Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . ed; aswell as unworked marble, ready, with chisels andother necessary tools for carving it. 48 Are lower apartments. 49 Behind the theatre was a cistern, and tower. 252 POMPEIANA. PLATE LXIV. View of the entrance, or propylea, to the area of theGreek temple^. Pieces of the columns and en-tablature are ranged within. It may be re-marked, that the ancients rarely, if ever, placedthese entrances opposite the front of their tem-ples; but generally contrived that two sides ofthe latter should be presented to the first view. PLATE LXV.

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Pompeiana : the topography, edifices, and ornaments of Pompeii . ed; aswell as unworked marble, ready, with chisels andother necessary tools for carving it. 48 Are lower apartments. 49 Behind the theatre was a cistern, and tower. 252 POMPEIANA. PLATE LXIV. View of the entrance, or propylea, to the area of theGreek temple^. Pieces of the columns and en-tablature are ranged within. It may be re-marked, that the ancients rarely, if ever, placedthese entrances opposite the front of their tem-ples; but generally contrived that two sides ofthe latter should be presented to the first view. PLATE LXV. This restored geometric elevation will give someidea of the foregoing, when perfect. The co-lumns are ^ feet 1 inch diameter, and about 17feet 6 inches high, of black Vesuvian stone,stuccoed, and painted yellow: their distanceapart averages 5 feet 5 inches. It will be ob-served, that, like the Greek, the circular basestands without a plinth, immediately upon theupper steps. The volutes are all angular. See the foregoing plan, wherein the fountain is marked H« M o

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