. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. OR LOWER PART 01 SCLH iul::.. _ 1 I ^rX FROM THE TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS. The most to the right is Mercury, as is evident from his holding the caduceus. That to the left is Victciry. But the character of the personage in the centre has not been BASE OK A COLUMN FROM THE TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS To/Me Vol. i. /. 324 Chap. XIII.] DESCItlPTION OF EPIIESUS. [ r>4j 325 In the centre of the court or hall isthe va6<;, or shrine, containing the imageof the goddess. We enter, and the roof,which is of cedar,^ is supported by a row,o
. The life and Epistles of St. Paul. OR LOWER PART 01 SCLH iul::.. _ 1 I ^rX FROM THE TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS. The most to the right is Mercury, as is evident from his holding the caduceus. That to the left is Victciry. But the character of the personage in the centre has not been BASE OK A COLUMN FROM THE TEMPLE OF DIANA AT EPHESUS To/Me Vol. i. /. 324 Chap. XIII.] DESCItlPTION OF EPIIESUS. [ r>4j 325 In the centre of the court or hall isthe va6<;, or shrine, containing the imageof the goddess. We enter, and the roof,which is of cedar,^ is supported by a row,on each side of four columns, of greenjasper. Against the walls hang the votiveofferings of the vrorshippers of the god-dess : some the gorgeous presents of kingsand princes, and one the humble psalteryof Alexander the musician of front of us is the altar, rich with thecarvings of Praxiteles,^ and beyond ithangs from the ceiling the purple em-broidered veil screening the image thatall the world worshippeth. The veil israised, and we look on the goddess this be Diana, the great goddess ofthe Ephesians ?—a wooden image so time-worn that whether the material be vine,or cedar, or ebony,* the nearest exami-nation cannot discover. In either hand is astaff or trident (see fig. 1
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