues, the ornaments resembling eggs under the feet of the
statues, in part uncarved, and the upper torus of the same pedestal has only the under flute
worked, and some part of the masonry of the antee at the angle is unfinished, and the podium
under the columns is also not finished on the surface.
The beautiful columns of the northern portico are 2.9.22 at their largest diameter, and 25.0.4 in
total height, including base and capital: the dotted lines at the antae are perpendicular, from which
their diminution is measured. The two small pieces attached to the egg ornaments above the
corona of the same portico form a part of the inclined corona of the pediments, and have carved
on the front the termination of the egg enrichment on the horizontal corona.
Thisbe is celebrated in the Iliad for its doves, by which that town is still known; and Athens
similarly celebrated for the owl, still retains a most beautiful variety of that bird, perching about
the roofs and chimnies of the modern houses, and among the ancient walls and ruins. One
usually took its station even within this temple on the modern masonry between the windows,
where represented in the drawing.
THE ERECHTHEION
DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES
PLATE I. ELEVATION OF THE WESTERN FRONT OF THE TEMPLE, AS IT
REMAINED IN 1819.
The two capitals of the semi-columns nearest the portico of statues, have the lower additional
tendrils under the ornaments of the necking in a separate small slip of marble each ; in the other
two semi-columns the ornaments resembling eggs, over the necking, are a separate slip of marble
each. The parts unfinished on this front are : the base of one of the semi-columns, and the base
between the intercolumniation, the capital of the antas behind the statues, the ornaments apparendy
intended on the epistylium over the statues, the ornaments resembling eggs under the feet of the
statues, in part uncarved, and the upper torus of the same pedestal has only the under flute
worked, and some part of the masonry of the antee at the angle is unfinished, and the podium
under the columns is also not finished on the surface.
The beautiful columns of the northern portico are 2.9.22 at their largest diameter, and 25.0.4 in
total height, including base and capital: the dotted lines at the antae are perpendicular, from which
their diminution is measured. The two small pieces attached to the egg ornaments above the
corona of the same portico form a part of the inclined corona of the pediments, and have carved
on the front the termination of the egg enrichment on the horizontal corona.
Thisbe is celebrated in the Iliad for its doves, by which that town is still known; and Athens
similarly celebrated for the owl, still retains a most beautiful variety of that bird, perching about
the roofs and chimnies of the modern houses, and among the ancient walls and ruins. One
usually took its station even within this temple on the modern masonry between the windows,
where represented in the drawing.