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THE APPARENT PROPORTIONS.
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CHAPTER V.
THE TEMPLE OF THESEUS.
The Temple of Theseus, b.c. 470, although of an earlier date than the Parthenon, is not less
harmonious in the first general proportions, or in the optical refinements and corrections
existing in the design.
We find the same calculated " additions and diminutions" in the heights' of the
Columns and of the Entablature, Steps, etc., the same delicate convex curvature in the
horizontal fines, the same slight increase in the diameter of the angle Columns, the same
beauty in the designing of the mouldings, in the tracing and colouring of the ornaments, and
in the general execution of the design, as in the Parthenon and in the Propylsea.
Like the Parthenon, the Temple of Theseus is built upon the highest point of a rocky
summit, and the level platform for the marble steps is formed partly by the natural rock, and
partly by Piraic stone foundations; but in the case of the Parthenon the original roads, levels,
73
CHAPTER V.
THE TEMPLE OF THESEUS.
The Temple of Theseus, b.c. 470, although of an earlier date than the Parthenon, is not less
harmonious in the first general proportions, or in the optical refinements and corrections
existing in the design.
We find the same calculated " additions and diminutions" in the heights' of the
Columns and of the Entablature, Steps, etc., the same delicate convex curvature in the
horizontal fines, the same slight increase in the diameter of the angle Columns, the same
beauty in the designing of the mouldings, in the tracing and colouring of the ornaments, and
in the general execution of the design, as in the Parthenon and in the Propylsea.
Like the Parthenon, the Temple of Theseus is built upon the highest point of a rocky
summit, and the level platform for the marble steps is formed partly by the natural rock, and
partly by Piraic stone foundations; but in the case of the Parthenon the original roads, levels,