Plate 14. The Temple of Jupiter at Nemea

The ruins of this Temple lie between Argos and Corinth, about five hours from the latter. Two columns with part of the antæ and the beams over still stand erect. The Temple was Peripteral, with 6 columns on the front and 13 on the long side.

On Plate 3 is a representation of the entire order at the corner, the details being shown on Plate 14. The columns are of the most slender Grecian Doric, 6[…] diameters in height, and carry a very light Doric entablature which is not much over 1[…] diameters in height. Only such pieces of the entablature as are shown at Fig. 2 remain. The cyma,as also the pediment cornice, is an assumption.

Fig. 1 shows an elevation of the portico, Fig. 3 shows a plan of the capital; and the profile of the fine echinus and cinctures are shown at Fig. 5. At Fig. 4 is a plan of the column shaft.

In comparing the architecture of these remains with other monuments we notice here a degree of fineness in the details which borders on the extreme, to which the Grecian architects in their effort for elegance and lightness were lead. In consequence, after Alexander's time, the plain Doric style very seldom answered.

Fig. 6 shows the outer tile from the Temple of Diana at Eleusis described on previous plate.

Fig. 7 shows a similar tile from the Parthenon at Athens, described on Plate 8.