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Temple of Athena?

Outside the line of the ancient walls,
north west of the town - lower down than the
Temple of Zeus but still high above the plain
stands the ruin of a peripteral temple.

This cannot be definately identified as
the Temple of Athena tho' an important cult of
that diety is known to have existed in Canatha.

The temple was raised upon a high substructure
with pilasters corresponding to the columns.
It was hexastyle temple with 9 colums on a
side ^ 7 in rear ^ - of these only 6 are standing - The pronaos
had an interior row of 4 columns only one of
which is in place. The outer columns were
raised on high pedastals 2 of which remain
without their columns at the western end.

The pedestals of the interior row of columns were
of rectangular form. The bases of all the columns
are richly carved and the pedastals admired
with deep mouldings - The flat members bears
inscriptions in a number of cases but none
of these designate the diety to whom the
temple was sacred.

60

Temple of Athena?

Outside the line of the ancient walls,
north west of the town - lower down than the
Temple of Zeus but still high above the plain
stands the ruin of a peripteral temple.

This cannot be definately identified as
the Temple of Athen tho' an important cult of
that diety is known to have existed in Canatha.

The temple was raised upon a high substructure
with pilasters corresponding to the columns.
It was hexastyle temple with 9 colums on a
side ^ 7 in rear ^ - of these only 6 are standing - The pronaos
had an interior row of 4 columns only one of
which is in place. The outer columns were
raised on high pedastals 2 of which remain
without their columns at the western end.

The pedestals of the interior row of columns were
of rectangular form. The bases of all the columns
are richly carved and the pedastals admired
with deep mouldings - The flat members bears
inscriptions in a number of cases but none
of these designate the diety to whom the
temple was sacred.