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It seems hardly open to doubt, that we have thus obtained the prin- 

 cipal normal measures and proportions of the chief dimensions of the 

 Temple. The result appears still more striking, if we reduce the dimen- 

 sions to minutes of the diameter : — 



7.35 ^ 60' = .1225 X 105 = 12.8625 

 „ „ X 315 = 38.5875 



„ „ X 525 = 64.3125 



„ „ X 735 = 90.0375 



„ „ X 1680 = 205.80 



The result is confirmed by the close approximation of the ratios to 

 those exhibited in other hexastyle temples of the same period. The 

 ratio of breadth to length, 1 : 2|, is the same as that of the Theseium ; 

 while the ratio of height to breadth is very near to tiiat of the The- 

 seium, the Temple at Bassaj, and the western front of the Propyla3a. 



Theseum, Bass«, Propyla;a, Height : Breadth : : 3 : 4, or 21 : 28 

 Temple of Zeus „ : „ : : 5 : 7, or 20 : 28 



The measures of length and breadth which we have established are 

 those of the upper lines of the stylobate, or platform upon which the 

 columns stood, and the measure of the height is taken from its surface. 

 Tlie height and breadth of the three steps of the stylobate were care- 

 fully proportioned to each other, and to the other dimensions of the 

 Temple ; and we have now to determine what their height and breadth 

 were, and thus to ascertain the dimensions of the Temple at the level 

 of the ground. 



Tlie breadth of the steps of the stylobate on each end and on each 

 side, as given by the French and German expeditions, is 1.300 M.; 

 but, in this instance as in others, the data are not sufficient to assure us 

 of any thing more than approximate accuracy, 1.300 M. = 4.217 ft.; 

 and this measure, being that of the breadtli of the steps on each end or 

 side, is to be doubled to obtain the total addition to length or to breadth. 



The height of the three steps of the stylobate as given by Blouet 

 (it is not given by Adler) is apparently 1.546 M. = 5.015 ft. 



The hypothetical dimensions for the total breadth of the steps seem 

 to have been 8.575 feet, to be compared with measured 



8.434 ; and, for the height, 5.145, 

 to be compared with measured 5.015. 



