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Early, from Corinth 1 : 4.47 



Perfected, from the Parthenon 1 : G.025 



Degenerate, from the island of Delos . . . 1 : 7.015* 



To bring out the facts in the matter, I select from Dr. Krell's list a 

 few instances, as follows : — 



Temple of Athene at Ortygia 1 : 4.27 



Temple of Poseidon at Paestum 1 : 4.29 



Temple of Artemis at Ortygia 1 : 4.29 



Temple at Corinth 1 : 4.32 



Temple at Assos 1 : 4.47 



Temple " D " on the Acropolis of Selinus . . 1 : 4.50 



Temple of Zeus at Selinus 1 : 4.60 



Temple of Concordia at Agrigentum . . . 1 : 4.67 



Temple at Segesta 1 : 4.82 



Temple of Juno Lacinia at Agrigentum . . 1 : 4.97 



Temple " S " on eastern plateau at Selinus . 1 : 5.01 



Temple of Apollo Epicurus at Bassas . . . 1 : 5.13 



Temple of Athene at ./Egina 1 : 5.30 



The Parthenon at Athens 1 : 5.47 



Temple of Theseus at Athens 1 : 5.62 



The Fountain-chapel at Cadacchio .... 1 : 5.63 



The average ratio of twenty-five examples is 1 : 4.85. 



The ratios of the Egyptian forms are, according to Lepsius : — 



16-sided shafts, interior of Tomb 1 . . . . 1 : 5.15 



" " porch of Tomb 2 1 : 5.34 



8-sided shafts, porch of Tomb 1 1 : 5.41 



Mr. Fergusson, however, holds that " the Doric order, when first 

 introduced from Egypt, partook of even more than Egyptian solid- 

 ity";! which, if not verbally meaningless, is at least, in the face of 

 these lists, misleading. For it appears that the columns at Corinth 

 and most of those extant in Magna Grascia are so much stouter than 

 the piers at Beniliassan that they are quite incomparable with the lat- 

 ter, while it remains for the thoroughly Hellenic temples of ./Egina 

 and Bassae and for the perfect Parthenon to furnish proportions like 

 those of their supposably more clumsy prototypes. 



Though not of prime importance, it may be interesting to mention 

 * Ilist. of Architecture, i. 228. t Ibid., i. 227. 



