Plate 31. The Temple on the Ilissus near Athens

It is doubtful whether this Temple was built to Demeter, Artemis, or another god. It is known only by the drawings of Stuart (Stuart & Revett, Antiquities of Athens, 1787). Since their time it has entirely disappeared, so that even nothing of its foundation walls remains. The material, of Pentelic marble, was probably used for other buildings, or burnt into lime, as was the material of many other buildings under Turkish rule. The Temple was a four columned Amphiprostyle.

Plate 31 shows the details of the columns and entablature of the exterior. The leaf-wave or cymatium of the heavy architrave, the frieze, and the cornice were presumably finished with leafwork, painted in color. This older way of indicating ornament was also used in Attica in later times. The figures of the frieze were restored by Stuart. He found no remains, but only traces of such a frieze on the building. The cyma was in place on the pediment and is here carried on the long side, although such was not actually the case.