. The life of the Greeks and Romans. towhich we owe several still-existing ruins in the Doric these ruins of the Doric order (see Figs. 21, 23, 33), therehas been discovered a small sanctuary which shows a peculiarcombination of the Doric and Ionic styles, and has lately beenreproduced and described at great length as the temple of Empe-dokles, with the restoration of its original colours. On a base ofsteps about 2J feet in height rises the little temple about 15 feethigh and resembling in its design exactly the temple of have the cella (A) and the pronaos (B), with the
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. towhich we owe several still-existing ruins in the Doric these ruins of the Doric order (see Figs. 21, 23, 33), therehas been discovered a small sanctuary which shows a peculiarcombination of the Doric and Ionic styles, and has lately beenreproduced and described at great length as the temple of Empe-dokles, with the restoration of its original colours. On a base ofsteps about 2J feet in height rises the little temple about 15 feethigh and resembling in its design exactly the temple of have the cella (A) and the pronaos (B), with the onlydifference that the columns adorning the latter stand, not betweenthe antse, but protrude beyond them. The columns grow con-siderably slighter upwards, in analogy to the Doric order, butthey have a base and an Ionic capital; their flutings resemblemore the Doric than the Ionic order. The beams also are in theDoric order; on the architrave three layers are indicated bycolours; the frieze has triglyphs and metopa, which were also. THE AMPHIPROSTYLOS. 17 painted ; the pediment shows the form we have met with in thetemple of Themis. The connection of the portico with the cella is brought aboutby a continuation of the architrave from the pillar of the antae tothe column, by means of which the beams and the roof in frontform a strong projection carried by the columns. This is anevident gain for the design of the temple; for in this way boththe portico and the pronaos are increased in size, and the columnnow fulfils much better its task as an independent and room-opening prop. 8. Although the prostjdos marks a progress in the develop*ment of the column-edifice, it cannot be denied that it shows acertain want of symmetry and proportion in its design. Theback part does not correspond with the facade, indeed the strongprojection carried by the columns seems to require a similararrangement on the opposite side of the temple. There is some-thing imperfect in the look of such a temple,
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