r assert,then, that the prodomos type of buUding persisted onlyin ecclesiastical architecture, but there is every probability XVI] Third and Second Centuries 247 that its history is continuous from prehistoric times,through the Homeric and classical period up to theHellenistic age. A ciirious piece… … 0 5 10 2Q 30 40 60 Ft. Fig. 47. House at Girgenti. is possible that it may be yet earlier in date, has beenpartially excavated at the expense of the owner atGirgenti^, a little to the north of the Temple of Concord(Fig. 47). The unfinished state of the excavations makesit impossible to draw any…
