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is only a little to the south of the Doric colonnade,
I think it possible that this may he part of the
stoa dedicated to Apollo and King Ptolemy.
The date of this colonnade would thus be from
300 to 200 B.C. It may he thought that its
architecture presents rather the characteristics of
the Roman than of the Macedonian period; hut,
so far as. we can judge from the very few extant
examples which remain to us, it seems probable
that, in the first century after the death of Alex-
ander the Great, Greek architecture underwent a
rapid decline. This we see from comparing the
Doric stoa erected by Philip V. of Macedon at
Delos with the earlier and purer examples of the
same order at Athens and elsewhere."
A little to the east of the Doric portico is a
platform on which are the ruins of a Byzantine
monastery, called Hagia Marina (Plate XLVIIL).
This, from its central position, was considered by
Captain Spratt to be the site of the Mausoleum;
but excavations on the spot led me to suppose that
a Gymnasium might have stood here. Immediately
to the south of it is a field called after the name of
its owner, the field of Chiaoux. It will be subse-
quently shown that a temple of Demeter and Per-
sephone probably stood on this site.
The tombs of the ancient city extend over a
considerable space both within and without the
walls. It has been already stated that the conical
n See Fergusson, "History of Architecture," i. p. 268. For
an engraving of tlie stoa of Philip at Delos, see Stuart's Athens,
London, 1827, iii. p. 126, Plates LI. LIV.
is only a little to the south of the Doric colonnade,
I think it possible that this may he part of the
stoa dedicated to Apollo and King Ptolemy.
The date of this colonnade would thus be from
300 to 200 B.C. It may he thought that its
architecture presents rather the characteristics of
the Roman than of the Macedonian period; hut,
so far as. we can judge from the very few extant
examples which remain to us, it seems probable
that, in the first century after the death of Alex-
ander the Great, Greek architecture underwent a
rapid decline. This we see from comparing the
Doric stoa erected by Philip V. of Macedon at
Delos with the earlier and purer examples of the
same order at Athens and elsewhere."
A little to the east of the Doric portico is a
platform on which are the ruins of a Byzantine
monastery, called Hagia Marina (Plate XLVIIL).
This, from its central position, was considered by
Captain Spratt to be the site of the Mausoleum;
but excavations on the spot led me to suppose that
a Gymnasium might have stood here. Immediately
to the south of it is a field called after the name of
its owner, the field of Chiaoux. It will be subse-
quently shown that a temple of Demeter and Per-
sephone probably stood on this site.
The tombs of the ancient city extend over a
considerable space both within and without the
walls. It has been already stated that the conical
n See Fergusson, "History of Architecture," i. p. 268. For
an engraving of tlie stoa of Philip at Delos, see Stuart's Athens,
London, 1827, iii. p. 126, Plates LI. LIV.