GREEK TEMPLES AKD THE DATES OF THEIR FOUNDATION. 
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In the older temple there doe.s not seem to have been a large western doorway, but the evidence 
does not exclude a smaller one. 
also have been looked for a little above the sea level, and, assnining an altitude of 1° 
on this accotmt, the date would have been about 500 b.c, ; but in ordinary fine 
weather the sun would cast a strong shadow the moment any noticeable part of the 
orb had appeared above the sea. 
Sicilian Temples. 
Girgenti ,—Latitude 37° 18' 3G''. 
Name of temple. 
Orientation 
angle. 
Stellar 
elements. 
Solar 
elements. 
Name of 
star. 
Temple 
264° 0' 
A 
Amplitude of star 
+ 7° 52' E. 
+ 6 ° E. 
a Arietis, 
attributed to 
or sun 
ri.sing 
.luno Lacinia 
B 
Corresponding alti- 
3° 30' 
0° 30' 
tude 
C 
Declination . 
+ 9° 13' 
+ .5° 4' 
1 ) 
Hour angles . 
6 '‘ 11 "' 
711 p 2 "‘ 
E 
Depression of sun 
, , 
ir 
when star heliacal 
F 
R. A. 
23*' 4.5"' 
O’' 46'" 
G 
Approximate date . 
690 E.C., 
April 1 
The archseological evidence for the dedication of the above tem])le is not very strong, but its 
connection with a Arietis gives it very considerable support. 
The two following examples at Girgenti, namely the temple of Hercules and the 
temple of Concord, have very nearly the same orientation angle. 
