. The life of the Greeks and Romans. e the walls of Psophis,in Arkadia (Fig. 55). A similararrangement appears in a toweron the wall of Panopeus (), and still more distinctly theregular freestone style is shownin the wall of Chaeronea, inBceotia, which, moreover, has thepeculiarity of not being perpendicular, but of showing a decidedtalus. (Compare the walls of OEniadae, Figs. 64 and 69.) The use of regular freestone afterwards became generalamongst the Greeks. Not only the walls of temples, but also thoseof later cities were erected in this way,as is shown, for instance, by the well-pre

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. The life of the Greeks and Romans. e the walls of Psophis,in Arkadia (Fig. 55). A similararrangement appears in a toweron the wall of Panopeus (), and still more distinctly theregular freestone style is shownin the wall of Chaeronea, inBceotia, which, moreover, has thepeculiarity of not being perpendicular, but of showing a decidedtalus. (Compare the walls of OEniadae, Figs. 64 and 69.) The use of regular freestone afterwards became generalamongst the Greeks. Not only the walls of temples, but also thoseof later cities were erected in this way,as is shown, for instance, by the well-preserved walls of Messene (built ), of which we shall give illustra-tions. As the most solid and, at thesame time, most artistic walls, those arementioned by means of which theAthenians had joined the Piraeus har-bour to their city. Unfortunately onlyfew remnants, consisting of single largeblocks of stone, are preserved. Fig. 57 (scale = 100 yards) shows the plan of theTiryns, which may serve as a specimen of these Fig. 55. Mm

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