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EXPLORATION OF CYRENE. 221
The sites examined were :—
1. The Temple op Apollo, a Doric building, of which
the plan was unfortunately lost, near the fountain of
Apollo. It was identified by two inscriptions dedicating
a tithe to Apollo, found on or near the site. Besides the
sculptures (Nos. 1380-1402) it gave the admirable bronze
portrait head of an African, exhibited in the Bronze Boom
(Oat. of Bronzes, No. 268).
2. The Temple of Aphrodite, a small building, with cella
and pronaos, but without a peristyle. The temple was
named from the number of statuettes or fragments of
statuettes of the goddess that it contained. (See below,
Nos. 1414-1462).
3. A building called by the explorers (p. 76)a 'palace,'
but perhaps rather an Augusteum. It is described as a
large building consisting of several rooms, some of which
had their walls and floors veneered with thin slabs of
marble. The sculptures obtained from it were principally
imperial portraits. (See below, Nos. 1463-9.)
4. The ' Large Temple near the Stadium,' an octastyle
Doric temple of considerable size, measuring 169i by 58
feet, and having an internal Corinthian colonnade. ' In-
numerable fragments, evidently of excellent style,' were
discovered, but all badly broken. The head (No. 1470) was
almost the only object considered worthy of preservation,
and nothing was found to indicate the original destination
of the temple.
5. The ' Small Temple near the Stadium ' consisted of
a cella and pronaos, measuring together 93 feet by 62 feet,
built on the top of a ' small rocky eminence.' It was sur-
rounded by a Doric (?) peristyle, the stylobate of which
was on a lower level than the floor of the cella, the summit
of the hill being cut away in terraces. It has been
The sites examined were :—
1. The Temple op Apollo, a Doric building, of which
the plan was unfortunately lost, near the fountain of
Apollo. It was identified by two inscriptions dedicating
a tithe to Apollo, found on or near the site. Besides the
sculptures (Nos. 1380-1402) it gave the admirable bronze
portrait head of an African, exhibited in the Bronze Boom
(Oat. of Bronzes, No. 268).
2. The Temple of Aphrodite, a small building, with cella
and pronaos, but without a peristyle. The temple was
named from the number of statuettes or fragments of
statuettes of the goddess that it contained. (See below,
Nos. 1414-1462).
3. A building called by the explorers (p. 76)a 'palace,'
but perhaps rather an Augusteum. It is described as a
large building consisting of several rooms, some of which
had their walls and floors veneered with thin slabs of
marble. The sculptures obtained from it were principally
imperial portraits. (See below, Nos. 1463-9.)
4. The ' Large Temple near the Stadium,' an octastyle
Doric temple of considerable size, measuring 169i by 58
feet, and having an internal Corinthian colonnade. ' In-
numerable fragments, evidently of excellent style,' were
discovered, but all badly broken. The head (No. 1470) was
almost the only object considered worthy of preservation,
and nothing was found to indicate the original destination
of the temple.
5. The ' Small Temple near the Stadium ' consisted of
a cella and pronaos, measuring together 93 feet by 62 feet,
built on the top of a ' small rocky eminence.' It was sur-
rounded by a Doric (?) peristyle, the stylobate of which
was on a lower level than the floor of the cella, the summit
of the hill being cut away in terraces. It has been