450 THESSALONICA. 
CHAP 
XI. ' building, safe and unmolested. We found a 
^■"■'"'* ' magnificent Corinthian colonnade, consisting of 
five pillars supporting an entablature, and 
having four void spaces between the columns ; 
for entrance, as we supposed, into the Hippo- 
drome, or the Forum. This structure, both as 
to its design, and the subjects thereon repre- 
sented, seems calculated for a magnificent 
Propyl^um. The style of the workmanship, 
upon the whole, betrays the decline of the 
Arts ; but there are parts of the sculpture that 
are very fine, as may be seen by reference to 
Stuart's YdXwdihlQ publication*. Over the enta- 
blature is an attic, adorned with figures in alto- 
relievo. These figures, upon the side next to 
the street, are as follow : 
I. A representation of Victory. 
II. A Female, called Helen by Stuart. 
m. A Male Figure naked, perhaps that of Paris, in the 
old Grecian cap, with a Bull's Head by his side ; 
but called that of Telephus by Stuart. 
IV. Ganymede carried by an Eagle. 
Behind these figures, upon the obverse side of 
the structure, are : 
(I) See Stuart's *' Antiquities of Athens," vol. III. Plates to Chap. 9. 
No. 1 to 13. 
