Plate 13. The Temple of Diana at Eleusis

This excellent small Temple before the outer hall of the Propylæ of the Demeter Temple was of the form in antis, and built of Pentelic marble. Fig. 5 shows the plan of its pronaos which is in keeping with the epinaos of same form. The Temple was almost twice as long as wide. On Plate 3 half of the front is represented.

Fig. 1, Plate 13, shows a corner of the long side, the frieze of which has 13 triglyphs and 12 metopes. Fig. 2 is a section of the entablature, the parts of which are tied together by means of wooden dowels. The stone courses behind the architrave are represented only conjecturally. The ornament was as usual painted on the profiles.

On account of the shallow depth of the pronaos, beams were not necessary to carry the ceiling, which consisted only of coverplates. At Fig. 5 by dotted lines is shown a plan of this ceiling and at Fig. 2 a section. In this figure a wall should have been shown under the entablature; to save space we have shown the column capital instead. The column height was only 4.32 meters.

Figs. 1,2 and 4 show the construction of the roof. The cyma is carried through on the long side. The roof tile consisted of burnt clay. On the following Plate 14, Fig. 6, we see the very rich outer tile shown at a larger scale. The woodwork shown on our plate is, naturally, only assumed.

The proportions of this Temple are suitable for the small dimensions of the same, but would be too bold if carried out at a larger scale.