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10 DESCRIPTION OF PLATES.
vated by the channel on the outside, and probably by hooks on the other. Fig. 5. exhibits the
channels, and the passing of the rope under the soffit of stone. Fig. C. Profile of the base of co-
lumns. Fig. 7. Various mouldings. Fig. 8. Stone of the tympanum, with a portion of the bas-relief
upon it. Fig. 10. shews the channels in two different directions. Fig. 11. Fragment of a fascia and
enriched ovolo, supposed to be the cill of the windows. Fig. 12. Portion of the abacus. Fig. 13.
Half of the echinus, shewing the method of elevating the same. Fig. 14. Construction of the cap.
Fig. 15. Fragment of the angular cap.
PLATE IX.
To the right of the gate from the Emporium to the city, are seen the ruins of the Temple of Hercules,
which Cicero informs us was also near the Forum: one column only remains in its original position:
from the scattered fragments, however, sufficient admeasurements have been obtained to restore the
order, and to give a probable conjecture of the entire plan of the edifice. The order was characteristic
and very beautiful, and larger1 than any of the other temples of Agrigentum, excepting that of Jupiter
Olympius. In this temple was a bronze statue of Hercules of great celebrity, the mouth and chin of
which were worn away by the kisses of its votaries. Verres, desiring to possess it, attempted to
carry it off by night; but the accomplishment of this project was prevented by the citizens, who rose
in arms to protect the temple. Here also was deposited a famous picture by Zeuxis, in which the
infant Hercules strangles two serpents sent by Juno, in the presence of his father and mother Alcmena
and Amphitryon, a work of art, which the painter considering beyond all price, presented as a gift to
the city of Agrigentum.
a The order was nearly as large as that of the Parthenon, being strength of the material. It may here be remarked, that in some
only 1 -2 less than the latter. In the epistylia the forfices are of the other Temples of Agrigentum, the forfices were used, as
discovered, the stones being of a dimension proportioned to the well as the method described above.
vated by the channel on the outside, and probably by hooks on the other. Fig. 5. exhibits the
channels, and the passing of the rope under the soffit of stone. Fig. C. Profile of the base of co-
lumns. Fig. 7. Various mouldings. Fig. 8. Stone of the tympanum, with a portion of the bas-relief
upon it. Fig. 10. shews the channels in two different directions. Fig. 11. Fragment of a fascia and
enriched ovolo, supposed to be the cill of the windows. Fig. 12. Portion of the abacus. Fig. 13.
Half of the echinus, shewing the method of elevating the same. Fig. 14. Construction of the cap.
Fig. 15. Fragment of the angular cap.
PLATE IX.
To the right of the gate from the Emporium to the city, are seen the ruins of the Temple of Hercules,
which Cicero informs us was also near the Forum: one column only remains in its original position:
from the scattered fragments, however, sufficient admeasurements have been obtained to restore the
order, and to give a probable conjecture of the entire plan of the edifice. The order was characteristic
and very beautiful, and larger1 than any of the other temples of Agrigentum, excepting that of Jupiter
Olympius. In this temple was a bronze statue of Hercules of great celebrity, the mouth and chin of
which were worn away by the kisses of its votaries. Verres, desiring to possess it, attempted to
carry it off by night; but the accomplishment of this project was prevented by the citizens, who rose
in arms to protect the temple. Here also was deposited a famous picture by Zeuxis, in which the
infant Hercules strangles two serpents sent by Juno, in the presence of his father and mother Alcmena
and Amphitryon, a work of art, which the painter considering beyond all price, presented as a gift to
the city of Agrigentum.
a The order was nearly as large as that of the Parthenon, being strength of the material. It may here be remarked, that in some
only 1 -2 less than the latter. In the epistylia the forfices are of the other Temples of Agrigentum, the forfices were used, as
discovered, the stones being of a dimension proportioned to the well as the method described above.