Hamlin, A. D. F. (Alfred Dwight Foster), 1855-1926 · New York [etc.] Longmans, Green, and co. · leaf 94
se just mentioned. The great Temple of Zeus atSelinus was the earliest of five colossal Greek temples ofvery nearly identical dimensions ; it measured 360 feet by 167feet in plan, but was never completed. During the secondhalf of the sixth century important Doric temples werebuilt at Paestum in… … E OF ZEUS. AGRIGENTUM, The Temple of Zeus at Agrigentum (Fig. t,^) is another singular and exceptionaldesign, and was the second of the five colossal templesmentioned above. The pteroma was entirely enclosed bywalls with engaged columns showing externally, and was ofextraordinary width. The walls…
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