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THE DORIC TEMPLE 131
chapel of the Macellum. The reason why he was honored with
more than one statue is clear from the inscription before us : he
was patron of the colony.
The surface of the Forum Triangulare was considerably higher
than the top of the city wall (K) south of the barracks of the
Gladiators. It seems likely that a flight of steps led down to
the wall between the barracks and the long colonnade, as seen in
Weichardt’s restoration (Plate III). This explanation accounts
for the existence of certain remains of walls (L on the plan),
the purpose of which is otherwise obscure.
.Of the ancient Doric temple but little remains : only the foun-
dation, which was high for a Greek temple, with a flight of steps
in front; two stumps of columns and traces of a third; four cap-
itals, and portions of the right wall of the cella. The plan of
the cella, however, has been traced by means of excavations.
The foundation, unlike the podiums of the other temples at
Pompeii, was built up in a series of broad, high steps. The
number of the columns, eleven on the
sides and seven in front, as in the tem-
ple of Zeus at Agrigentum, has been
calculated from the distances between
the stumps. Of those in front two
were opposite the corners of the cella,
where the edges of the flight of steps
come to the stylobate (P'ig. 57). Only
a narrow space was needed between the
walls of the cella and the surrounding
columns, but in order to make the out-
ward appearance more imposing the col-
umns were set as far out as they would
have been if a second series had been
them and the cella; according to the classification of Vitruvius
the temple was a pseudodipteral. On account of the interval
thus afforded between the entrance of the cella and the col-
umns in front (a little over sixteen feet), it was thought proper
to leave the number of columns uneven, so that one stood over
against the middle of the doorway.
4
Fig. 57.— Plan of the Doric
temple in the Forum Trian-
gulare.
1. Colonnade.
2. Outer chamber of cella.
3. Inner chamber of cella.
4. Semicircular bench, with sundial.
5. Sepulchral enclosure.
6. Altars.
7. Well house.
placed within, between
chapel of the Macellum. The reason why he was honored with
more than one statue is clear from the inscription before us : he
was patron of the colony.
The surface of the Forum Triangulare was considerably higher
than the top of the city wall (K) south of the barracks of the
Gladiators. It seems likely that a flight of steps led down to
the wall between the barracks and the long colonnade, as seen in
Weichardt’s restoration (Plate III). This explanation accounts
for the existence of certain remains of walls (L on the plan),
the purpose of which is otherwise obscure.
.Of the ancient Doric temple but little remains : only the foun-
dation, which was high for a Greek temple, with a flight of steps
in front; two stumps of columns and traces of a third; four cap-
itals, and portions of the right wall of the cella. The plan of
the cella, however, has been traced by means of excavations.
The foundation, unlike the podiums of the other temples at
Pompeii, was built up in a series of broad, high steps. The
number of the columns, eleven on the
sides and seven in front, as in the tem-
ple of Zeus at Agrigentum, has been
calculated from the distances between
the stumps. Of those in front two
were opposite the corners of the cella,
where the edges of the flight of steps
come to the stylobate (P'ig. 57). Only
a narrow space was needed between the
walls of the cella and the surrounding
columns, but in order to make the out-
ward appearance more imposing the col-
umns were set as far out as they would
have been if a second series had been
them and the cella; according to the classification of Vitruvius
the temple was a pseudodipteral. On account of the interval
thus afforded between the entrance of the cella and the col-
umns in front (a little over sixteen feet), it was thought proper
to leave the number of columns uneven, so that one stood over
against the middle of the doorway.
4
Fig. 57.— Plan of the Doric
temple in the Forum Trian-
gulare.
1. Colonnade.
2. Outer chamber of cella.
3. Inner chamber of cella.
4. Semicircular bench, with sundial.
5. Sepulchral enclosure.
6. Altars.
7. Well house.
placed within, between