. The life of the Greeks and Romans. r small votiveofferings, were placed on tables, as is shown, for instance, in aterra-cotta reproduction (see Fig. 46). 16. The highest splendour of Greek architecture was shownwhere several temples were placed together in one particular ?Hi f) i ? • nr minium, m*»* mm Fief. 44. TEMPLE-ENCL OS URES. 53 space devoted to the gods. Of such centres of Greek life andreligious worship several are known to us ; as, for instance, thegrove Altis, at Olympia, where an abundance of architecturalmonuments were crowded together, and where the agility andbeauty displayed
. The life of the Greeks and Romans. r small votiveofferings, were placed on tables, as is shown, for instance, in aterra-cotta reproduction (see Fig. 46). 16. The highest splendour of Greek architecture was shownwhere several temples were placed together in one particular ?Hi f) i ? • nr minium, m*»* mm Fief. 44. TEMPLE-ENCL OS URES. 53 space devoted to the gods. Of such centres of Greek life andreligious worship several are known to us ; as, for instance, thegrove Altis, at Olympia, where an abundance of architecturalmonuments were crowded together, and where the agility andbeauty displayed by the youth in the games, celebrated in honourof Zeus, offered plentiful suggestions to the sculptor. At otherplaces competitions in music and poetry were added to the displayof gymnastic skill, which formed the prominent feature ofOlympian festivals. But even where no such games took place,several sanctuaries were frequently built together. At Grirgenti,even at the present day, a row of temples is discoverable on a. height overlooking the sea; at Selinunt there are two groups ofbuildings on two hills, and the remaining three ruins of templesat Paestum seem also to have belonged to a group. The entrances to such holy enclosures were always decoratedwith a splendour corresponding to their sanctity and beauty ; thelargeness and beauty of the entrance-gate, or portal, indeed,seemed to indicate in advance the corresponding importance of theplace. The simplest kind consisted of a gate rising in command-ing dimensions over the wall of the peribolos. Perhaps anentrance-portal of this kind must be recognised in a separate gateof beautiful stone which has been discovered standing erect in 54 PROPYLj£A OF SUNION.
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