270 ATHENS. 
CHAP, columns of a magnificent building of theCorinthian 
y 
order. The entablature, capitals, and parts of 
shafts of these columns, may be viewed 
f ** . from the street ; but the market is, for the most 
Corinthian 
Order. part, covered by trellis-work and vines. So 
little is known concerning the history of this 
building, that it were vain to attempt giving an 
account of it. Spon\ Wheler*, and Le Roy 3 , 
call it the Temple of Jupiter Olympius. The 
temples of Jupiter were generally not, like this 
building, of the Corinthian, but of the Doric 
order : the same objection, however, applies to 
the received opinion concerning those columns 
of Hadrian near the Ilissus, which are now 
believed to have belonged to that temple. 
Stuart considered this Corinthian structure near 
the bazar as the STOA, or portico, which was 
called Poikile 4 or Pcecile. A fine view of the 
bazar, and also of the building, is given in 
Le Roy's work *. It is highly probable that the 
bazar is situate upon the antient market of the 
(1) Voyage de Grlce, et du Levant, fait aux annees 1675 ct 1676, 
torn. II. p. 107. a la flaye, 1724. 
(2) Journey into Greece, p. 391. Land. 1682. 
(3) Ruines des Munumens de la Grece, p. 19- Paris, 1758. 
(4) See Stuart's Athens, vol.1, c. 5. Land. 17G2. Also vol. HI. 
Plan of the Antiquities. I.imd, 1794. 
(o) See Plate X. Ruines, &c. Paris, 1758. 
