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EXCAVATIONS 0~S SEVERAL SITES—BTJDRITM. 317
it is singled out by Vitruvius, was evidently one of
the principal features in the ancient city; while,
on the other hand, the platform where I have
placed the Temple of Mars is the only spot in the
whole range of the northern heights where I could
discover any trace of the site of a temple, and the
Ionic temple which stood here must have overlooked
the Mausoleum precisely in the manner 'implied by
the words of Vitruvius.
It appears from this author that the Temple of
Mars eontained an acrolithic statue, executed by
Leochares, one of the artists employed by Artemisia
to decorate the tomb of her husband. Others attri-
buted this work to Timotheus.0
This statement agrees with the fact already
mentioned, that the fragments of architecture dis-
covered in the excavation on the platform were in
the same style as those of the Mausoleum. It is,
therefore, probable that this temple was built by
Mausolus or by Artemisia.
The owner of part of the platform, a Turk,
seventy years of age, informed me that he had heard
his father speak of a large edifice with columns, as
standing here within this century. It is said that this
was destroyed, and the marble exported to Rhodes.
Another Turk, owner of the eastern part of the
platform, informed me that two statues had been
found in his field during the lifetime of his father.
The massive wall still surrounding this platform
c Vitruv. ii. 8, § 11. Brunn, Geschichte d. Kuenstler, i. p. 388,
conjectures that these two artists were probably employed con-
jointly on this statue, as in the case of the Mausoleum.
it is singled out by Vitruvius, was evidently one of
the principal features in the ancient city; while,
on the other hand, the platform where I have
placed the Temple of Mars is the only spot in the
whole range of the northern heights where I could
discover any trace of the site of a temple, and the
Ionic temple which stood here must have overlooked
the Mausoleum precisely in the manner 'implied by
the words of Vitruvius.
It appears from this author that the Temple of
Mars eontained an acrolithic statue, executed by
Leochares, one of the artists employed by Artemisia
to decorate the tomb of her husband. Others attri-
buted this work to Timotheus.0
This statement agrees with the fact already
mentioned, that the fragments of architecture dis-
covered in the excavation on the platform were in
the same style as those of the Mausoleum. It is,
therefore, probable that this temple was built by
Mausolus or by Artemisia.
The owner of part of the platform, a Turk,
seventy years of age, informed me that he had heard
his father speak of a large edifice with columns, as
standing here within this century. It is said that this
was destroyed, and the marble exported to Rhodes.
Another Turk, owner of the eastern part of the
platform, informed me that two statues had been
found in his field during the lifetime of his father.
The massive wall still surrounding this platform
c Vitruv. ii. 8, § 11. Brunn, Geschichte d. Kuenstler, i. p. 388,
conjectures that these two artists were probably employed con-
jointly on this statue, as in the case of the Mausoleum.