Illustrations of school classics, arranged and described (1903)
Hill, George Francis, Sir, 1867-1948 · London, Macmillan · leaf 472
. Above (not well-pre-served) are a star and crescent, the symbol of the goddess.The wings contained sacred columns—or tall incense-altars—and on the roof of each is one of the sacred doves(Cythereiades columbae, Ovid, Met. 15. 386). The fore-court is fenced with a trellis-work; the objects within… … The temple has an octastyle facade; the wide spacebetween the fourth and fifth columns is introduced by thedie-engraver merely that he may show a statue of thegoddess within. In the pediment are sculptural groups.The lower drums of the columns are carved (see No.510). The inscription is…
Classical antiquities
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