Plate 43. The Cella of the Temple of Apollo Didymæus at Miletus

These exquisite and highly interesting capitals belong to the pilasters which stood at the walls surrounding the cella. Fig. 1 shows the front elevation of one of these capitals and Fig. 2 the end view and a section through the center of the front. On each side of Fig. 1 are the sections at a larger scale, taken through ornamental parts of the front as indicated by dotted lines. The large middle field of another capital is ornamented with griffins having eagles heads, Fig. 4. A third capital is yet differently ornamented (see Fig. 5 front and Fig. 6 end view), and so probably were all the other capitals. The space between two was found to have been ornamented with lion-headed griffins guarding the lyre as shown at Fig. 7 where 0. P. represents the center line of the panel.

Fig. 8 gives part of the plan of the very spacious cella. On the narrow end was a doorway with a half column on each side, the Corinthian capital of which is shown on Plate 58. The other walls were strengthened and ornamented with strongly projecting pilasters which, with the spaces between, form the subject of this plate. On each long side were ten spaces, therefore eleven pilasters, counting those in the angle.