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Y. C. PENROSE ON THE ORIENTATION OF CERTAIN 
angle of the existing foundations, and the divergence of line in the two temples is 
accounted for, as in so many instances, by the movement of the star. 
Calabrian Greek Temples. 
At Taranto there is a fragment of a Doric temple of which two columns only are 
known to exist with their foundations, but they are in sufficient preservation to give 
measurements for orientation, and from these I deduce the following elements. The 
remains themseh es have an archaic appearance suitable to the date arrived at below. 
Taranto .—Latitude 40° 28'. 
-v-r p , 1 Orientation 
JName or temple. i 
^ angle. 
Stellar 
elements. 
Solar 
elements. 
Name of 
star. 
Dedication 294° 25' A 
Araplitude of star 
-25° 9' E. 
-24° 25' E. 
1 Ant ares, 
unknown i 
or sun 
rising 
B 
Corresponding alti- 
OO 
o 
1 ° 
tude 
C 
Declination . 
-16° 46' 
-17° 39' 
D 
Hour angles . 
4'' 13“ 
E 
Depression of sun 
• . 
10 ° 
when star heliacal 
F 
R. A. 
131' 55“ 
15'' 4“ 
G 
Approximate date . 
640 B.C., 
Nov. 10 
If the sun’s depression had been 11° the derived date would be 730 b.c. 
Metapontwn .—Latitude 40° 23'. 
Name of temple. 
Orientation 
angle. 
Stellar 
elements. 
Solar 
elements. 
Name of 
star. 
Foundations 
306° 39' 
A 
Amplitude of star 
+ 36° 18' W. 
-35° 27' E. 
ft Genii- 
near 
or sun 
norum, 
San-Sansoni. 
B 
Corresponding alti- 
•± 
.->0 
O 
scttinsr 
Dedication 
tu de 
unknown 
C 
Declination . 
+ 29° 38' 
-23° 46' 
D 
Hour angles . 
7'' 29"’ 
5'’ 31“ 
E 
Depression of sun 
10 ° 
when star heliacal 
F 
R. A. 
gu 
1 gli O'" 
G 
Appro.ximate date . 
610 B.C., 
Doc. 21 
If tlie sun’s depression had been 11° the derived date would be 760 B.c. 
