at Magnesia, 78, 198;
statue of, 62.

Diatonic mode, 140.

Diastyle temples, 78, 80;
proportions of columns in, 84;
Doric, 113.

Διἁθυρα, 188.

Dichalca, 74.

Diesis, 140.

Diminution in top of column, 84, 110.

Dining rooms, proportions of, 179, 181, 186;
Cyzicene, 186;
winter, 209 f.

Dinocrates, 35 f.

Diognetus, Rhodian architect, 315 f.f.

Diomede, 21.

Dionysodorus, 273.

Dioptra, 242.

Diphilus, 199.

Dipteral temple, 75, 78.

Displuviate cavaedium, 177.

Dissonant sites of theatres (κατηχουτεϛ), 153.

Dnieper, 231.

Dog (constellation), 268.

Dolphin (constellation), 266.

Don (river), 231.

Doors, of temples, 118 f.;
of dwellings, 178;
in theatres, 146.

Doorways of temples, proportions of, 117 f.f.

Doric order, 15;
proportions of, 109 f.f.;
doorways, 117;
temples of, 198.

Dorus, 102.

Drachma, 74.

Dyer's weed, 220.

Dyris (river), 231.

Dyrrachium, 235.


Eagle (constellation), 266.

Echea (Ἑκφορἁ), 9, 143 f.f.

Echinus, 93, 110, 122.

Economy, 16.

Education of the architect, 5 f.f., 168 f.

Egypt, 214, 231, 235, 269.

Ἑκφορἁ, 90.

Elements (στειχεια) and their proportions, 18 f.f., 225.

Elephantis, 231.

Eleusis, 200.

Ἑλἱκη, 267.

Elpias of Rhodes, 21.

Empedocles, 225.

Ἑμπλεκτον, 52.

Engines, 283; for raising water, 293 f.f.

Enharmonic mode, 140.

Ennius, 255.

Ἑντασις of columns, 86.

Eolipiles, 25.

Ephesus, 103, 214, 215, 281;
temple of Diana at, 78, 198, 200.

Epicharmus, 225.

Epicurus, 42, 167, 195.

Epimachus, 316.

Equestrian Fortune, temple of, 80.

Eratosthenes of Cyrene, 12, 27, 28, 255.

Erythrae, 103.

Ethiopia, 231, 235.

Etruria (Tuscany), 48, 64, 235.

Eucrates, 168.

Euctemon, 269.

Eudoxus, 269, 273.

Eumenes, colonnades of, 154.

Euphranor, 199.

Euphrates, 231.

Euripides, 225;
buried in Macedonia, 238;
"Phaethon" of, 261.

Eurythmy, 14.

Eustyle temples, 78, 80 f.;
proportions of columns in, 84.

Exedrae, 160, 179, 186, 211.

Exposure, proper for rooms, 180, f.

Faberius, 216.

Falernian (wine), 236.

Fano, 63; basilica at, 134 f.f.

Farmhouses, 183 f.

Fascia, 94;
of Attic doorway, 120.

Fauces, their dimensions, 178.

Faunus temple on the Island of the Tiber, 75.

Femur (μηρὁς), 112.

Ferento, 50.

Fidenae, stone quarries at, 49.

Fir, qualities of, 60;
highland and lowland, 64 f.

Fire, origin of, 38.

Fishes (constellation), 266.

Flaminius circus, 124.

Floors, 202 f.f.;
Greek method of making, 210;
of baths, 157, f.

Flora, temple of Corinthian order, 15.

Flutes of columns, 96;
Doric, 113.

Folds for sheep and goats, 184.

Fondi, 236.

Foot equals four palms, or sixteen fingers, 74.

Fortune, temple of Equestrian, 80;
Three Fortunes, 75.

Forum, 131 f.f.

Foundations of temples, 86 f.f.;
of houses, 189 f.f.

Fresco painting, decadence of, 210 f.f.

Frieze, 94, 123.

Fuficius (architect), 199.

Fulcrum (ὑπομὁχλιον), 290.


Ganges, 231.

Γἁνωσις, 217.

Gaul, 220, 231.

Geras, inventor of shed for battering ram, 309.

Gilding, 215.

Gnomon, 257;
length of shadow at different places, 270.

Gnosus, 20, 200.

Gorgon's head (star group), 266.

Gortyna, 20.

Grain rooms, 184.

Greater Dog (constellation), 268.

Great Bear, 257;
(ἁρκτος or ἑλἱκη), 265.

Grecian Station, 56.

Greek houses, 185 f.f.

Green chalk (θεοδοτειον), 214.

Grotta Rossa, stone quarries at, 49.

Guttae, 102, 110, 112.

Gynaeconitis, 186.

Gypsum not to be used for stucco work, 206.


Halicarnassus, 53, 54.

Harbinger of the Vintage (star), 265.

Harbours, 162 f.f.

Harmonics, 139 f.f.

Hegesias, 241.

He-Goat (constellation), 266.

Helepolis of Epimachus, 316 f.

Hellen, 102.

Hemisphere (sun dial), 273.

Heptabolus, lake, 231.

Heptagonus, lake, 231.

Heraclea, 289.

Heraclitus of Ephesus, 42, 225.

Hercules, Doric order appropriate to, 15;
site of temple of, 31;
cellae of temple of, 53;
Pompey's temple of, 80.

Hermodorus, temple of Jupiter Stator, 78.

Hermogenes, 109;
temple of Diana by, 78;
determined rules of symmetry for eustyle temples, 82.

Herodotus, 241.

Herring-bone pattern, 203.

Hierapolis, boiling springs at, 236.

Hiero, 253 f.

Hinge-stiles, 118.

Hipparchus, 269.

Hippocrates, 11.

