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TEMPLES. 



highly-finished walls ornamented with Doric 

 pilasters, and having only two windows, placed 

 high up. A smaller and similar building stands 

 behind the larger, the most prominent object 

 among the ruins; and by its side a second, in 

 front of which are two pedestals, bearing in- 

 scriptions, one in honour of Plato, who appears 

 to have been held in high esteem by the Ter- 

 messians, and the other dedicated to the Muses, 

 of whom this was probably the temple. By the 

 side of the Agora, and on the left of the great 

 square building, are the fallen remains of a 

 Doric temple, apparently (from an inscription) 

 dedicated to the sun. Some of the blocks are of 

 Parian marble, and are fragments of sculptured 

 friezes. A search and excavation among them 

 would probably lead to the discovery of many 

 works of art. In front of the Agora are several 

 large buildings, the purposes of which cannot 

 well be guessed, and behind one is a great 

 Doric edifice. Over the centre of one of its 

 windows is this carving — 



