Another type of capital has one row of acanthus leaves with palm leaves over, and a moulded abacus square on plan, as in the Tower of the Winds, Athens (No. 43 B).
The entablature, which is usually about one-fifth of the height of the entire order, bears a general resemblance to the Ionic, having the usual triple division of architrave, frieze, and cornice, the mouldings of the latter having additional enrichments.
Corinthian Examples.
Date. | Architect. | ||
The Temple of Apollo Epicurius, Bassæ (single internal column). (No. 27 G, H, J) (page 72). |
B.C. 430 | Ictinus. | |
The Tholos, Epidamos. (Internal order) (No. 18 K). | B.C. 4th cent. | Polycleitos the younger. | |
The Philipeion, Olympia. (Internal order of half-columns). | B.C. 338 | ||
The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens (Nos. 28, J, 32, 38 E) (see below). | B.C. 335-34 | ||
The Temple of Apollo Didymæus, Miletus (or Branchidæ). (Two attached internal columns) (page 84). |
B.C. 334-320 | Pæonius of Ephesus and Daphne of Miletus. | |
The Olympieion (or Temple of Zeus Olympius), Athens (No. 18 J, 43 A) (page 90). |
B.C. 174— A.D. 117 |
Cossutius (completed by Hadrian). | |
The Tower of the Winds, Athens (Nos. 28 K, L, 43 B, D, E) (page 88). | B.C. 100-35 | ||
The Vestibule, Eleusis. |
The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens (b.c. 335-34), (Nos. 28 J, 32, 40 J, L, 43 c), is a type of structure which was erected to support a tripod as a prize for athletic exercises or musical performances in the Grecian festivals. They are referred to in Virgil's Æneid (V. verse 140) in the following lines:—
"In view amid the spacious circle lay
The splendid gifts, the prizes of the day,
Arms on the ground, and sacred tripods glow
With wreaths of palms, to bind the Victor's brow."
(Translation by Pitt.)
The rusticated podium or base of Piræus stone, 9 feet 6 inches square, supports a circular structure of 6 feet internal diameter, and having Corinthian columns supporting an entablature crowned by a marble dome, ornamented with sculptured scrolls, and terminating in a floral ornament which formerly supported the bronze tripod. Between the columns are circular wall panels, but the interior was apparently never intended for use, as there was no provision for the admission of light. The total height of the structure is 34 feet. The basement is slightly rusticated, by means of sinkings at the joints, and is 13 feet in height to the top of the cornice. The circular colonnade has six Corinthian