Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 471
s temple, a good specimen of the Doric order, andadmirably preserved, is popularly known as the Theseum, 412 ILLUSTRATIONS OF SCHOOL CLASSICS or temple of Theseus. It has been called by some half-dozen other names, of which the most likely is that of thetemple of Hephaestus. It was built in the… … The coin is inscribed KOI NON KVTTPinN, as beingissued by the associated cities of Cyprus. The temple con-sists of a high central portion with two lower wings orporticoes and a fore-court. In the central portion is alarge conical stone, which was supposed to be the goddessherself (cp. Tacitus,…
Classical antiquities
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