Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . Ionic order. Doric. Ionic. Corinthian. Three Orders of Greek Architecture. 144. The graceful Ionic order of architecture had itsorigin in the Greek cities of Ionia in AsiaMinor. The most celebrated example of this order was the temple of Diana at Ephesus, burnt on thebirthnight of Alexander the Great (b, c. 356) by Herostratus,and rebuilt in still more splendid style in the Roman temple was 425 feet long by 220 feet wide. Its wholefounda
Outlines of the world's history, ancient, mediæval, and modern, with special relation to the history of civilization and the progress of mankind .. . Ionic order. Doric. Ionic. Corinthian. Three Orders of Greek Architecture. 144. The graceful Ionic order of architecture had itsorigin in the Greek cities of Ionia in AsiaMinor. The most celebrated example of this order was the temple of Diana at Ephesus, burnt on thebirthnight of Alexander the Great (b, c. 356) by Herostratus,and rebuilt in still more splendid style in the Roman temple was 425 feet long by 220 feet wide. Its wholefoundation has been laid bare by English explorations. 145. The Corinthian was the highest and most richlyornamented of the Grecian orders. The an-cients employed it in temples dedicated to Venus, Flora, and the nymphs of fountains, because theflowers and foliage with which it is adorned seemed well Corinthian. GRECIAN ART. 127 adapted to the delicacy and elegance of such deities. Itdates from the latter part of the 5 th century b. c. 146. The most famous of the Doric temples of Greece isthe Parthenon, —the House of the Virgin, p^^^j^^^^^_dedicate
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