obably no other
single order is so generally known. After various transformations the
building was blown up by the Venetians in 1687 and has since remained in
ruins.

[Illustration: LVIII. Capital from the Erechtheion, Athens.]

[Illustration: LIX. Base from the Erechtheion, Athens.]

[Illustration: LX. Capital of Anta, from the Erechtheion, Athens.]

LVIII.

CAPITAL FROM THE ERECHTHEION, ATHENS.

LIX.

BASE FROM THE ERECHTHEION, ATHENS.

LX.

CAP OF ANTA FROM THE ERECHTHEION, ATHENS.

The Ionic order of the Erechtheion is the one which is best known and
has been most frequently copied and adapted in modern work. It is at the
same time the richest and most delicately refined of the Greek Ionic
orders, and this is equivalent to saying of all orders whatsoever. This
order of which the cap and base are given in our plates belongs to the
north porch. There were two other fronts to the building which was, to
all intents and purposes, three temples united in one. The famous
caryatid porch faces the south, looking toward the Parthenon.

[Illustration: LXI. Fragment from South Side of the Acropolis, Athens.]

LXI.

FRAGMENT FROM SOUTH SIDE OF ACROPOLIS, ATHENS.

Although this fragment was found at some distance from the Erechtheion
it is without much doubt a portion of that building.

[Illustration: LXII. Capital from the Propylaea, Athens.]

LXII.

CAPITAL FROM THE PROPYLAEA, ATHENS.

The Propylaea, or gate to the Acropolis, was built at about the same time
as the Parthenon, between the years 436 and 431 B.C. It combines the
Doric and Ionic orders, but both are most skilfully used with equal
grace and nobleness of proportion.

[Illustration: LXIII. Fragment of Cyma from the Tholos, Epidauros.]

LXIII.

FRAGMENT OF CYMA FROM THE THOLOS AT EPIDAUROS.

The Tholos of Polykletos at Epidauros was a circular building 107 feet
in diameter, situated within the sacred enclosure. It had two concentric
rows of columns, the exterior order being Doric, and the interior Ionic,
but with Corinthian caps of the design shown in plate LXIV.

[Illustration: LXIV. Capital from the Tholos, Epidauros.]

LXIV.

CAP FROM THE THOLOS AT EPIDAUROS.

The two fragments shown are the result of recent excavations and are
among the most beautiful examples of Greek detail extant.

Architectural Schools.

HARVARD UNIVERSITY.

The writer of "The Point of View" in _Scribner's Ma