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ARCHITECTURE OF THE ARGIVE IIERAEUM
with lead. The epistyle hlock also has hut five guttae under the regula. The face of
the cornice is plain and may have been covered with terra-cotta like that of the Treasury
of Gela at Olympia, since a nail-hole is seen on one of the cornice stones.
The soffits of the cornice hear evidences of red paint. The cynia may have been as
on Plate XXIIL, D.
The southern outlook over the plain from the site is so beautiful that one might expect
Fig. 68. — Argive Hekaeum : View looking west fkom the Northwest Building (VIII).
The men are excavating the Roman Building (IX).
an open colonnade on this side, but the existing walls evidently did not support columns.
In order to harmonize the idea of a Avail with a colonnade, I have made a sketch as a
suggestion in Fig. GG.
THE NORTHWEST BUILDING.
In the Northwest Building (VIII) there is still less to guide one in attempting a
restoration (cf. Fig. 67, and Plate XXVII.). The rough walls are built over lime-
stone bases, which indicate an earlier Stoa. It is possible also that this may have been
the site of an ancient Propylaeum. I think the capital P, Fig. 51, shown again in Fig.
52, F, may have belonged to the late building on this site.
THE ROMAN BUILDING.
The remains of the Roman Building (IX) (Plates XXVIII. and XXIX., and Fig.
68), are somewhat confused, but the construction of the floor is interesting. An earlier
Greek structure had occupied the eastern part of this site, the remains of which are a
finely cut limestone wall, door-sill,poros stone foundation, and a fragment of mosaic, floor,
f
ARCHITECTURE OF THE ARGIVE IIERAEUM
with lead. The epistyle hlock also has hut five guttae under the regula. The face of
the cornice is plain and may have been covered with terra-cotta like that of the Treasury
of Gela at Olympia, since a nail-hole is seen on one of the cornice stones.
The soffits of the cornice hear evidences of red paint. The cynia may have been as
on Plate XXIIL, D.
The southern outlook over the plain from the site is so beautiful that one might expect
Fig. 68. — Argive Hekaeum : View looking west fkom the Northwest Building (VIII).
The men are excavating the Roman Building (IX).
an open colonnade on this side, but the existing walls evidently did not support columns.
In order to harmonize the idea of a Avail with a colonnade, I have made a sketch as a
suggestion in Fig. GG.
THE NORTHWEST BUILDING.
In the Northwest Building (VIII) there is still less to guide one in attempting a
restoration (cf. Fig. 67, and Plate XXVII.). The rough walls are built over lime-
stone bases, which indicate an earlier Stoa. It is possible also that this may have been
the site of an ancient Propylaeum. I think the capital P, Fig. 51, shown again in Fig.
52, F, may have belonged to the late building on this site.
THE ROMAN BUILDING.
The remains of the Roman Building (IX) (Plates XXVIII. and XXIX., and Fig.
68), are somewhat confused, but the construction of the floor is interesting. An earlier
Greek structure had occupied the eastern part of this site, the remains of which are a
finely cut limestone wall, door-sill,poros stone foundation, and a fragment of mosaic, floor,
f