. A description of the East, and some other countries . iftances, I could fee thatthere were fix rows, and about twenty pillars in each, which make in alla hundred and twenty; and Paufanias fays, there were a hundred andtwenty pillars of Phrygian marble in that temple, which was built toJupiter Panellenius, and Juno, and to all the gods. The grand gate atE, does not feem to have correfponded to this building, as it is not parallel with the pillars; fo that probably this gate led to the library and gymna-fium adjoining to the temple, in which he fays there were a hundredpillars of Libyan marble
. A description of the East, and some other countries . iftances, I could fee thatthere were fix rows, and about twenty pillars in each, which make in alla hundred and twenty; and Paufanias fays, there were a hundred andtwenty pillars of Phrygian marble in that temple, which was built toJupiter Panellenius, and Juno, and to all the gods. The grand gate atE, does not feem to have correfponded to this building, as it is not parallel with the pillars; fo that probably this gate led to the library and gymna-fium adjoining to the temple, in which he fays there were a hundredpillars of Libyan marble: On two of the pillars there is a wall built withthree paflages in it, one over another, and openings at the fides likewindows and doors, which have made fome imagine, that the palace oAdrian was built oh thofe high pillars, which would indeed have been avery bold work; but this wall appears to be modern, being built, asmay be feen, after part of the entablature was broken down; and theypretend to fay, that fome hermit lived in that airy building. To.
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