. The life of the Greeks and Romans. own by atomb at Kyrene, the facade of which,contrary to rule, contains two doorsadjoining each other (see Fig. 147). The most perfect specimen of thisstyle has been made known by theresearches of Fellows near Xanthosin Lykia. It is ina state of almostcomplete destruc-tion, but from thewell-preserved baseand from a numberof ruins and redis-covered sculpturesthe plan of thewhole may be con-jectured with tolerable certainty. A model, as well as the remainsof it, is in the British Museum, in which to each of the singlefragments its supposed original position ha
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. own by atomb at Kyrene, the facade of which,contrary to rule, contains two doorsadjoining each other (see Fig. 147). The most perfect specimen of thisstyle has been made known by theresearches of Fellows near Xanthosin Lykia. It is ina state of almostcomplete destruc-tion, but from thewell-preserved baseand from a numberof ruins and redis-covered sculpturesthe plan of thewhole may be con-jectured with tolerable certainty. A model, as well as the remainsof it, is in the British Museum, in which to each of the singlefragments its supposed original position has been reconstruction, differing from the above, has beenattempted by Falkener, from which we have borrowed theplan (Fig. 148) and the perspective view (Fig. 149). Accord-ing to Falkeners conjectures, the monument consisted of abase 10*25 metres in length, 6*90 metres in width, and of almostthe same height, adorned with two surrounding stripes of battle-scenes in relief, besides an elegant cornice. On this base rose. Fig. 147. 102 MAUSOLEUM AT HALIKARNASSOS. an Ionic peripteros, the peristyles of which had four columnson each of the smaller, and six columns on each of thelonger sides; the cella shows on each side two columns in richly decorated door leads from the pronaos (a) (to whichcorresponds the posticum (b) on the other side) into the roomycella (c). The frieze and the pediment were adorned with reliefs ;on the points of the gables stood statues, as also in the interstices between the rich Ionic widely spread use of suchmonuments is shown by a beau-tiful structure found at Cirta,on the north coast of Africa (theConstantine of the present day),and said to be the grave ofKing Micipsa, who founded aGreek colony in this place. Asquare structure rises on a baseof steps (as in the grave ofTheron, at Agrigentum) ; thereis a door on each side, worked inrelief. On the top of this struc-ture stands a small Doric temple,also square in shape, and
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