A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . r I ^^^föi^ 13^^.^^ i. Fig. 53.— Temple of Ilorus; plan. 232 ^^/^ SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER. edo-e, is a , wherein the birth of Osiris, tlie divine son ofthe hippopotamus goddess Ape, was cele])rated. It was erected byEuergetes II. (169-117 ), and Soter, or Lathyrus, who reignedfrom 117 to 81 The great temple is noteworthy, because theworship of two gods required in it a double construction. Accord-ingly the pillars of the front hall stand in three rows of five foremost row has a scr
A history of all nations from the earliest times; being a universal historical library . r I ^^^föi^ 13^^.^^ i. Fig. 53.— Temple of Ilorus; plan. 232 ^^/^ SUCCESSORS OF ALEXANDER. edo-e, is a , wherein the birth of Osiris, tlie divine son ofthe hippopotamus goddess Ape, was cele])rated. It was erected byEuergetes II. (169-117 ), and Soter, or Lathyrus, who reignedfrom 117 to 81 The great temple is noteworthy, because theworship of two gods required in it a double construction. Accord-ingly the pillars of the front hall stand in three rows of five foremost row has a screen reaching to half the height; and onboth sides of the central hall are doorways, so that the corniceshows two solar disks. In like manner the next hall is supportedby two rows of five columns each. The columns are thirty-sevenfeet high and nineteen feet in circumference. The ceiling ispainted with vultures with outstretched wings on a blue back-ground. The sanctuary also is cut into two rooms. The capitalsof the colunnis are decorated with a system of small volutes,quite customary in the buildings of
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