Mahaffy, John Pentland, Sir, 1839-1919 · London Macmillan · leaf 400
admit of our reconstructing the temple,are in themselves profoundly interesting. Theirshaft up to the capital is of one block, about twenty-one feet high and six feet in diameter. It is to beobserved, that over these gigantic monoliths thearchitrave, in which other Greek temples showthe Largest… … *■ xiii.] CORINTH. 36.5 The length of the shafts [up to the neck of thecapital) measures about four times their diameter,on the photograph which I possess; I do notsuppose that any other Doric pillar known tous is so stout and short. The material is saidalmost universally to be limestone, but if my…
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