It must be noted, however, that nothing of this complete beauty is now to be seen above ground. [Plate I] shows the famous temple at Pæstum on the west coast of Campania, southeast of Naples: the temple called that of Poseidon, to which god (called by the Romans, Neptune) the ancient town which stood on this site was dedicated. This is the most nearly well preserved of the Doric[2] temples, with the single exception of the small building in Athens called the Theseion, or Theseum, see [Plate III], and it is larger and more interesting than that. [Plate II] gives the Parthenon at Athens from the northwest

[PLATE I.]



[PLATE II.]