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6. The following are the principal kinds of temples in the 

 Greek and Roman styles of architecture : — 



(1.) The Propyl aea at Athens, which had six Doric pillars, 

 supporting a pediment. 



(2.) The temple of Minerva at Athens, which had eight 

 Doric columns, supporting a pediment, and, according to Vitru- 

 vius, belongs to Dipteros. 



(3.) The temple of Theseus at Athens was Peiipteros, and 

 had six Doric pillars in the front. 



(4.) The Portico at Athens was likewise Doric, and had four 

 pillars, Prostylos. 



(5.) The temple of Apollo at Miletus had ten Ionic pillars in 

 front. 



(6.) The temple of Bacchus at Teos had eight pillars, and 

 was Dipteros. 



(7.) The temples of the sun at Balbec and Palmyra were of 

 the Corinthian order. 



(8.) The temple of Jupiter Olympus at Athens had eight 

 Corinthian pillars, supporting a pediment, and was Dipteros. 



(9.) The Pantheon of Adrian at Athens was also of the Co- 

 rinthian order, and had ten pillars in front. It was Hypceihros. 



(10.) The temple of Castor and Pollux, at Naples, had six 

 pillars of the Corinthian order in front, but without a portico, 

 and therefore was Psendoperipteros. 



(11.) The temple of Isis at Pompeii had four pillars in front. 



(12.) The temple of Concord at Agrigentum, in Sicily, had 

 six short Grecian pillars, placed according to the Doric order, 

 and was Peripteros. 



(13.) At Paestum the Greek proportions were also in the 

 Doric order ; viz. short pillars in front, andnearly five diameters in 

 height. 



(14.) The temple of Fortune in Rome (Fortuna virilis) had 

 four pillars of the Ionic order, and was Prostylos. 



(15.) The temple of Antoninus and Faustus was of the Co- 

 rinthian order, and had six pillars, supporting a pediment. 



(16.) The temple of Concord had six Ionic pillars, with a pe- 

 diment, and was composed of a mixed style. This temple was 

 either Prostylos or Psetidopeinpteros. 



(17.) The temple of Jupiter Stator had eight Corinthian 

 pillars, and was Dipteros. 



(18.) The temple of Jupiter Tonans had also eight pillars of 

 the Corinthian order, with a pediment, and was Dipteros. 



(19.) The temple of Nero had twelve Corinthian pillars, sup- 

 porting a pediment. 



(20.) The temple of Mars was Corinthian, and Dipteros. 



(21.) The portico of Septimus Severus was also Corinthian, 

 and had four pillars, and two corner pilasters. 