Hodometer, 301 f.f.

Hoisting machines, 285.

Homer, 197.

Hornbeam, 61.

Horse (constellation), 266.

Hostilius, Marcus, 21.

Hot springs, 232;
healing properties of, 233 f.

Hours, how marked by clocks, 274.

House, origin of, 38 f.;
early types of, 39 f.;
style of, determined by climate, 170 f.

Hypaethral temple, 14, 75, 78.

Hypanis, 214, 236.

Hysginum, 220.


Ictinus, 198, 200.

Iliad and Odyssey, 197.

Ilium, 237.

Incertum opus, 51.

India, 231.

India ink, 217, 218.

Indigo, substitute for, 220.

Indus, 231.

Iollas, 238.

Ion, 103.

Ionic order, 15;
proportions of, 90 f.f.;
doorways of, 118;
temples of, 198, 200.

Isis, site of temple of, 31.

Ismuc, 240.

Isodomum, 52.

Isthmian games, 251.

Italy, 48, 53, 131, 145, 173, 214, 231, 239.


Jaffa, 235.

Jambs, proportions of, 117.

Juba, King, 240.

Julius, Caius, son of Masinissa, 240.

Juno, Ionic order appropriate to, 15;
site for temple of, 31;
precinct at Argolis, 102;
Doric temple of, in Samos, 198.

Jupiter, temple of, 14, 199;
site for temple of, 31;
cellae of temple, 53;
temple on Island of the Tiber, 75;
altars of, 125.

Jupiter (planet), 258, 260, 261, 262.


Kids (constellation), 266.

Kitchen, 183.

Kneeler (constellation), 266.

Knotwood, 60.

Κυνὁσουρα, 267.


Lacedaemonians, 7.

Laconicum, 159.

Lacunar (sun dial), 273.

Language, origin of, 38.

Larch, 62 f.

Larignum, 62, 63.

Law governing architects at Ephesus, 281.

Lead pipes poisonous, 247.

Lebedos, 103.

Lemnos, 214.

Leochares, 54, 199.

Leonidas, 199.

Lesbos, 25, 236.

Levelling instruments, 242 f.

Lever, explanation of, 290 f.

Libraries, 181, 186.

Licymnius, 212 f.

Lighting of rooms, how to test, 185.

Lime, 45 f.;
slaking of, for stucco, 204.

Linden, 60.

Lintels, height of, 117.

Lion (constellation), 268.

Liparis (river), 235.

Little Dog (constellation), 268.

Liver examined to determine site of towns, 20.

Λογειον, scenic and thymelic, 151; dimensions of, 151.

Logotomus, 272.

Lucania, 237.

Lucretius, 256.

Lyncestus, acid springs of, 238.

Lyre (constellation), 267.

Lysippus, 69.


Macedonia, 217, 238.

Machines, 283 f.f.;
for defence, 315 f.f.

Maeonia, wine of, 236.

Magi, 225.

Magnesia, 78, 214, 240;
temple of Diana at, 198.

Malachite green, 213;
where found, 217;
substitute for, 220.

Mamertine (wine), 236.

Marble, powdered for stucco work, 206, 213 f.;
where quarried, 289.

Marius' temple of Honour and Valour, 78.

Mars, temple should be Doric, 15;
site of temple of, 31.

Mars (planet), 259 f., 262.

Marseilles, siege of, 318.

Maurusia (Mauretania), 231.

Mausoleum, 54, 199.

Mausolus, 53 f.f.

Mazaca, lake near, petrifies reeds, etc., 235.

Medicine, architect should know, 10.

Medulli have springs which produce goitre, 239.

Melampus, 199, 239.

Melas of Argos, 54.

Melas (river), 237.

Melassa, 54.

Melian white, 214.

Melite, 103.

Melos, 214.

Menaeus, 272.

Mercury, site of temple of, 31;
temple of, 54.

Mercury (planet), 258, 259.

Meroë, 231.

Mesauloe, 187.

Metagenes, 198, 200, 288.

Metellus, portico of, 78.

Meto, 269.

Metopes (μετὁπη), 94, 108, 110;
size of, 112;
arrangement of, in Doric temples, 113.

Metrodorus, 241.

Miletus, 103, 200, 269.

Milo of Croton, 251.

Minerva, temple should be Doric, 15;
site of temple, 31;
temple at Sunium, 124;
at Priene, 11, 198;
at Athens, 198.

Minidius, Publius, 3.

Mithridates, 154.

Modes of music, 140 f.f.

Moon, 258; phases of, 262 f.

Mortar, consistency of, for stucco work, 206 f.;
of burnt brick, 209.

Motion, elements of, 290 f.f.

Mouldings for stucco work, 206.

Mucius, C., temple of Honour and Valour, 78, 200.

Mummius, Lucius, 145.

Muses, 253;
fountain of, 232.

Music useful to architect, 8.

Mutules, 102, 108;
of Tuscan temples, 122.

Myager the Phocaean, 70.

Myron, 11, 69.

Mysia the "Burnt District," 47.

Mytilene, 25.

Myus, 103.


Nemean games, 251.

Neptune, spring of, 237.

Nexaris, 199.

Nile, 36, 231;
temples on, should face the river, 117.

Nonacris, "Water of the Styx," 238.

Notes, names of, 141 f.

Number, perfect, 73 f.

Nymphodorus, 199.

Nymphs, temple of Corinthian order, 15.


Oak, 60;
in floors, 202.

Obols, 74.

Ochre (ὡχρα), 214.

Oeci, distinction between Corinthian and Egyptian, 179;
Cyzicene, 180.

Oil room, 184.

Olympian games, 251.

Ὁπαἱ, 108.

Opus incertum, 51;