Ancient temples (728 Subjects)
Landscape with Ilissus river. In the background, the Acropolis and the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.
Plan and reconstruction of architectural features from Temple G, dedicated to Zeus, in Selinunte, Sicily.
View of the Parthenon from the Propylaea. Seated on the ground is Disdar Aga,the governor of the fortress of Acropolis. He has just been surprised by another member of the guard as he was sipping a glass of wine which he took from the travellers.
The Erechtheion from the southwest. In the distance, on the left, a group of Turkish musician who customarily performed on the Acropolis every day at three o'clock in the afternoon.
The temple of Aphaia on Aegina island. The peasants who supplied the travellers with provisions during the latter's stay at the site.
The temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae. On the left, the Turkish and the Tatar attendants of Edward Dodwell.
Plan and elevation of the temple of Artemis at Sardes, where there was probably a cult of Zeus, Cybele and other deities as well.
Comparison of plans of ancient temples as to their size: The temple of Artemis at Ephesus (1), the Heraion of Samos (2), the sanctuary of Apollo at Didyma (3), the temple of Artemis at Sardes (4), the temple of Artemis Leucophryene at Magnesia on the Maeander (5), the temple of Dionysus at Teos (6), the temple of Athena Polias at Priene (7), in Ionic order. The temples of Agrigento (1) and Selinunte (2) in Doric order, the temple of Olympian Zeus at Athens (Corinthian order) and the Parthenon (Doric order).
The opisthonaos (rear porch) of the Sanctuary of Zeus in ancient Aizanoi near Çavdarhisar, Asia Minor.
