Fig. 178.—Greek Ionic: half of the Capitol from the north portico of the Erechtheum at Athens. A is a regular guilloche with coloured glass beads in the eyes.
I have given too the capital of the internal Ionic columns of Apollo Epicurius at Bassæ, to show how much it is improved by making the top of the capital curved instead of straight. The Ionic is more graceful and as a rule more ornate than the Doric, but is not so majestic. Capitals from the
Fig. 179.—Capital from the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassæ. Greek Ionic.
Erechtheum, from the Temple at Bassæ, from the last Temple of Diana at Ephesus, and from the Mausoleum are at the British Museum.
The Corinthian.