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The western side of the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, with part of the frieze.

The Temple of Olympian Zeus from the southwest.

The promontory of Sounion with the Temple of Poseidon, from the west.

The telesterion of the Temple of Demetra in Eleusis, from the west. The small church of Panagia Mesosporitissa in the distance.

Ancient Corinth. The western side of the Temple of Apollo, from the northwest.

The Temple of Apollo Epicurius in Bassae from the northwest (5th century BCE).

The Temple of Hera in Olympia, from the southwest. Philippeion on the foreground.

The Temple of Zeus in Olympia (5th century BCE), from the southeast.

The Parthenon from the southeast.

The Olympeion or temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens.

Part of a terracotta cornice and frieze found in the Sanctuary of Asclepius in Epidaurus.

The temple of Zeus in Nemea.

The temple of Apollo in ancient Corinth.

Elevation of the Front of the Temple of Dionysus in Teos.

Capital and base of column from the Temple of Dionysus in Teos, with reconstructive drawing of the entablature.

Temple of Dionysus in Teos: Fig. Ι: The Cornice of the Temple. Fig. II An Architrave and Frize, of one piece of marble, decorated with a patera and festoons of Laurel, in a Turkish Burying-Ground by a Mosque at Segigeck [Sigacik]. Fig.III: A Section through the Sossit of the Architrave, which has a Compartmen surrounded with an Ovolo laid also flat. Fig. IV: A Pedestal and square Base, of one piece of white marble, near the South Gate at Segizeck [Sigacik].

Temple of Dionysus in Teos: The Contents of the preceding Plate shaded: Fig. Ι: The Cornice of the Temple. Fig. II An Architrave and Frize, of one piece of marble, decorated with a patera and festoons of Laurel, in a Turkish Burying-Ground by a Mosque at Segigeck [Sigacik]. Fig.III: A Section through the Sossit of the Architrave, which has a Compartmen surrounded with an Ovolo laid also flat. Fig. IV: A Pedestal and square Base, of one piece of white marble, near the South Gate at Segizeck [Sigacik].