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CHAPTER XVIII.
SUPPOSED TEMPLE OP VENUS, GYMNASIUM, ETC.
Corinthian Temple, supposed by Leake to be that of Venus;
Lucian's description of the temenos round that Temple ; Leake s
arguments considered ; the platform does not correspond with
Lucian's description ; fruitless excavation on the site ; inscrip-
tion published by Hamilton ; discovery of a building similar in
plan to the Temple of the Muses; tessellated pavement ; in-
scription on base of term of Hermes ; his association with
Aphrodite ; discovery of late sculptures ; modius ; its capacity ;
terracottas ; green glazed ware ; stucco ; reasons for considering
the building a Gymnasium ; excavation of adjacent Roman
building ; Ionic portico discovered by Dilettanti Society ; its
inferiority in style to the Mausoleum ; excavations on this site ;
small Roman building above encampment; dedication to Theo-
pompus by people of Julia Laodicaja ; inscription to the physician
Hekatoeus; remains of sculpture on this site. Large building
nea.r Agora. Doric building ; dedication by a Demiourgos.
It lias been already stated, ante, p. 367, that in
the centre of a very conspicuous and extensive
platform overlooking the harbour are the ruins of
a small Corinthian temple, of which a restoration
is given in the Dilettanti volume, Plates IV.—• X.,
and which, as it has been supposed by Colonel
Leake, once contained tbe celebrated statue of
Venus by Praxiteles. If we arc to regard the
well-known description by Lucian as literally true,
the temple in which this statue stood was very
CHAPTER XVIII.
SUPPOSED TEMPLE OP VENUS, GYMNASIUM, ETC.
Corinthian Temple, supposed by Leake to be that of Venus;
Lucian's description of the temenos round that Temple ; Leake s
arguments considered ; the platform does not correspond with
Lucian's description ; fruitless excavation on the site ; inscrip-
tion published by Hamilton ; discovery of a building similar in
plan to the Temple of the Muses; tessellated pavement ; in-
scription on base of term of Hermes ; his association with
Aphrodite ; discovery of late sculptures ; modius ; its capacity ;
terracottas ; green glazed ware ; stucco ; reasons for considering
the building a Gymnasium ; excavation of adjacent Roman
building ; Ionic portico discovered by Dilettanti Society ; its
inferiority in style to the Mausoleum ; excavations on this site ;
small Roman building above encampment; dedication to Theo-
pompus by people of Julia Laodicaja ; inscription to the physician
Hekatoeus; remains of sculpture on this site. Large building
nea.r Agora. Doric building ; dedication by a Demiourgos.
It lias been already stated, ante, p. 367, that in
the centre of a very conspicuous and extensive
platform overlooking the harbour are the ruins of
a small Corinthian temple, of which a restoration
is given in the Dilettanti volume, Plates IV.—• X.,
and which, as it has been supposed by Colonel
Leake, once contained tbe celebrated statue of
Venus by Praxiteles. If we arc to regard the
well-known description by Lucian as literally true,
the temple in which this statue stood was very