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CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
had no such scruples in the case of Alexander (see the
inscribed pilaster in the Hall of Inscriptions, No. 1129).
The temple was probably finished towards the end of
the 4th century b.c., and continued in use till the decline
of paganism. An inscription of 161 a.d. (Greek Inscriptions
in the Brit. Mus., No. 482) shows that at that date the
worship of the goddess was already beginning to lose its
influence. Finally, the temple is said to have been burnt
by the Goths in the reign of Gallienus (260-268 a.d.
Treb. Pollio, Hist. Aug. Script., Gall, duo c. 6; Jornandes,
de Getarum Bebus gestis xx.; cf. Falkener, Ejohesus,
p. 344).
In modern times all trace of the temple was lost, and
numerous travellers mistook the ruins of the Gymnasium
for those of the temple. A systematic search for the site
was begun by the late J. T. Wood, on behalf of tho
Trustees of the British Museum, in 1863. The site was
discovered in 1869 by the aid of the topographical details
contained in the great inscription of Salutaris (exhibited
in the Hall of Inscriptions, No. 481), and the floor of the
temple was found to be buried under 20 feet of soil,
brought down by the Eiver Cayster and its tributary
mountain torrents. The excavations were continued on
the site, which is the property of the Trustees of the
British Museum, in successive seasons till 1874.
The extant remains of the temple are so fragmentary,
and in some respects so peculiar, that the restoration is
largely conjectural. The only ancient authorities of
value are (1) the coins, showing a facade of eight columns,
sculptured near the bases; (2) the account of Pliny:*
* A. XXXVI., 95 : ' Universo templo longitudo est ccccxxv pedum,
latitude- ccxv, columnae cxxvii a singulis regibus factae lx pedum
altitudine, ex is xxxvi caelatae, una a Scopa. operi piaefuit Chorsiphron
architectus' (Detlefsen). The readings, however, of the numbers given
above cannot be accepted with complete confidence, and the clause una a
CATALOGUE OF SCULPTURE.
had no such scruples in the case of Alexander (see the
inscribed pilaster in the Hall of Inscriptions, No. 1129).
The temple was probably finished towards the end of
the 4th century b.c., and continued in use till the decline
of paganism. An inscription of 161 a.d. (Greek Inscriptions
in the Brit. Mus., No. 482) shows that at that date the
worship of the goddess was already beginning to lose its
influence. Finally, the temple is said to have been burnt
by the Goths in the reign of Gallienus (260-268 a.d.
Treb. Pollio, Hist. Aug. Script., Gall, duo c. 6; Jornandes,
de Getarum Bebus gestis xx.; cf. Falkener, Ejohesus,
p. 344).
In modern times all trace of the temple was lost, and
numerous travellers mistook the ruins of the Gymnasium
for those of the temple. A systematic search for the site
was begun by the late J. T. Wood, on behalf of tho
Trustees of the British Museum, in 1863. The site was
discovered in 1869 by the aid of the topographical details
contained in the great inscription of Salutaris (exhibited
in the Hall of Inscriptions, No. 481), and the floor of the
temple was found to be buried under 20 feet of soil,
brought down by the Eiver Cayster and its tributary
mountain torrents. The excavations were continued on
the site, which is the property of the Trustees of the
British Museum, in successive seasons till 1874.
The extant remains of the temple are so fragmentary,
and in some respects so peculiar, that the restoration is
largely conjectural. The only ancient authorities of
value are (1) the coins, showing a facade of eight columns,
sculptured near the bases; (2) the account of Pliny:*
* A. XXXVI., 95 : ' Universo templo longitudo est ccccxxv pedum,
latitude- ccxv, columnae cxxvii a singulis regibus factae lx pedum
altitudine, ex is xxxvi caelatae, una a Scopa. operi piaefuit Chorsiphron
architectus' (Detlefsen). The readings, however, of the numbers given
above cannot be accepted with complete confidence, and the clause una a