. The life of the Greeks and Romans. d 321 are pictures taken from Athenianlekythoi. The former represents a stele adorned at the top with ameandering ornamentation andcrowned by a capital of colouredacanthus-leaves. A blue tainia hasbeen wound round the stele. Oneither side a woman is approach-ing. She to the right of the spec-tator carries a large flat dish, onwhich stands a lekythos, with atainia laid round it. The figureon the left carries a similar dishin her left hand, while her right hand holds a large flat basket, destined most likely for carryingflowers and cakes. The second picture,
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. d 321 are pictures taken from Athenianlekythoi. The former represents a stele adorned at the top with ameandering ornamentation andcrowned by a capital of colouredacanthus-leaves. A blue tainia hasbeen wound round the stele. Oneither side a woman is approach-ing. She to the right of the spec-tator carries a large flat dish, onwhich stands a lekythos, with atainia laid round it. The figureon the left carries a similar dishin her left hand, while her right hand holds a large flat basket, destined most likely for carryingflowers and cakes. The second picture, only partially repro-duced here (Fig. 321), represents the adorning of the crown of ivy and a lekythos containing the sacred oil are seenon the steps of the simple stele, round which a woman is employedin tying red tainiai, with lekythoi attached to them. Fig. 322shows Hermes Psychopompos gently leading a female shade tothe boat of Charon, on her way to the thrones of Hades andPersephone, where stern judgment awaits Fisr. 322, THE ROMANS. THE ROMANS. 61. The design of the Greek temple, in its highest perfection,was, as we have seen, a gradual development of the dwelling-house. This simple, necessary, and logical growth of artisticperfection would be looked for in vain in Roman sacred architec-ture. The numerous indigenous and foreign elements observablein the general development of that nation have produced avariety of forms in their sacred edifices which makes themethodical evolution of a purely artistic principle, like that ofGreek architecture, impossible. It is true that all the forms ofthe Greek temple described by us also occur among the Romans ;at the same time essential differences occur, owing to the above-mentioned mixture of indigenous and Greek elements in thenational life of the Romans. In speaking of the architecture ofthe Roman temple we therefore shall have to consider threepoints—viz., firstly, the requirements of the original Italianreligio
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